Opening Vase

11 May 2008

Really inspirational vases that reminds you of a fragile egg that has been ripped open in order for your delicate flower to have a place to rest.

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Teori

10 May 2008

Saw these gorgeous vases by Teori over at Designklub. Teori is a Japanese design collective with a focus on bamboo household objects. The craftsmanship in each piece from their Laminated Bamboo Lumber Project is beautiful, but what I love most are the surprising details, like the split in the wood that becomes the opening for the vase, or the slight peak in the bamboo tray that functions as a chopstick rest.

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The ‘Honeycomb Vase’ by Tomas Gabzdil Libertiny debuted in Milan last year as part of Droog’s exhibition. The vase is literally made by bees. Libertiny constructed the piece by making a vase-shaped beehive scaffold which was removed after one week, and the efforts of approximately 40,000 bees. The designer coined the term ’slow prototyping’ as an ironic counterpoint to today’s rapid prototyping technology.

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