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How a minimalist mirror can double the beauty of flowers and accessories

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Everyone could use some decorative items in their house, whether it’s just a few flowers or jewelry on display. These small items can enhance the ambiance of a space by their mere presence, creating points of visual interest or setting a more welcoming atmosphere in a room. Unfortunately, we can only have so many of these, especially if we’re short on desk or shelf space. What if you could double the enhancing effects of colorful foliage or lustrous accessories without doubling the space they take up? That’s the kind of visual illusion that this rather unique desk accessory creates, strategically using a mirror to make you see double at no additional cost. Even better, the mirror itself is a work of art, making it a beautiful decoration piece even on its own.

Designer: soem

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Mirrors have long been used not just as functional products but also as decorative items. Some cultures even place greater value on these highly reflective objects, especially because of their psychological effects. Mirrors can play tricks on our eyes and minds, and these can be put to good use. For example, it can make a room look bigger than it really is or, in this case, double the number of beautiful items that your eyes can behold.

The Mirror Vase Stand is a unique, multi-functional object designed to amplify the decorative value of items in front of it by literally doubling them, at least visually speaking. Its base configuration functions as a holder for small items like accessories and jewelry that can potentially create a dazzling show as both objects and light get reflected again and again. In this form, the Mirror Vase Stand makes for a perfect dresser item, holding your jewelry and letting you put them on or take them off with ease.

Remove that stand, however, and you’re greeted with a hollow container that can function as a vase. The small size makes you more intentional about the flowers and stems that you place inside it, but even just a single flower will be doubled thanks to the mirror. What’s more interesting is that the mirror has a profound effect even on the act of pouring water inside the vase, helping you pause and reflect on the process, no pun intended.

But even without flowers or jewelry, the Mirror Vase Stand can proudly stand on its own, pardon the pun. Its simple design is accented by the polyhedron shape of the slanted base, creating a play of shadows through its flat, faceted surfaces. The multipurpose vase’s beauty extends to its very soul, made from environment-friendly bioplastic material that uses rice husks to create unique visual details and a matte texture that enhances the product’s character.

Why settle for any old vase or accessory stand when you can have a beautiful one that can double its aesthetic value at no additional cost. Whether it’s flaunting jewelry, showcasing a single flower, or standing proudly on its own, this multipurpose Mirror Vase Stand is sure to add a touch of elegance and flair to any space, while also doing its part in keeping the planet healthy.

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This charming tiny cylinder can turn anything into a lovely Ikebana vase

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Flower vases are not an uncommon product in interior spaces, but the majority of them are designed for a single style of flower arrangement. This style often involves a handful of flowers surrounded by rich foliage that create an almost bulbous shape, bringing a splash of color to any area. Of course, that isn’t the only way to arrange flowers, but the standard shape and size of vases put a heavier emphasis on the flowers themselves, using leaves as a background and their stems as invisible scaffolding. Sometimes, however, you can have an even more striking presence with just a single flower and a stem with just a few small branches, and this small metal vase provides not only the support but also the flexibility to embrace that minimalist design, using whatever you may have as the base for such an enchanting floral arrangement.

Designer: W DESIGN for Takeda Design Project

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The Japanese Ikebana style of arranging flowers is almost a stark contrast to what most see on vases. Where typical arrangements bundle a bunch of flowers that are mostly in full bloom, Ikebana might sometimes present a bud that slowly opens up over time, much to the viewer’s delight. Just like with many Japanese designs and philosophies, every aspect of the flower comes from a thoughtful decision, including the length of the stem, the cuts made, or the number of pieces used. A regular tall vase that hides those intentional details, however, isn’t cut for such an arrangement, which is where the HANAKUBARI vase comes in.

Named after the Japanese words for “flower” and “twig,” this small metal barrel looks nothing like a vase. Its size can hold just enough water to keep the flower alive, and its short stature means that it will only cover up a few centimeters of the stems, putting the focus on the minimalist arrangement rather than calling attention to itself. Despite its small size, however, it won’t topple over because the center of gravity is maintained by the main body’s 197g weight. There’s also a small 10g adapter that fits inside, allowing the vase to hold thinner stems.

This cute flower vase, however, isn’t meant to stand alone, although it can definitely function that way. Thanks to that diminutive size, you can place the vase on top of or inside anything, turning that thing into an Ikebana vase. You can, for example, put it on a ceramic plate with an oriental design or place it on top of a metal dish to complement the vase’s stainless steel body. You can even place it inside a transparent plastic or glass container to add some visual accent without detracting from the stem’s natural beauty.

Most flower arrangements are made to dazzle and excite, and their large vases are designed to support their weight and even embellish the image. This tiny yet elegant stainless steel vase, in contrast, encourages a more thoughtful, almost meditative, way to make a delightful arrangement, allowing even a singular flower and its stem to enchant the beholder with its natural beauty.

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These clay-like vases and lamps are actually made from eggshells and tapioca starch

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Plastics aren’t the only sources of pollution on our planet. It might come as a surprise, but even biodegradable material can become problems if left unchecked. Food waste, for example, can easily pile up, and not all of them are easily recycled or reused. Considering how many kinds of food use eggs for one reason or another, eggshells are prime examples of materials that become not only literal waste but also wasted potential to turn into something more useful. Fortunately, that are always ways to upcycle some of the most common food waste, and this collection of oddly-shaped accessories and vessels demonstrates one such method that takes advantage of the materials’ own properties to create interesting organic forms to decorate your tables or your shelves.

Designers: Zumra Yagmur Cetinler, Damla Ertem

Technically, egg shells aren’t exactly recyclable. Yes, they are biodegradable and serve as excellent compost for gardens. Other than that, however, there are a few other uses for the remnants of widely-used eggs. Unfortunately, most people, kitchens, and food production processes don’t exactly pay special attention to food waste like eggshells, creating problems down the line, even for recycling plants.

Just like the eggs they contain, eggshells can, fortunately, become ingredients for something greater than themselves. Burn’tShell, for example, is more than just a collection of vases and lamps with weird yet interesting shapes. This family of biodegradable and biomaterial products actually uses that often ignored food waste material, giving eggshells a new purpose and helping alleviate their harmful effects on the planet even by a little bit.

Burn’tShell actually uses two kinds of sustainable materials. The egg shells serve as the ingredient for the bottom pieces, while tapioca starch is used for the shell. What makes the design even more special is that processes use the materials’ innate properties, potential, and performance, leading to self-forming pieces that really capture the eye with their odd curves. That’s the same cause for the blight-like color-changing design that the material naturally produces, adding to the clay-like appearance of these vessels.

The vases and lamps are definitely conversation starters. Light brown hues mixed with patches of white create an earthy tone, while their unconventional curvy shapes convey a unique, organic character. They would definitely be fitting centerpieces for restaurant tables, especially ones where eggs are used for the main course.

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This copper tubes vase lets you create a lovely minimalist flower arrangement

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When you think of vases, you will most likely imagine a single vessel that is able to hold a bunch of flowers, often with half a dozen stems or so. These tall containers can be made of anything, though ceramic, stone, or metal seem to be the favored materials. Of course, they can actually be made of anything, nor does the concept of a vase dictate that there should be only a single receptacle to hold the stems. There is definitely plenty of room for variety in shapes and design, and this rather unusual vase challenges all those assumptions by using not one, not even two, but seven tubes that may or may not even hold a single stem.

Designer: Hiroyuki Yuasa of MOTON

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It’s easy not to think of the Bulbous Lotus as anything other than a vase if there aren’t stems sticking out of it. Metal pipes of various heights often conjure up images of musical instruments instead of something like a utilitarian container. Perhaps that is a fitting association, considering how this unique vase produces a melody of a different kind, one that sings of the beauty of nature and the artistry of humans.

The vase is made of two parts, both independent of each other and both beautiful in their own right. The circular base is made of wood, either oak or walnut, and provides the stability that the vase needs, ensuring it stays standing, no matter how large the flowers above might be. It also has holes into which the copper tubes are inserted in your preferred arrangement. After all, there is no hard rule that these cylinders be arranged in a specific order.

The slim copper tubes offer very little room for one or two stems only, pushing you to think about how your flower arrangement will go. Of course, you don’t actually need to even stick anything inside them, leaving some of the pipes empty to give some dramatic effect to the flowers that are there. You don’t even have to match the tube’s height with the stem’s length, giving you complete freedom in how you want to combine different design elements. You are the artist, and this vase is your canvas.

The use of copper for the tubes is by no means accidental. The metallic material has the effect of keeping the water inside from becoming odorous. Copper also discolors over time, and rather than being an eyesore, the unique patinas will give each cylinder a unique appearance and character. Whether you want to fill the corner of the room with flowers or prefer a more minimalist arrangement that would remind people of Zen gardens and bonsai, this distinctive metal and wood vase gives you the artistic freedom and the creative exercise you need to bring some life into your space.

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Transparent vases create an optical illusion of colors stretching into nothingness

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It is probably too easy to take vases for granted since they’re meant to hold the flowers that are supposed to grab your attention. Of course, the right combination of a beautiful flower arrangement and an equally eye-catching vase can have a stronger impact than just one or the other. And when it comes to being eye-catching, there is probably nothing better than an invisible vase, or at least one that seems to disappear and reappear out of thin air. Thanks to the seemingly magical play of colors, materials, and shapes, this vase collection takes center stage by deceiving your brains into thinking that parts of its form have stretched so far to the point of disappearing completely.

Designer: Bo Zhang

Pliable materials have the tendency to grow thinner the more you stretch them, as one can easily see with rubber, clay, or dough. As these stretched sections become thinner, they also have a tendency to become paler, presuming they have some distinct color, to begin with. In the real world, these stretched objects will break at some point, but fantasy might make us think that these parts can instead become invisible and disappear.

This is exactly the kind of fantasy illusion that the Stretch Color vase collection generates in our minds. The mysterious shapes of these crystalline vases are meant to reflect its designer’s “obsession with the color of the reconstruction space,” and its illusion works on multiple levels beyond its disappearing act. Depending on the angle you’re viewing it, the vase could sometimes look like a 2D planar art painting or sometimes a 3D sculptural artwork. It’s almost as if the vases were designed to confound the mind with both their beauty as well as their conflicting visual signals.

The vases come in three forms, two of which seem to bend and stretch near the middle but have full color at both ends. Perhaps the most visually perplexing member of the trio is the vase whose form ends where its color disappears, strengthening the illusion of stretching to the point of becoming nothing. The vases are, in a way, also testaments to sophisticated manufacturing processes considering how they also defy conventional shapes and color patterns.

Of course, with vases like these, it’s almost a shame to have them filled with flowers that take the attention away from their mesmerizing forms. They do force a sense of minimalism by making you pick simpler flowers and arrangements that truly bring out the vase’s beauty, not to mention further trick your mind into wondering how the flowers or parts of the vase manage to stay afloat despite the missing parts.

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Preserve or dry flowers in this frame-like device to add some floral magic to your interiors

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Who doesn’t love looking at flowers? Most people will most likely give a sigh (even a silent one) whenever they see beautiful arrangements of fresh flowers. The sad thing though is that they often don’t last for a long time. Unless you have a constant supply of fresh ones readily available, you’ll probably have them for just a couple of days at most. If they’re real flowers, of course, they cannot last forever as that’s their very nature. But what if you could prolong it for a few days more?

Designers: Heejun Shin and Janchi

Flora is a concept for a flower refrigerator and dryer that can do just that. At most, cut flowers, even when you take care of them properly, can last for just a week. But with this concept, you can prolong it a bit longer because you’ll be able to control the temperature inside the device. And when you know that the lifespan of these flowers are about to end, you can also dry them in a controlled environment and preserve their memory to some extent and add to your decorations or even your journals.

The device basically looks like a picture frame where your flowers can stay a little while longer. The design is actually inspired by these frames as well as a mixture of smart speakers, refrigerators, and flower vases themselves. Each device has a flower vase inside where you can place your flowers for cooling. You can control the temperature between 6-18 degrees celsius. And when it’s time to dry the flowers, you just have to spin the Flora device upside down and use the drying vase to start the process.

The design is a simple frame with two types of pots to choose from, the regular flower pot an a drying pot. There are different vase designs as well. The device itself has some buttons at the top which you use to control things like the temperature, lighting, and drying. There’s also a monitor that will tell you what the temperature is like inside. This is a pretty interesting concept if you want your flowers preserved although you will be unable to stop and smell the flowers since they’re encased.

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Pineapple leather and copper tubes make up this space saving vase cover

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Pineapple is not my favorite fruit. I mean I can eat it but it won’t make it to the top 10 or if there are other fruits, I’d rather not eat it. But I can’t deny that it’s one of the most popular and useful of the edible fruits out there. You can even use its peeling for other things so you don’t need to throw the rest of the non-edible parts away. There are a lot of designers and product creators out there that look for ways to use other fruit parts to create something sustainable and useful.

Designer: Barbora Adamonyte-Kei

KOPA is a leather vase made from pineapple leather and serves as a decorative vase cover that you can use over a glass. It’s actually space-saving, portable, and gives off a unique aesthetic to your desk or living room. All you need is an ordinary glass to serve as your water holder and then the leather vase will be used to cover it up and somehow beautify it, although pineapple leather is simple and minimalist by itself and it’s not that colorful.

The vase cover is made from beige and black pineapple leather and has copper tubes with rubber finishing. You have the 250 and 300 mm option for the height and a 130mm width. The tube is small and can hold a thin stem of flowers so if you want to have several different flowers, you’ll have to use a few glasses and covers. All you have to do is place the cover over the glass and if it gets wet in the process, it will just dry up on its own.

Sometimes you don’t need to have something elaborate or ornate on your desk or to decorate your living room. If this matches your aesthetic and you’re in need of space-saving and simple vases, then the KOPA pineapple leather vase should be right up your alley.

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Vaso Gato minimalist and lightweight vase appears as if floating in the air

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VASO GOTA Vase Product Design

A vase has one primary purpose: to hold something—it could be a single stem of a flower or a stalk of a plant, water or wine, or just about anything small you want to display. You can see at least one vase in most households, but you see many of them in restaurants as fancy decorations. No matter how you use a vase, such must complement a room’s aesthetics and personality if it is to stay in your environment. Good thing the vase can come in different forms, shapes, sizes, and textures so anyone can experiment with the design or get one that suits him. A vase may only have a few functions, but it can offer big things to people, especially if you put pretty flowers or plants, as the sight can help reduce stress, boost your mood, and for some people, help physically heal.

Designer: Maurício Coelho

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

Who wouldn’t want to use a vase as a decoration at home when this small object can do wonders to your mood? Designed by furniture and product designer Maurício Coelho, the Vaso Gota is an intelligently- designed vase that is functional and peaceful—like holding a flower or a plant and the ability to soothe the soul. The vase system is made of different materials—steel and glass—so it offers a balanced yet contrasting energy to anyone who can adapt to many different kinds of atmosphere, ambiance, cultures, and people.

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

The Vaso Gota (Drop Vase) features two parts: (1) the metal stand with its curves working as the frame and the vase holder; and (2) the glass vase in different shapes. The shape of the stand (frame) allows the vase to appear as if floating from the floor, but we find it interesting it can carry the vase without tipping. It’s not exactly magic because the exact design of both ends carries the weight of the vase, supporting any shape of the glass vase available. As for the shapes of the glass vases, there are three: two are cones but one is taller and slimmer, and another one shaped like an elongated teat of a baby’s pacifier.

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

The Vaso Gato is a minimalist creation that will look great on any surface or corner of the room. The available vases come in timeless designs, but they cannot stand independently. They remind us of those glass beakers used in science experiments but now with their own stand, so it’s looking like you’re about to start a new scientific discovery. The metal stand is available in either white or black, looking thin yet strong and lightweight.

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

Maurício Coelho isn’t a stranger to us as we have featured his previous designs like the unique-looking Chaise Espinhal chaise lounge and the Lightning Chair that looks ready to charge you anytime. This Brazilian designer is also a 3D artist who comes up with furniture pieces that are functional, intuitive, and personal. Most of his works are sofas and chairs, but we have also seen other smaller ones like the lamps and the vases. Coelho knows what he is doing for the home and furniture world because every design presented can go into production and be released in the market.

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

VASO GOTA

Vaso Gota Drop Vase

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These beautiful homeware products are made from coffee’s biggest waste

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Some people joke that the world is fueled by coffee, but there is actually some truth to that. Health experts might be divided on the effects of the cup of liquid energy, especially in the long term, but there’s no denying that plenty of people depend on even just a single cup to get through their day. Unfortunately, the increasing demand for coffee and coffee-based drinks is negatively affecting the planet more than our bodies, thanks to various forms of waste related to the coffee economy. Thankfully, there are a few creative people who are finding ways to curb coffee’s negative impact on the environment, like turning used coffee grounds into home accessories that are not only beautiful but also functional as reminders to live a greener existence.

Designer: Sarah Christensen

It’s easy enough to downplay the effect of coffee grounds on the planet. After all, they sound less harmful compared to the plastics and other materials used in delivering coffee in a cup. This organic material, however, does emit methane in landfills, contributing to one of the most potent greenhouse gasses that, in turn, further global warming. Given how much people use coffee today, that situation is probably going to get worse.

What makes this even more tragic is that coffee grounds actually still hold a lot of value even after they’re used. Not only do they still contain various aromas and flavors, but they can also be used as raw materials for creating other objects. They don’t have to go to waste, for all meanings of the word, and it takes only some motivation, creativity, and access to equally sustainable materials to turn waste into art.

Sarah Christensen has started creating everyday homeware out of these spent coffee grounds, but that material alone doesn’t exactly work well for solid objects. The designer also had to use Jesmonite, a popular eco-friendly, VOC-free, and non-toxic alternative to resin-based products. Coffee grounds are cast into sheets to be stored for later use and then later broken into chips. These serve as composite material for the objects ala terrazzo, where each product is 40% coffee grounds and 60% Jesmonite.

Christensen doesn’t simply make any everyday homeware either. She has focused primarily on plant pots in order to encourage indoor gardening hobbies and lifestyles. She also has some candle holders and soap dishes, too, both intended to tell the owner to take a slow down, step back, relax, and reflect on life and our impact on the world. Even if you don’t get those subtle hints and messages, it’s hard to ignore how beautiful these products are, with specs of brown that add character and points of interest to the smooth surfaces of the objects.

The story doesn’t end there, however, as the designer is trying to introduce these homewares into the circular economy. Broken pieces, for example, can be used for other things, like crocks in plant pots or material for buildings. This way, one can really say that coffee makes the world go round, even after the drink has long served its purpose of energizing you, perhaps to help make the world a better place.

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CNC-milled porcelain vases fit together like a three-dimensional puzzle

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Ceramic Bodies is a collection of four porcelain vases that fit together like a three-dimensional puzzle.

Designer Jörg Hugo studied architecture before opening his own design studio. Calling it Studio Jörg Hugo, his work largely explores “the relationship between materiality, form, and space,” as he describes on his personal website. Relying on either digital or analog design methods and production techniques, Hugo creates timeless pieces that completely reinterpret how we interact with space and material. One of his most recent projects, Ceramic Bodies, comprises a collection of four porcelain vases that almost appear to melt into each other like a three-dimensional puzzle.

Designer: Jörg Hugo

Each vase that’s included in Ceramic Bodies is deformed by design. Dotted with imprints and depressions, the deformed shape of each vase is a type of stabilizing technique called geometric optimization, which finds the most suitable configuration for an object to minimize its overall structural mass and energy. Fitting together like twin pieces, the plaster molds for each vase were CNC-milled from gypsum blocks to ensure accurate sizing and streamline the production process.

Before production, “All porcelain bodies were 3D-scanned, re-topologized and modified,” Hugo explains, “making it possible to change scale, adapt shrinking factors and optimize the stability of each porcelain body in a short period of time.” In order to ensure the vases were stabilized when they came together, Hugo altered the outer surface when necessary. While handcrafted ceramics is a timeless art, through Ceramic Bodies, Hugo found a digital way to save time while making art that looks handcrafted.

Starting with gypsum blocks, Hugo reconfigured the outer surface of each vase so that they would fit into one another. 

Hugo carefully shaped each vase so that they could form one unit. 

The vases could stand alone as an art piece or work as individual vases for flowers. 

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