Musical Vaso by Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou

Musical Vaso by Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award d'Argentu in Disignu di Mubilia Competition Category.

ArgentuMubilia· 2021

Musical Vaso

by Leijing Zhou and Ying Zhou

Client: Zhejiang University

A' Design Award d'Argentu Winner in Mubilia Category

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The Design

About Musical Vaso

Musical hè un vaso multifunziunale cuncepitu per accoglie fiori freschi, fiori secchi o frutta. Un cuntenitore di vetru trasparente staccabile si trova à u centru è pò esse riempitu d'acqua è di piante vive o rimossu è adupratu per i fiori secchi. A piattaforma à a basa pò accoglie fiori cascati o frutta. Un lettore Bluetooth hè piazzatu à u fondu di u vaso, aghjunghjendu u sonu à l'esibizione di e piante. A cuncia bianca circulare hè fatta cù a stampa 3D, dopu pittata è lucidata, mentre chì a plastica ABS è u vetru sò adupratti per a pruduzzione.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award d'Argentu

Musical Vaso hè un vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu, una ricunniscenza straordinariamente prestigiosa attribuita à i disegni di alta gamma, splendidi è impressiunanti. I vincitori d'Argentu sò opere tremendamente brillanti è estremamente creative chì illustranu l'espertisa, u talentu è l'acutezza eccezziunali di i so disegnatori. Si aspetta chì Musical Vaso sia una opera maravigliosa di mostra, rimarchevulemente prufessiunale è prufondamente innuvatrice. Stu disegnu vincitore di u premiu A' Design Award d'Argentu hè una invenzione assai nutevule è ammirata chì benefizia è allarga i limiti di l'arte, di a scienza, di u disegnu è di a tecnulugia. Musical Vaso hè una creazione assai invidiata chì evoca disideri, introduce sentimenti pusitivi è accende stupore è maraviglia.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The musical vase is a multifunctional vase suitable for different scenes: First of all, this is a unique vase that can hold flowers, dried flowers or fruits. The detachable transparent glass container and the platform enable it to combine with the object being held in different ways. Secondly, at the bottom of it is a Bluetooth player, which attempts to establish a dialogue between human and nature by integrating with the vase, bringing a multi-sensory experience to people.
Dimensions & Packaging: The size is 265*290*125 (mm)
Tags: Vase, Musical, Plant, Function, Life, Aesthetics
Production Technology: In the design, 3D printing is used for the shell and the surface of it is painted and polished, and a glass container is placed in the middle to hold the flowers. After that, ABS plastic materials and glass materials are used for mass production.
Design Challenge: Turn inspiration into reality.
Research: Designers have paid much attention on vase design in terms of the special material, color and shape of vase, while weakening the role of plants. we believe the essential function of vase is presenting the beauty of natural plants instead of over-decorating itself. Our design puts natural plants in the center and creates maximum space for presenting the beauty of plants. We would like to build connection between human and nature by vision and hearing. Musical vase will bring peace, imagination, and harmony into human life.
Inspiration: Circle is the most initial and most inclusive form, symbolizing completeness, harmony, and iterative growth. Musical Vase has a circular shape with plants growing from the center of circle. This visual form symbolizes that plants have vigorous vitality to break through the limited space and bloom brilliantly. Musical vase is a multifunctional vase that can play music, which can bring people both hearing and vision enjoyment. White is used to set off the natural beauty of plants. The minimalist Zen shape allows the sound to spread to the depths of people's hearts, and the hollowed out part of the shape brings more imagination. The size ratio and load-bearing capacity of the white plastic shell to the glass container have also been accurately calculated.
Project Duration: The project started in Hangzhou in July 2020 and completed in Hangzhou in September 2020.
Operation Flow: qThe transparent glass part can be filled with water and fresh plants, or it can be removed as a container for dried flowers. The platform at the bottom can hold fallen flowers which can let the fragrance of flowers last longer, or it can be used to hold fruits for decoration.
Team Members: Leijing Zhou
Ying Zhou
Yingqiao Chen
Si Huang
Tianyi Li
Jie Gao
Dong Qian
Jianhua Liu
Pitchayapat Sonchaeng
Shijian Luo
Image Credits: Image #1: Yingqiao Chen, 2020.
Image #2: Yingqiao Chen, 2020.
Image #3: Yingqiao Chen, 2020.
Image #4: Yingqiao Chen, 2020.
Image #5: Yingqiao Chen, 2020.