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Flow Vase by Sini Majuri

Flow Vase by Sini Majuri is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award in Silber in Möbeldesign Competition Category.


SilberMöbel· 2021

Flow Vase

by Sini Majuri

Client: Sini Majuri

A' Design Award in Silber Winner in Möbel Category

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Colors

The Design

About Flow Vase

Flow ist eine Kollektion von Glasvasen, inspiriert von der Bewegung flüssigen Glases. Die Kollektion umfasst drei Formen und ist in Blau und Violett erhältlich. Jedes Gefäß wird mundgeblasen und von Hand geformt, anschließend signiert und nummeriert, sodass jedes Stück sein eigenes Farbmuster in den Glasschichten trägt. Die Höhen reichen von 90 bis 250 Millimetern. Traditionelle finnische Glasbläsertechniken lassen die Farbe frei zwischen den Schichten fließen. Ziel ist es, Ruhe sowie ein Spiel aus Licht und Schatten in alltägliche Innenräume zu bringen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Silber

Flow Vase ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Silber, einer enorm prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, großartige und beeindruckende Spitzendesigns. Silber-Gewinner sind ungemein brillante und äußerst kreative Werke, die die herausragende Expertise, das Talent und den Scharfsinn ihrer Designer veranschaulichen. Von Flow Vase wird erwartet, dass es ein wunderbares Vorzeigewerk ist, das bemerkenswert professionell und zutiefst innovativ ist. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Silber prämierte Design ist eine höchst bemerkenswerte, bewunderte Erfindung, die den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Flow Vase ist eine vielbeneidete Schöpfung, die Wünsche weckt, positive Gefühle vermittelt und Staunen und Verwunderung entfacht.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
Flow vase gains inspiration from the elegance of the movement of liquid glass that is frozen into a stasis that is fragile yet forever. The rhythm of the glass making process ensures that every vessel has unique splashes of color that mimic the dance of brush strokes of abstract impression. Every vase has their own breath. Its a methaphor for a soul of a piece that makes it more than mere interior object.
Dimensions & Packaging
Studio made glass. Wide: 200 mm tall. Tall: 250 mm tall. Small 90 mm tall.
Tags
glass, vessel, vase, design, object, finland
Production Technology
Flow Collection mixes Scandinavian cool with capricious Finnish glass blowing techniques that allow color flow freely within the glass layers. Collection has three shapes and the design is available in blue and purple. Vessels are mouth blown and shaped by hand, signed and numbered. Made in Mafka&Alakoski Glass Studio, Finland.
Design Challenge
The creative challenge of the project is to use color in an abstract way and still create harmoniouss impressions. The glass making process of the collection is mixing multiple traditional glass blowing techniques in a fresh and new way.
Research
The Flow Collection experiments with the contrasting nature of the medium. How thick and voluminous glass can look weightless and how the optics of the medium influence the movement of color.
Inspiration
Flow Collection brings 3D perspective into abstract brush strokes. The inspiration of the Collection flows from the Scandinavian aesthetics and a sense of beauty. A simplified shape can become multi-dimensional in glass medium; There is the visual layer of glass: how does the glass reflect, how will the colors look in different light. Above all there are also the historical layers of glass and the rare knowledge behind the craftsmanship.
Project Duration
The project was started in January 2021 in Riihimaki, Finland. Exhibited in Hong Kong 2021.
Operation Flow
The design philosophy of the collection is to create objects that bring serenity into our everyday life. The moment when a studio made vessel is used is special. When light is gleaming trough the glass, the shadow of the piece comes alive reflecting the inner color play.
Patents
Copyrights, Sini Majuri
Team Members
Glass blowing team, Kari Alakoski and Marja Hepo-aho. Made in Mafka&Alakoski Glass Studio, Finland.
Image Credits
Icy Design Oy, 2021. Helsinki Finland

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