Gold Homeware Design · 2025
Sphere Vase
by Nicolas Woll
- A' Design Award 2025 Gold Winner in Homeware Design
- Awarded April 15, 2025
- CLIENT: Iconic Home
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 64,331
- Verification code 7E8ADE3D09 · Verify this award
About Sphere Vase
Sphere is a vase designed for fresh flowers, dried flowers and use as a room fragrance diffuser. The outer surface combines deep grooves and clear lines to create a depth effect that changes with the viewing angle and the incidence of light. Sphere is 3D printed from bio-based PLA, and each vase takes between 5 and 15 hours to produce, depending on size. A waterproof inner container, also 3D printed, is made of recyclable polypropylene. Production uses self-generated solar electricity. Sphere is offered in three sizes.
The Sphere Vase by Nicolas Woll exemplifies a distinguished approach to contemporary decorative vessel design that bridges the precision of modern manufacturing with the timeless appeal of organic natural forms, positioning itself within a broader movement toward biomorphic design language that has characterized twenty-first century decorative arts, the collection presented here demonstrates the designer's sophisticated understanding of how repeated linear elements can transform simple volumetric shapes into objects of visual complexity and tactile invitation, the ribbed surface treatment creates an interplay of light and shadow that varies throughout the day as illumination shifts, ensuring the vessels remain dynamic rather than static presences within domestic interiors, the choice of a warm neutral colorway suggests an awareness of contemporary interior design trends favoring earth tones that complement rather than compete with varied decor schemes, the inclusion of leather cord details introduces material contrast and references artisanal craft traditions while the tags serve as markers of provenance and authenticity, technically the consistent precision of the ribbed channels across three different scales demonstrates manufacturing excellence while the organic bulbous silhouettes soften any impression of mechanical coldness, the forms themselves evoke botanical precedents including seed pods, gourds, and bulbs suggesting themes of growth, potential, and natural abundance, when styled with dried botanical specimens as shown here the vessels complete a visual narrative connecting human making with natural forms, viewers might contemplate how contemporary design increasingly seeks to reconcile technological capability with organic sensibility, how objects designed for domestic use carry aesthetic as well as functional responsibilities, and how the simplest forms when executed with refinement and thoughtfulness can elevate everyday environments into spaces of beauty and contemplation.
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- Unique Properties
- The Sphere vases by Iconic Home become objects with an extraordinary depth effect. Depending on the incidence of light, the vases can be rediscovered from every angle. The iconic vase is elaborately manufactured in the company's own design factory in Germany using a 3D printing process from bio-based PLA. The complex manufacturing process for a single vase takes up to 15 hours.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Sphere Size S: 162 mm x 162 mm x 200 mm
Sphere Size M: 211 mm x 211 mm x 260 mm
Sphere Size L: 260 mm x 260 mm x 320 mm - Tags
- Vase, innovative 3D printing, designobjet, sustainable design, modern
- Production Technology
- The Sphere vase is made from bio-based PLA using an innovative 3D printing process. Depending on the size, it takes between 5 and 15 hours to produce each vase. Production is carried out sustainably using self-generated PV electricity, which minimises the carbon footprint. The waterproof inner container made of 3D-printed polypropylene is not only durable, but also 100% recyclable, which further emphasises the vase's environmental friendliness.
- Design Challenge
- The biggest challenge was realising the complex 3D print design for the large-format Sphere vase. In addition to internal factors such as historical design development and social demands, we had to develop a 15-hour printing process that would work seamlessly from the first to the last second. External factors such as legal requirements, production possibilities and technological limitations required innovative solutions in order to realise a high-quality, functional end product.
- Project Duration
- It took around a year from the initial development to the finished production of the Iconic Home vases. After an intensive design and test phase, the official market launch took place in November 2023.
- Operation Flow
- The vases are not only suitable for fresh flowers, but also for dried flowers and as room fragrance diffusers. Thanks to a special manufacturing technique, the vases are water-resistant and robust - ideal for versatile use in the home.
- Research
- In our design research-based study for the development of the Iconic Home vases, we investigated bio-based PLA as a renewable material. The aim was to realise a vase with an extraordinary depth effect using iterative prototypes and experimental 3D printing processes. We optimised the 3D design with material analyses, expert feedback and test groups. The results promote sustainable design, economic innovation and social acceptance of environmentally friendly products.
- Inspiration
- The Iconic Home vases combine innovative manufacturing, aesthetic design and sustainability. Precise 3D printing creates filigree structures with a unique depth effect that conventional techniques cannot achieve. Made from bio-based PLA and with an energy-efficient manufacturing process, they are not only visually impressive, but also environmentally friendly - a perfect interplay of technology, design and sustainability.
- Patents
- Patented. Patent No. 015052388-0001 (2024 / EUIPO) Patent Holder: Designscape Creative GmbH
Trademark. ICONIC HOME No 018882682 (2023 / EUIPO) Trademark Holder: Designscape Creative GmbH
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