Swirl Vase

With a psychedelic punch, the vases in Tom Dixon's marbleized Swirl series allow branches and flowers to cantilever out dramatically. Stem, Small and Medium vases are inspired by Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging, while the stacked Swirl Vase echoes the geometry elsewhere in the collection. Recycling powdered residue from marble manufacturing and mixing it with pigment and resin in the designer's proprietary process creates the solid blocks of material that are then shaped by cutting and hand-turning on a lathe. Essentially functional works of art, each of the vases is equally striking left unfilled—and completely unique in its patterning.