Nendo: Jellyfish Vase
Milan Design Week 2017
Milan, Italy
30 vases of ultrathin silicon float in an aquarium filled with water. The strength and direction of the water's current is carefully adjusted so that they onduluate as if they were jellyfish.

Vases that float like jellyfish in the water. 30 vases of various sizes are placed in a 1800 mm aquarium filled with water and the strength and direction of the water’s current is carefully adjusted so that they undulate moderately. The vases are made out of ultrathin transparent silicon that has been dyed twice to give the impression that what is floating in the water is but a gradated silhouette of colours. 
The design was to redefine the conventional roles of flower, water, and vase by making the water inconspicuous, with an ensemble of both flowers and vases floating inside the filled water, as opposed to simply showing off flowers in a water-filled vase.

Image 32 of jellyfish vase sketch in Nendo: Jellyfish Vase - Cosentino
Image 33 of jellyfish vase07 akihiro yoshida in Nendo: Jellyfish Vase - Cosentino
Akihiro Yoshida
Image 34 of jellyfish vase14 akihiro yoshida in Nendo: Jellyfish Vase - Cosentino
Akihiro Yoshida
Image 35 of jellyfish vase21 akihiro yoshida in Nendo: Jellyfish Vase - Cosentino
Image 36 of 1 jellyfish vase10 akihiro yoshida scaled in Nendo: Jellyfish Vase - Cosentino
Akihiro Yoshida

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