Orinoco Vase

Orinoco Vase

DESIGNED BY Masanori Umeda
FOR Memphis Milano

Masanori Umeda plays with forms in Orinoco, a bizarre ceramic vase with a white stem and blue spheres at the base. Spheres also connect the borders of Parana, the ceramic fruit holder shaped and painted by hand. The Japanese designer chose the names of two of the biggest rivers in Latin America for this ironic experimentation on the combination of shapes, including the creative linkage of the vertices of a triangle.

INFO

Masanori Umeda plays with forms in Orinoco, a bizarre ceramic vase with a white stem and blue spheres at the base.

MADE IN ITALY

DIMENSIONS

180 W x 180 D x 290 H (mm)

CONSTRUCTION

Turned and hand-painted ceramic vase.

LEAD TIME

16 - 20 Weeks

RESOURCES

Technical Drawings
Orinoco Vase
Orinoco Vase
Orinoco Vase
Orinoco Vase

Meet the Designer

Masanori Umeda

Masanori Umeda studied at the School of Design in Tokyo. Later working with Achille Castiglioni in Milan in 1967. Umeda opened his own studio in Japan, where he produced several works for the Memphis group.

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