Hey all. I'll return soon....
Hey all. I'll return soon. I've almost lost the cold but now, hooray, but the company that makes my new kitchen has begun to act stupid so the discomfort continues.
Just quickly wanted to show you a vase I really like, the Flataalto vase by Ronen Kadushin. Try the link, scroll down a bit and click on the first picture.
http://www.ronen-kadushin.com/Open_Design.asp
Thank you Olive...
...but let's not spoil the fun yet. Even if this is a viable option I still think we should consider alternatives. The obvious ones are of course other shapes, but even in this one we have to compare a number of possibilities.
Just to name a few:
The circular cavities could be a continious concave (spherical) shape with one or two holes in the lower end of that surface.
The slightly recessed circles (make to avoid a kind of "grater-like" look) could also be the start of a half spherical shape that comes just slightly out of the cylindrical shape, as small "balconies".
The concave surface could also be a convex one with the two holes on top of the convex surface.
etc.
In a "normal" design process designers will systematically go through a number of these alternatives, just to make sure that amoung obvious alternatives, they choose the most attractive one. The alternative is of course that you "inspire" someone else, which every good product does by the way, who than makes the better variation on your research.
I guess I should sketch these things so that we can all react to it.
or perhaps something like...
or perhaps something like this, I also thought of perhaps having a curved base where the water acts as a balast...perhaps kitty might knock it over less , I think maybe a perforated ceramic cap which sits over a lip on the main part of the vase. James' idea with the paper cylinder would look good but I think unless the vase can be made to taper inwards at the top it wouldn't be very functional.
http://messmate.blogspot.com/
Hi HP
It amazes me al the time how convergent a group of people can think about a particular object and the problems it reases and the solutions it generates. You showed off line a picture of the Zeebrugge Ferry terminal and now James comes up with an elongated version that only requires to be closed at the top to become the DA vase version of your analogy.
As I mwntioned to Patrick. Unless holes are of the same size and require the same tool, I would not exclude it. We all understand that the holes have to be made by hand, because the casting can not be selective. But it certainly could be done. In my suggestion the holes were all the same diameter just so that they could be done with one simple tool.
Let's see other reactions. If this one becomes the favorite i will be glad to find a way to do it economically.
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