Happy Birthday: Aalto's Savoy Vase

The iconic and gorgeous Savoy Vase is having its 70th birthday. Designed in 1936 by Alvar Aalto it has been produced continously for seven decades by Iittala, based in Finland.

A representative of Iittala has said, "I don't think Aalto would have designed such a vase if he'd known more about how to make it.".

So many good things in life seem to come about that way. Here are a few original design collages for the Savoy:

via: metropolismag.com
photo: unica home
collages: Iittala

Comments (3)

The Aalto vase will definitely be a clasic forever, but I've never been a fan of the colored ones.

posted by Alex on 2006-05-05 15:35:05

I own an amber one which I like.

And am recently really liking the white ones, and just found a place that sells white ones with colored interiors...

http://www.finnstyle.com/duocolorvases.html

The blue one reminds me of a swimming pool, of which I am currently obsessed...

posted by patrick (the other one) on 2006-05-05 16:37:24

Really pretty!
(but don't buy it for fishes PLEASE, it's too, too small :-(!!)

posted by Poppy on 2006-05-07 09:55:43