The Savoy vase by Alvar Alto has become a shape as ubiquitous as it is iconic, this time showing up as a way to customize a standard-issue Ikea bath mat. We think the outline lends itself to drying one's feet quite well.
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Svanna of Carpe + Item traced the vase, enlarged the outline and made a pattern with newspaper that she used to cut out the bath mat. Since we don't have a vase to trace, we could do the same by downloading the shape from the internet.
Her choices of blue and white are quite classy, but we can imagine this idea also working well with a patterned mat.
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That is so ugly to me. The white one looks like those crime scene photos from that book Helter Skelter in which the bodies had been artlessly whited out.
view Kimporter's profile
Good call, Kimporter.
view kellylc's profile
...huh?
view nazrd's profile
Not iconic enough. That's just dorky.
view kimdog's profile
I like this concept. Changing an inexpensive bath mat to something unique is a great idea. Perhaps using another shape.... coke bottle, mickey mouse ears, the stanley cup... to suit your style?
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I think it's a really good idea. But I don't think it works with this particular shape. The Aalto vase is too free-form and organic; it requires structure to offset its organic shape, which comes from the solidness of the glass. In a bath mat, it just looks like a spill. But I think this could be great with a more graphic shape!
view Cheryl's profile
Actually, the blue one is kind of funny because it looks like someone spilled some water.
view jyw's profile
Yeah, jyw, I thought the white one looked like a spill. Doesn't work for me at all.
For anyone who does Photoshop, that white blob will make you think that someone is removing a stain or flaw from the photo of the floor, and patching in a section from elsewhere.
Does anyone really look at this amorphous shape and say. "Aha! the Savoy vase!"?
view Forestdweller's profile
What's wrong with a rectangular bathmat - and what are you supposed to do with the excess: Throw it away?
view bepsf's profile
I recognized it...
I think it was a worthy idea... but bepsf is right... lots of waste.
view SCADanielle's profile
I thought someone spilled some white paint in the first photo...
This is definitely not something I'd do.
view TrishM's profile
The floor tile is crooked.
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