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Edifice Vase 18cm

£1,709.00

Edifice treats porcelain the way an architect treats a building: as volumes, joints and supports. The pumpkin vase is the collection’s most compact form. Softly rounded volumes in white Meissen porcelain are stacked one on another, and each seam is traced in hand-painted gold.

The handles do the structural work. Rather than sitting on the surface, they frame the body, tie its sections together and run down to the base, where they become the vase’s feet. Ornament and structure are one gesture.

The vase is made by hand at the Meissen manufactory, which has produced porcelain since 1710. The technique is three centuries old; the form is entirely of now.

Edifice treats porcelain the way an architect treats a building: as volumes, joints and supports. The pumpkin vase is the collection’s most compact form. Softly rounded volumes in white Meissen porcelain are stacked one on another, and each seam is traced in hand-painted gold.

The handles do the structural work. Rather than sitting on the surface, they frame the body, tie its sections together and run down to the base, where they become the vase’s feet. Ornament and structure are one gesture.

The vase is made by hand at the Meissen manufactory, which has produced porcelain since 1710. The technique is three centuries old; the form is entirely of now.

A London design studio making objects that endure. Across furniture, lighting, tableware, textiles, and beyond.

  • Founded by Bodo Sperlein in 2000, the studio is based at Oxo Tower Wharf on London's South Bank. Trained at the University of the Arts London, Bodo has spent over two decades building a practice defined by material precision and a quiet confidence in craft. Work from the studio is held in permanent museum collections and appears on tables in Michelin-starred restaurants around the world..

  • Every project starts with research — into material, history, and the specific logic of what is being made. The studio works at the intersection of traditional techniques and contemporary sensibility, looking for the tension between the two rather than smoothing it over. The result is work that has a reason to exist and is made to last.

  • The studio's output spans collections — furniture, lighting, tableware, wallpaper, textiles — alongside art direction, exhibition design, and bespoke commissions. For clients, this extends to consultancy: product strategy, creative direction, and brand positioning for manufacturers who want to reach new audiences without losing what makes them distinctive.

  • The studio collaborates with leading international manufacturers across furniture, lighting, tableware, and textiles. Recent partners include Meissen, Lobmeyr, Dibbern, GAN Rugs, LZF Lamps, Schotten & Hansen, and Gravelli — brought together most visibly through the studio's annual Menu exhibition at Milan Design Week, which Bodo has curated since 2024. Longer-standing relationships with brands such as Dior, Swarovski, Mulberry, and Nikko reflect the studio's position across both luxury fashion and design manufacturing.