Earth Flower Vase by Martí­ Guixé

Martí­ Guixé
Earth Flower Vase, 1999

Flowers look great in a vase, but they’re completely cut off from the very thing that kept them alive in the first place: the dirt. Martí Guixé decided to change that — he designed a vase with a brilliant twist: the walls are double-layered, and the hollow gap inside is filled with actual, raw soil taken straight from the park grounds.

Instead of hiding the mud away or pretending it’s a dirty secret, Guixé brings the soil right onto the dinner table as part of the art. It’s a beautifully simple reminder of where everything comes from, reconnecting the flower with its roots in the most literal way possible.

The Earth Flower Vase was a part of the Droog’s Couleur Locale project at the historic Oranienbaum Park in eastern Germany (near Dessau).