Originally a one-off design exploration, this porcelain vase concept was subsequently licensed to an upscale French furniture company, Ligne Roset, and is still sold today. It comprises one water vessel (the largest) and three rings of different heights. The smallest ring has a reduced opening that only allows smaller volume of stems to pass.

Addressing my personal frustration with limited domestic storage space for a range of vases for various types of flowers, Stack was designed so that a single vase (set) can accommodate a range of flowers—a single flower stands upright like in a bud vase when using the ring with the reduced opening; or it works with a bunch of flowers with varying stem length. For long-stemmed flowers, the water vessel is placed at the bottom with the rings stacked on top. For shorter stems, rings can be removed, which adjusts the vase’s height, or the “unused” rings can just stack the underneath the water vessel, keeping the height of the vase the same for all types and quantities of flowers. 

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The size and number of rings needed to be re-designed after production development was pursued with the Italian porcelain manufacturer.