Rosenthal - Asym vase

From the 1960s onwards, the big names created the great art that Rosenthal then made eternal through porcelain. For Rosenthal Studio-Line there are so many wonderful vases that you will find here some selected specimens. These timeless objects but at the same time in step with modernity will surprise even without flowers.

Claus Josef Riedel

Claus Riedel was born in 1925 in Polaun, now part of Kořenov, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic). He served in the German army in Italy during World War II. After the war he worked briefly at Swarowski Crystal and in 1956 bought with his father a bankrupt glassworks in Kufstein, Austria, recreating a tradition originally founded in Bohemia in 1756. C J Riedel was the first to produce wine-specific glasses, recognizing that the shape of the glass affects the taste of the wine.Indeed, after he took control of the family business in 1957, he began experimenting with the shapes of wine glasses, recognizing that a wine could taste significantly different in glasses of various shapes and sizes. His designs, which included the 1958 Burgundy Grand Cru, then the largest wine glass in the world, won the Grand Prix at the Brussels Exposition that year. He was succeeded as president of the company by his son, Georg, in 1994. He died in March 2004, at the age of 79.

Rosenthal

 In 1879, returning from an experience in the United States of America, Philipp Rosenthal decided to open a porcelain decoration workshop in Bavaria.
In 1907 the company branded every product with its own name. The following year he bought Thomas, a brand later addressed to a youth audience.
In 1950 his son Philip took on responsibility of the company, which in 1961 inaugurated Rosenthal Studio-Line, a brand related to projects and collaborations with celebrated artists, architects, and designers.
With the inauguration of Studio-Line, starting from 60s started collaborations with Raymond Loewy and Richard Latham (Forma 2000)Tapio Wirkkala (Variation, Century)[], Mario Bellini (Cupola), Luigi Colani (Drop), Walter Gropius (TAC), Bjørn Wiinblad (Magic Flute)] and Timo Sarpaneva (Suomi) began in the 1960s. In 1993 he began his collaboration with Versace, whose Avedon's shot for the advertising campaign with Sylvester Stallone and Claudia Schiffer remains famous. When the designer died, the collaboration continued with his sister Donatella (Les Rêves Byzantins). Meanwhile, other artists and designers participate in the creation of design lines, such as Marcello Morandini, Jasper Morrison (Moon), Patricia Urquiola (Landscape).