When I came across these flower pots from Light and Ladder, I felt a chill of deja vu sneaking into my brain.
Where had I seen this shape before?
The sliding lines wrapped around a sphere, so elegant yet so precise. With no extraneous corners, no botchy transitions, no rushed revelations. Just simple, clean, magnetic.
It took a while to be able to place it, partly because the context in which I had seen the same shapes was so different. But it came to me, eventually. I had used the same words to describe a building I had seen on a trip to Luxembourg City. The Luxembourg Philharmonic, with its soft lines and 823 facade columns of white steel, is modern architectural masterpiece.
I don’t think I can describe the Vayu planters better than their creators do: by peeling away layers and staggering the proportions, the eye is drawn towards a view that’s unique from every angle.
You can order this piece both as a flower pot (this means that it has drainage holes) and as a planter (just insert the plastic pot that your plant came in). The flower pot version comes with a matching tray for catching the excess water.
The ceramic planter is made in the United States and comes in a stone finish (grey) and a blush finish (a pleasant peach color).
Light and Ladder is a Brooklyn-based studio headed by Farrah Sit. Farrah’s dream is “to create a business based on quality, function, beauty and community” with a focus of nudging their buyers towards owning fewer, but better, home accessories.
And they’re doing a great job at taking out the excess to reveal the beauty of everyday decor.
All photos of the planter via Light and Ladder
Luxembourg Philharmonic photo by Jean-noel Lafargue via Wikimedia commons
