Hubert Griemert & Gerhard Kardow, Kolbenvase für KPM Berlin VARIANT:Basalt porcelain Matteo Thun

Matteo Thun

The striking facade design with its colored elements and geometric structures makes this masterpiece of Brutalist architecture unmistakable

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one of the oldest

the collection includes design classics by artists such as Arne Jacobsen

Hubert Griemert & Gerhard Kardow, Kolbenvase für KPM Berlin VARIANT:Basalt porcelain Matteo ThunThe piston vase is one of Hubert Griemert's best known designs for the KPM manufactory. At the beginning of 1956, KPM produced the small piston vase 1 (model and tax number 19235 5,8855) for the first time with a foliate net decoration designed by Gerhard Kadow. Gerhard Kadow was a Bauhaus student of Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky. In addition to the white vase, the piston vase 1 was also produced in basalt porcelain*. Form design Hubert Griemert,