These Vases Were Designed Using Earthquake Seismograph Readings

May 9, 2016

These vases were designed using earthquake seismograph readings

Photography by monoqi

 

Frankfurt-based designer Jonathan Radetz has created a collection of vases, whose form was dictated by the seismograph recordings of two earthquakes.

The earthquakes he based his designs on were the 6.0 earthquake in Italy in 2012, and the 6.3 earthquake in New Zealand in 2011.

 

In the graph below, you can see how the shape of the vases was taken from the lines on the recording.

These vases were designed using earthquake seismograph readings

© Jonathan Radetz

Once each vase was designed, they were then produced from porcelain using molds in a studio in Bavaria, Germany.

These vases were designed using earthquake seismograph readings

Photography by Alexander Esslinger

Here is the finished product. The photo below is the Italian earthquake in vase form.

These vases were designed using earthquake seismograph readings

Photography by monoqi

And here is the vase based on the New Zealand earthquake.

These vases were designed using earthquake seismograph readings

Photography by monoqi

Jonathan Radetz worked together with Alexander Esslinger, owner and CEO of dua, to make the vases available to the market.

These vases were designed using earthquake seismograph readings

Photography by Tanja Evers