Different Tendencies
Enzo Mari
Bambu 3084B
Scene design: Duyi Han
Bambu 3084B vase
Produced by Danese Milano
1969 (from a later edition)
White press-cast PVC plastic
14.8 x 4.9 x 4.9 inches
37.5 x 12.5 x 12.5 centimeters
Price and detailed condition available upon request
Included in MoMA’s 1972 exhibition Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, there are five models in Enzo Mari’s Bambu vessel series. All of the models employ a then-new technology—pressure-casting PVC—to create novel botanical forms. Shown here is in the second vase in the series, Bambu 3084B.
Images courtesy of Pieterjan