The LAVA vase is
NAVET is a multidisciplinary design collective founded in 2012 by Lina Hurning, Maria Johansson, Helena Svensson, and Cecilia Wahlberg. NAVET stands for New And Very Exciting Things and their design work is characterized by a minimalist design language combined with expressive colors and textures.
The products often have a clear function and aesthetic in the space between art and design. Their approach emphasizes creativity and spontaneity, working with the inherent qualities and limitations of materials.
Glass is a material that is well enabled to be recycled. It is 100% recyclable and can be infinitely recycled without losing quality and turned into new products. Recycling one tonne of glass saves around 385 000 tons of CO2 emissions.
The LAVA vase is made in a glass workshop in Sweden called Glasbolaget. At Glasbolaget, Ammy and Erika, the owners, are able to produce almost CO2 neutral products.
Their glass workshop is located next to a landfill. When materials decompose at the landfill, they create gasses that are able to generate energy. Metangas from the landfill is transported in a pipe that is in less than 2km distance from Glasbolaget and it's this energy that drives the furnace.
“We wanted the vases to feel organic and alive, almost like
flowing lava. They should follow the unique material
language of glass in a very natural and poetic way.”
-NAVET
