Hubert Griemert & Gerhard Kardow, Kolbenvase für KPM Berlin VARIANT:Basalt porcelain The striking facade design with

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

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Matteo Thun

Hubert Griemert & Gerhard Kardow, Kolbenvase für KPM Berlin VARIANT:Basalt porcelain The striking facade design withThe 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,