Onion Vase designed by Christopher Dresser

Christopher Dresser (1834 – 1904) became known as the first ‘industrial designer’. He designed objects for the home that were functional yet beautiful, that could be mass-produced making them more affordable. Ornament, shape, colour and function were all important to him. He saw perfection in nature and used the natural world as inspiration for many of his abstract forms, like this vase surrounded by five onion shapes.