Ole Müller turns brushed stainless steel into a sculptural flower carrier

Designed in Dresden by Ole Müller, the Blumentasche vase transforms the familiar act of arranging flowers into a precise spatial composition. Rather than enclosing stems within a conventional vessel, the object uses a rigid rectangular plate punctured by a regular grid of circular openings, allowing each stem to be positioned independently.

Made from silver-toned brushed stainless steel, the piece measures 330 millimetres high, 250 millimetres wide and just 40 millimetres deep. Its unusually slender profile makes the vase read less like a container and more like a portable architectural frame for plants.

The perforated surface gives the arrangement a three-dimensional logic: flowers can be spaced, layered and separated rather than gathered into a single opening. In this way, the vase shifts attention from the mass of a bouquet to the relationship between individual stems, empty space and the metal plane that supports them.

A rounded handle is integrated into the upper part of the frame. Functionally, it makes the object easy to carry; visually, it reinforces the idea of the vase as a bag-like object rather than a static tabletop container. The gesture also softens the strict rectangular geometry of the main body.

The material choice is deliberately robust. Brushed stainless steel gives the piece a restrained industrial character while creating a neutral reflective backdrop for leaves and flowers. The contrast between a machined grid and organic plant forms is central to the object’s visual identity.

Blumentasche is regionally handcrafted in Bavaria, connecting Müller’s studio-based design approach in Dresden with small-scale production. The resulting object sits between vase, sculpture and display device: practical enough to hold flowers, but formal enough to remain legible even when empty.

Project Credit

Product: Blumentasche Vase
Design: Ole Müller
Designed in: Dresden, Germany
Manufacturing: Regionally handcrafted in Bavaria, Germany
Material: Brushed stainless steel
Dimensions: H 330 × W 250 × D 40 mm
Photography: Amos Fricke @studioamosfricke; Sabine Boger @boger.stills