Wind, recorded as form
A single day of wind,
given shape.
One place. One day. One Form.
The wind that passed through it now becomes a form you can hold. Speed and direction, traced hour by hour, draw the silhouette. No two days are alike.
We are a young studio. This is our first work.
An online shop is under development.
Write to us — info@windvase.org — and we will answer.
WHAT IT IS
A vase. The geometry generated from a true wind record. A place, a date, twenty-four hours drawn in full for you.
WHY IT EXISTS
Because a day you remember deserves better than a photograph of it.
WHERE ARE WE
First series, complete. Made in Berlin.
Open to client commissions. Pricing & availability upon request.
The Idea
Wind cannot be held. It moves through a place, and it is gone.
Men have tried to keep it before us. They gave it names. They gave it gods. They called the sea kind on the day it let them home.
We do something smaller. We give one day a shape.
Every form has its wind.
Nature
The wind draws the line. We do not touch it.
Data
The wind’s speed and direction trace the course of a single day, hour by hour.
Algorithm
A parametric model turns the record into printable geometry.
Craft
Built layer by layer. Checked carefully by hand, against the day itself.
From record to silhouette
Two dimensions do the work.
Speed is the width. Direction is the turn.
A calm morning: narrow. Quiet. Almost apologetic.
An afternoon gale opens the shoulder. It reaches as far as it blew.
A wind that turns on itself twists the whole body. It will not turn that way again.
Read from the bottom; the vase is layered as it happened.
The final hour standing furthest from the first.
THE PROCESS TO CREATE YOUR UNIQUE PIECE
A day, marked in form.
— Name it. A place, a date. One that means something.
— We find it. The wind record to match your day.
— It takes shape. Our model generates the geometry. You see the form before anything is made.
— It is made once. Each piece is unique. No mould. No repeats.
— It is checked, then sent. Form against record, by hand. It travels with proof — the day itself, on paper. The wind moved once. Now you can hold it.
Five days, Five pieces
All records from the wind archive for Tempelhofer Feld, Berlin-Neukölln
Five different afternoons. One field. Many different wind conditions.
We found the days worth keeping — a quiet one, one where the direction flips, and a storm. Our goal was to see what each selected period could produce. No repeats.
The algorithm was tweaked and fine-tuned. The number of edges for the vase base can be set anywhere from three to twenty-seven, the surface facets can be smooth or structured, and the vase's volume scaled as you desire.
The wind decides the silhouette; these settings decide the character.
Three edges, structured surface
The fewest edges we build. Broad facets, hard shadows, and a strong directional twist rolling up the body.
Another day, another triangle
Same base geometry, a different record. The lean and the rhythm of the folds change with the day.
Six edges, structured surface
More edges means finer facets: the surface breaks into narrow bands that catch light in rows.
Two days beside each other
Two records, two edge counts. Set side-by-side the difference between two days — even at the same location — is clear.
Smooth and structured together
A selection of surfaces presented side-by-side: smooth bodies where the curve carries the form, structured bodies where the facets do.
Volume and scale
Records built at full volume and at 75 per cent stand together — each silhouette still belongs to its own day.
Edges
From 3 to 27. Few edges give a sculptural, faceted object. Many edges approach a soft profile, almost like turned timber.
Surface
Smooth or structured? A structured surface folds the wind record into visible ridges; whereas a smooth surface maintains one continuous curve.
Volume
Scalable — these pieces are built at both 75% and 100% of the full volume currently available. Both are from the archived wind record.
These five pieces are an exploration, not a catalogue. Featuring five different days at the Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin-Neukölln. Each profile chosen to demonstrate how much the wind alone dictates the object’s form.
The date and wind record for each vase have been documented and are available on request.
The object
Made once, for one day.
| Height, first edition | approx. 20 cm |
| Production | Individually made on request |
| Edition | One record, one piece |
| Base edges | 3 to 27, freely chosen |
| Surface | Smooth or structured |
| Volume | Scalable, e.g. 75 % or 100 % |
| Colour | Off-white as shown; or upon request |
| Documentation | Printed record of place and date |
| Made in | Berlin, Germany |
Material, size, finish — still being refined for public editions.
Open to client commissions. Pricing & availability upon request.
The Days Worth Keeping
Every day has a shape. Make it something you hold.
On the water
A sea crossing that finally worked. The surf session you still describe to people who were not there. The day the forecast was wrong, but in exactly the right way.
A photograph flattens the experience. The wind that made it does not.
Across the land
The gentle breeze during a wedding. The gale that buffeted the tent on the mountain top. The sensation of your first morning in a new city.
It had a shape then. Let’s celebrate it.
How it reads
Layered from bottom to top, hour by hour. A calm morning at the base, the shifting breezes of the afternoon, the settled wind of an evening.
Now you can admire the day as it happened.
Places we have explored
Tarifa · Hood River · Cabarete · Jericoacoara · Sylt · Ahrenshoop · Sydney Harbour · Tempelhofer Feld. Do you have somewhere else in mind? Please, let us know.
For rooms that people wait in
Capture the wind where you live.
If the record covers it, we can generate a set of pieces from the weather of where you call ‘home’ — each piece rooted by place, unique in time.
Tableware
Twelve tables, twelve days. Nobody is told; it is admired.
Entrance and bar
Present the wildest storm the house has hunkered through. A real conversation starter.
Interior and architecture
A unique representation of your project site. The perfect gift for the client.
Clubs or schools
Create a classroom set of the seasons. Present the club’s most memorable days in a new way.
Get in touch
Which day would you keep?
First series, complete.
Online store under development. Vases made in Berlin, Germany.
Open to client commissions. Pricing & availability upon request.
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The studio
A small studio between design, data and making.
WindVase started with a simple question: what would a day of wind look like if it had a body? The tools, the records and the finishing are ours. Technology stays in the background — what matters is that a person recognises what made their day special in the formed object.
Studio details, imprint and privacy notice are below. Press and gallery enquiries are welcome at the same address.
Frequent questions
Can you do any place in the world?
Not yet, and we would rather say so. We work from places we have checked and confirmed. The wind record must be sufficient to build from. Tell us where you have in mind — if we can stand behind the data for it, we will progress to form development.
How far back can a date go?
Further back than most people ask for — but we check the day before we manufacture. The archives are deep and uneven, and wind direction records, in particular, become more sparse the further back in time you go. Please provide your notable date, and we will tell you what the record holds.
What does a piece cost?
This is under development and currently dependent on your request.
More details to come shortly.
Can I see the form before it is made?
Yes. Nothing is produced before you have seen the generated shape and agreed upon it.
One day of wind, held in one form. windvase.org
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Volker Edling
Kienitzerstr. 99
12049 Berlin, Germany
Email: info@windvase.org
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