Tuja Vase, 1983 by Matteo Thun

Post modern Memphis style unique vase by Matteo Thun. A great ceramic piece from the 1980s.

About the Designer

Matteo Thun is an Italian architect and designer, born and raised in the bilingual German and Italian region of South Tyrol. Thun studied under Oskar Kokoschka and Emilio Vedova at the Salzburg International Summer Academy of Fine Arts, and graduated in Architecture at the University of Florence in 1975 with Adolfo Natalini. He moved to Milan in 1978, met Ettore Sottsass and started working in his studio. In 1981 he was one of the co-founders of the Memphis Group. The following year, the Universität für angewandte Kunst in Vienna appointed him to the chair of Industrial Design and Ceramics. In 1984 he opened his own studio in Milan.

Period

1983

Place of Origin

Italy

Condition

Good Vintage Condition

Dimensions

24 cm x 24 cm x 26 cm