Aalto Collection Vase. Created over 70 years ago under the project title "Leather Pants of an Eskimo Woman" in the studio of architect Alvar Aalto, the "Savoy" vases quickly won first prize in a design competition organized by the Karhula-iittala factory. This competition aimed to select pieces that would represent Finland at the 1937 Paris World Exposition. Today, it is hard to imagine the waves the "Savoy" vases once made. When iittala presented the vases at the World Exposition in Paris in 1937, their mysterious shape stood in stark contrast to the recognized, machine-oriented thinking of that time. Each glass vase is still mouth-blown today, with the Finnish brand relying on the skill and expertise of its craftsmen, who meticulously attend to the individual shape of each flower vase. It passes through no less than seven hands before the vase earns the name of its designer. What inspired the creator at that time to the wave-like shape of his vase objects remains unfathomable, but it perfectly aligns with Alvar Aalto's general statement that "form is a mystery." iittala is now releasing the ever-young flower vase in a special collection edition of appealing colors.