Yellow Sculptures
Lemon yellow, high gloss and a shape that seems to have just landed: the UFO Yellow Vase, designed by Attanasio Mazzone for D'Argenta, brings a bright note of sunlight to a shelf, a desk or a side table.
A small visitor in lemon yellow
The UFO Yellow Vase is a compact, rounded form under a hood, with a large oval opening on the front, two short, stubby arms at its sides and a flared base that spreads like a skirt. It looks like a small, friendly visitor from space, which is where the name comes from. The opening is the mouth of the vase, and it reads as a deep, shadowed hollow against the colour around it.
A single bright lemon yellow, with no decoration at all, runs over the whole smooth, high-gloss surface, so the form is defined only by the way light slides over its curves. Playful and graphic rather than classical, it is a designer vase that makes its point with shape and colour alone, and like every D'Argenta piece it is designed and finished by hand in Mexico.
What yellow does to a room
Yellow is the colour of sunlight, and in Mexico it is also the colour of cempasúchil, the marigold that fills Day of the Dead altars every November. In a room it reads as warmth and energy. That is why yellow sculptures and objects carry so far: a yellow accent piece needs no company in the same colour to be noticed.
A single strong colour is one of the simplest ways to bring an accent into a neutral room of white walls, pale wood or grey stone. It can also echo a yellow already present in a cushion, a rug or a painting, and tie the room together. In yellow home decor, a small object with a clear outline often does more than a large one, and this vase's gloss keeps the colour bright from every angle.
One form, a family of colours
The same UFO model appears on our sister colour pages in pink, purple, orange, blue and white, and they all meet on the Colorful sculptures page. Side by side, two or three colours turn a shelf into a small, cheerful parade; on its own, the yellow one holds its corner of the room.
With a few flowers in its opening it becomes a vase again; left empty, it stands as a small sculpture, which is why it belongs as much among our Flower vases as among the colour pages. As a modern vase for a desk, a bookshelf or a bedside table, it also makes a light-hearted gift for a home dressed in neutral tones.
Frequently asked questions
Who designed the UFO Yellow Vase?
Attanasio Mazzone designed it for D'Argenta, the Mexico City house founded in 1976. Its single lemon yellow is meant to read as one clean block of colour.
Can the UFO vase hold flowers?
Yes. The oval opening on the front is the mouth of the vase, so it can take a few stems. It works just as well empty, as a colour accent on a shelf, a desk or a side table.
Does the same vase come in other colours?
The same model appears on our sister colour pages in pink, purple, orange, blue and white, all gathered on the Colorful sculptures page. An art advisor can show you any of them on a video call, and we ship throughout Mexico.