Danish industrial designer Kristian Solmer Vedel believed in the qualities of the new, revolutionary melamine plastic – ‘the material of the future’. Melamine was lightweight, sturdy, low-cost, and could be produced in many colours, making it a highly versatile material. Even this vase was machine-pressed, a product of a production line. It took until the nineties to realise the damaging, environmental effects of such a sturdy, low-cost material.