Terra cotta has been making containers for roughly eight thousand years. Designer Benjamin Hubert decided to see what happens when you apply serious contemporary form-thinking to that ancient material. The answer is these four containers, which somehow feel both very old and very new at the same time.

Terra-cotta containers have been around for eons, and they continue to work really well as vessels. Here are some strikingly beautiful forms from designer Benjamin Hubert.


The four container typologies


One of the containers features a wide pouring area


Djembe-like container


A stout container for cookies


Small pouring device with a long neck


Lotsa pots


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Ben VanderVeen is the founder and editor of Moss & Fog, one of the web’s longest-running visual culture destinations. Since 2009, he’s been finding and framing the most beautiful, surprising, and thought-provoking work in art, architecture, design, and nature — reaching over 325,000 readers each month. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

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  1. Yes! I’m not sure they’re for sale yet, but they sure would look great on a shelf or counter.

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