Helsinki-based designer Lincoln Kayiwa has designed two multi-functional home and office objects. 
Called Eemeli (top two images) and Betty (below), they are available in black or white porcelain and glass.
The objects can be used as vases, candle holders, umbrella stands or even fish bowls, apparently.
The following is from Kayiwa Oy:
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EEMELI
Is it a reef? Is it a symbiote? No, it’s EEMELI! You may just plain admire it or place flowers in it.
This baby comes in black or white porcelain and glass.
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BETTY
BETTY is a vase.
BETTY is a candelabrum.
BETTY is even a fish bowl or an umbrella holder.
BETTY looks wonderful when empty too.
The obverse and reverse sides of the BETTY let you use it the way you like.
BETTY comes in black or white porcelain and glass.
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Posted by Matylda Krzykowski
October 13th, 2008 at 6:32 am
a fishbowl?!?!?!?!??!
October 13th, 2008 at 8:19 am
boooo
October 13th, 2008 at 8:52 am
too mutch functions , means = no function !
look , I give you a shape , do what ever you want with it !
October 13th, 2008 at 9:47 am
umbrella holder or ..a coffin for fish
October 13th, 2008 at 9:51 am
haha… funny… if its as cheap as the intention i’ll get some
October 13th, 2008 at 10:11 am
is it a rendering or real
October 13th, 2008 at 10:13 am
show us real product Lincoln:) everyone can make:( 3d renderings
October 13th, 2008 at 11:30 am
after holes of different sizes in a flat piece of metal by demacker we have the same differents holes in a volume…cheese design
!!!
October 13th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Try manufacturing those seaweed specimens!!!!!
October 13th, 2008 at 11:49 am
swiss cheese on steroids
October 13th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
trendy but useless. umbrella is not a fish and the other way around
October 13th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
sorry seeeen this to many times in my life… and i work in same field as these people
October 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
i really like it! the objects look quite fascinating…
October 13th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
oh yeah i saw this on a documentary exposé on TV. i think it was called “the worlds most depressed goldfish” or something.
October 13th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
subdivs to the max
October 13th, 2008 at 7:36 pm
pretty average renderings…
try increasing thesampling rate for you ambient occlusion pass
October 13th, 2008 at 7:40 pm
i’m not saying i like it but i’d like to see an actual photograph. this sort of thing is quickly done in a spare half hour on studiomax. Manufacturing this is another story.
October 13th, 2008 at 9:42 pm
wow,
this is ridiculous. Obscene, actually.
…I’m going to draw a 3d fart and call it a multipurpose object. It’ll come in pink for girls and blue for boys. Anyone interested?
October 15th, 2008 at 12:52 am
i like it! ok i would translate it into a different scale
and make it a skaterpark…the felix