A fleeting plant, an eternal plant... that is born and dies a thousand times, in a thousand flowers. Monopianta is a flower vase for a single flower. A vase for those who recognize in a flower an endless feeling, a vase that becomes flower every time you want. Produced by Industreal in glazed porcelain, it is available at Otro Diseño.

María Elena Martínez Fayó was born in Parana, Argentina in 1974, she studied at the Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, graduating in Industrial Design in 1998. From 1999 she worked in a number of Argentinean's design studios in Córdoba and Buenos Aires, on a wide range of projects including product design, packaging and graphics, multimedia and web sites. Since 2002 she is in Italy where she collaborates with a number of studios such as Marc Sadler and Makio Hasuike, she works as a freelance designer also. Actually she works in the toy's design field for Chicco.

Tomás Ortiz Ferrer was born in Córdoba (Argentina) in 1970, studied Industrial Design at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina. Since 1996 he worked as industrial designer with diverse Argentinean companies. His work covered a wide range of products from appliances to medical devices, environments, graphics and packaging. During his time with these companies, besides his design work, he also offered a fundamental contribution in deciding their design strategy. In 2002 he moved to Italy where he collaborates with Sowden Design Studio. He actually works as freelance for Italian and foreign companies. He organized in 2004 the event "In dust we trust", and edited in 2005 "Model Ideas" in collaboration with Industreal.

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