Design Week Mexico 2016: the contrasting halves of these perfume bottles can be repurposed separately, or in combinations as vases and incense holders (+ slideshow).
Developed by Mexico City-based Esrawe Studio and Cadena & Asociados, the receptacle is made from two hemispheres ? one in wood and the other in glass.

Rather than forming a ball, the pair touch at their curved edges so the bottle is able to stand flat on its lower transparent portion.
The shape was influenced by the sculptures of Romanian artist Constantin Brâncu?i, according to the designers.

"The formal development of the bottle is inspired by the abstract precolonial sculpture, myths, magic, sacred geometry, the wisdom of nature, seeds, cells and spores," they said. The bottles were created for botanical aromatics company Xinú to hold its different fragrances, which are distinguishable by simple labels and slight colour variations in the liquids.

A key intention of the design was for the containers to be reused once the perfume runs out. Each half can hold thin items, like plant stems or incense sticks, in their narrow openings.

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The modular forms can also be stacked up in various combinations for decorative purposes.

"The creative process had in itself an awareness of recycling and permanence, under the clear understanding that a simple and convincing expression means a highly complex execution...