# Smiling Cloud Vases The 'Little Cloud' Vase Was Designed to Spread Positivity By Ell Smith | Published 2021-01-16 | Art & Design Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/little-cloud References: [hypebae](https://hypebae.com/2021/1/friendswithyou-little-cloud-flower-vases-plants-homeware-decor-case-studyo-price-release) & [casestudyo.myshopify](https://casestudyo.myshopify.com/collections/case-studyo-series/products/test-cl) Known for its [adorable motifs](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/happy-plants), FriendsWithYou is back, this time retailing a 'Little Cloud' vase with the aim of spreading positivity. As the name suggests, the 'Little Cloud' vase arrives in the shape of an adorably [fluffy cloud](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cloud-tables1). Designed with sweet, human qualities, the vase boasts a friendly smile that's sure to help upgrade any space. With stay-at-home orders still in place throughout the world, now is a better time than ever to fill the home with joyful and purposeful items, and the Little Cloud vase helps consumers do just that. The item features a small circular opening at the top that's the ideal size for a small bouquet or plant. When not acting as a vase, this piece can [serve as decor](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vintageinspired-home-object). Image Credit: FriendsWithYou ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 5.5/10 - Popularity: 88% | Activity: 68% | Freshness: 9% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/design) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Joyful Home Decor:** Opportunity for companies to design and market purposeful and joyful home decor products to help uplift people's spirits. - **Friendly Product Designs:** Designing products with friendly, human-like qualities to add a personal touch to everyday objects and create a visceral connection with consumers. - **Multi-functional Products:** Creating designs that offer more than one function, providing added value and convenience for consumers in today's busy world. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Home Decor:** Home decor companies have an opportunity to create products that spread positivity and elevate people's moods while also serving a practical function. - **Product Design:** Product design industries can incorporate friendly, anthropomorphic designs into their products to create a more personalized and engaging experience for consumers. - **Florists and Garden Centers:** Flower and plant shops can market their small bouquets and plants with multi-functional vases, like the Little Cloud vase, to provide added convenience for customers while also creating an uplifting and joyful ambiance within the home. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Playful Packaging-Inspired Vases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/strawberry-milk-vase.md) - [Colorful Handmade Ceramics](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cloud-9-clay.md) - [Elegant Ivory Vases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ivory-vase.md) - [Minimalistic Feline-Inspired Vases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cat-silhouette-vase.md) - [Ocean-Inspired Home Decor](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ceramic-coralshaped-vase.md) - [Minimalist Illusory Vases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/vaso-gota-vase.md) - [Greenery-Inspired Textured Vases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/leaf-textured-ceramic-vase.md) - [Delicate Colorful Vases](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/delicate-colorful-vase.md) - [Multifunctional Home Decor](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/iza-vase.md)