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JEWELLERY DIRECTIONS
VOLUME EVOLUTION
When the price of gold flirted with $2,000 an ounce, designers scrambled to make fine jewellery that
wouldn’t give buyers sticker shock. The answer: volume. Pieces with cavernous space inside, underneath,
or worked into designs by way of cage-like effects became focal points. Pieces became 3-D, sometimes
housing gems or seemingly propping up solid canvases above with bridge-like supportive architecture
in miniature. Because of airy insides, designers can adopt bigger profiles, offering the illusion of size
without extra cost (a move borrowed from architecture and home accessory design).
Silhouettes: collar necklaces, bangles, drop earrings, pendants, dome and high-profile rings.
Aesthetic: modern, tribal, ethnic.
Materials: gold, diamonds, platinum, coloured stones.
Colours: white, yellow, and rose gold.
Denise James
Finn
Mattioli
Futuristic
Tribu by Matteo Zorzenoni
Modern
Cubes
Monomer Jewelry
Pyramids
Behnaz Farahi, Ruff
Cylinders
Wilfredo Rosado
Cage
Empty Vessels
Alexandra Mor
Dario Scapitta
da scontornare
Bern by Odoardo
Fioravanti for Maison 203
Staurino
Kinematics by Nervous System
MYBF By Orlando
Fernandez Flores
Sisma
Giovanni Ferraris
OLGAFACESROCK
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Yuehao
Giloro
Roberto Coin
Chimento
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JEWELLERY DIRECTIONS
JEWEL-CHATTING
Jewellery rich in recognizable symbols (think hearts and letters, among others) help express what’s top
of mind even when words aren’t spoken. Love stories are silently told through metal-and-stone hearts and
arrows while initials plainly allude to the letters of your personal moniker or those of loved ones. And
while emerging jewellery collectors can relate to script, too, they might prefer styles with hashtag jargon
and texting shorthand à la OMG, LOL, and ROFL. Message jewellery is for lovers, sentimental souls, and
fans of surrealism alike, and has a perennial place in stores for a wide range of occasions—birthdays to
baptisms and push presents to anniversary gifts. As technology continues to enhance communication in
more immediate and varied ways, character jewellery helps to bridge generations and utter nonvocal
messages for wearers and serendipitous eyes to see.
Silhouettes: choker necklaces, pendants, stacking rings, charms, open cuffs, pieces with negative space,
volume and 3-D effects, mismatched earrings, studs and jackets
Aesthetic: modern, classic, whimsical, surreal
Materials: gold, diamonds, coloured stones, costum materials, leather
Colours: red, white, pink, green, yellow, purple, black
DonnaOro
Finn
Wendy Brandes
Dani by Daniel K
Symbols
Messages
Icons
Characters
MYPIXEEK, Photo by Materials - Design Innovation
Vida - Aspire Designs
Dana Rebecca Designs
Rebecca
Nomination
Finn
Romantic
Hashtags
Giloro
Mimi - Broggian
Spallanzani
EF Collection
Jade Trau
Pasquale Bruni
Heather B. Moore
Moritz Glik
Fei Liu
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Charriol
Alex Woo
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Raimond
RaimondTensegrity
TensegrityFloor
FloorLamp
LampbybyRaimond
RaimondPuts
PutsforforMoooi,
Moooirealisation
realisationby
byOx-ID
Ox-ID
Geometries
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Ilabo Ross Lovegrove For United Nude
Illustration by Valeria Messina
Nada G
Giloro
Dark, Carlito Schilirò
UK Pavilion by Wolfgang Buttress, EXPO 2015
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SOPHISTICORE | 3D CONSTRUCTIVISM
The Fifth Season by Roberto Coin
Yossi Harari
Hypnotic
Mattioli
Sisma
Maiyet
Monomer Jewelry
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