The Ray Brooch by Wonhee Kim is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.

IronJewelry· 2023

The Ray Brooch

by Wonhee Kim

A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category

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The Design

About The Ray Brooch

The Ray is a brooch inspired by a ray of sunlight appearing through the clouds on a cloudy day. The base color of the brooch is dark, as the piece uses black rhodium plated metal and a black diamond. Bright gemstones are combined with the dark base to brighten the whole piece. The pearls give a soft glow, while the diamonds add sparkle next to the dark metal. The brooch was developed as a three-dimensional digital model. The Ray measures 50 by 30 by 17 millimeters.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award

The Ray Brooch is an Iron A' Design Award winner, a prestigious recognition granted to good designs that meet the professional and industrial requirements expected from well-designed creations. Iron winners demonstrate great skill, high specialization, expert understanding, and creative capacity of their creators. The Ray Brooch is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished creation that is practical and innovative. This Iron A' Design Award-winning design integrates industry best practices and has competent technical characteristics linked with know-how and talent. The Ray Brooch is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.

Image Analysis

Color Temperature: WarmSymmetry: PartialBackground: Left and Right

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: The base color of the brooch is dark since it's using black rhodium plated metal and a black diamond, but mixing with a bright gemstones brightens up the entire piece.
Dimensions & Packaging: Brooch: 50 x 30 x 17(mm)
Tags: Creative, Jewelry, CAD, Ray, Pearl, Diamonds
Production Technology: The brooch was created in 3D model. The body for the baguette diamonds and the
Design Challenge: The most challenging part of this piece was transforming the dark image into bright object, still containing the dark element.
Research: My research began first by observing the cloudy day and capture the moment of the ray that comes out from the cloud. After I understood the shape and movement of the light, I then researched how to incorporate and design a piece that is fine, and balanced. I researched everything using online resources.
Inspiration: The inspiration of the brooch comes from the ray of sunlight appearing through the clouds on a cloudy day. The luster of the pearls gives and extra soft glow and the sparkle of the diamonds stands out like a ray of sunlight next to dark metal and black diamonds.
Project Duration: The project was designed and completed in June 2022 in Milan, Italy
Image Credits: Image #1: Wonhee Kim, 2022
Image #2: Wonhee Kim, 2022
Image #3: Wonhee Kim, 2022
Image #4: Wonhee Kim, 2022
Image #5: Wonhee Kim, 2022