Sprout Proposal Ring by Lianghao Zha is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.
IronJewelry· 2023
Sprout Proposal Ring
by Lianghao Zha
Client: Zha Lianghao Design
A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category
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About Sprout Proposal Ring
Sprout is a proposal ring inspired by Tagore's poem and the designer proposed to his wife with it. It adopts an organic ring set with a single round brilliant cut diamond, which looks like a blooming flower in a naturally growing plant vine. The designer completes the design in 3D software, and uses a 3D printed wax mold to cast 18K gold. Finally, it is manually polished, and inlaid with a round diamond.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award
Sprout Proposal Ring 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. Sprout Proposal Ring 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. Sprout Proposal Ring is respected for its thoroughness and is designed to provide quality of life improvements that help make the world a better place.
Interviews
Grand Interview
Your innovative approach to organic forms in the Sprout Proposal Ring beautifully captures Tagore's poetic sentiment - could you share the journey of translating this literary inspiration into a physical design that earned recognition at the A' Design Award?
Tagore's poetry gave me a direction in form, with vines and flowers. An organic form of expression. I have collected many pictures of organic plant roots, stems, and leaves, drawing inspiration from their connection structures and shapes. I sketch on paper, selecting the details and directions I want. Then I will use 3D software on the computer to combine the ideas in the sketch.
The Sprout Proposal Ring masterfully combines 3D printing technology with traditional craftsmanship - how did you overcome the technical challenges of achieving such intricate organic shapes at such a miniature scale?
I am exploring and experimenting with the manufacturing team. We made a prototype for experimentation and ultimately decided to use a 3D printed ring, then flip the mold, pour metal, and polish it.
What inspired you to incorporate the metaphor of a blooming flower within the Sprout Proposal Ring's design, and how does this symbolism reflect your personal philosophy about love and commitment?
Meeting and getting married is like the process of a plant growing and blooming. Just like Tagore's poetry:“The spring flowers break out like the passionate pain of unspoken love”.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- Sprout is a proposal ring designed by the designer to propose to his wife. The designer hopes that this proposal ring can be very unique in design and have its own style. It adopts an organic ring set with a single round brilliant cut diamond. And it is produced using 3D printing and manual polishing. Simple and memorable.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- 20 mm x 0.7 mm x 24 mm for physical product.
- Tags
- Jewelry, Diamond, Ring, Gold, Organic, timeless
- Production Technology
- The designer first uses 3D software to complete the design, then uses a 3D printed wax mold to cast 18K gold, then manually polished, and finally inlaid with high-quality diamond.
- Design Challenge
- The most difficult part in design and production is how to achieve organic and complex 3D shapes in such a small ring.
- Research
- Sprout is a ring designed by the designer to propose to his wife, and with the help of this unique ring, the proposal was successful.
- Inspiration
- Sprout is inspired by Tagore's poem, 'The spring flowers break out like the passive paint of unspoken love'. The designer vividly expresses the budding love in the poem, wrapping the diamond symbolizing eternal love with organic surface. It seems like there is a blooming flower in a naturally growing plant vine.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Jan 2021 in Shanghai and finished in June 2021.
- Operation Flow
- Wear it on the middle finger of the woman's left hand like an ordinary engagement ring.
- Team Members
- Lianghao Zha.
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