Thonet Tribute Bracelet by Camilla Marcondes is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Competition Category.
BronzeJewelry· 2018
Thonet Tribute Bracelet
Client: Camilla Marcondes Design
Bronze A' Design Award Winner in Jewelry Category
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About Thonet Tribute Bracelet
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Thonet's popular chairs, the bracelet uses this classic of the furniture design as its main inspiration. Mixing two materials as metal and wood, the piece was designed in contemporary style with an architectural print. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness of the piece
The Recognition
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Thonet Tribute Bracelet is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Thonet Tribute Bracelet is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Thonet Tribute Bracelet splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
Interviews
Design Interview
What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?
The main idea for my bracelet design was the 150th aniversary of the most popular Thonet's chair.
What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?
My focus was to represent the woven cane in a flat metal sheet, not braiding the metal, but using a laser cut technique.
What are your future plans for this award winning design?
I will keep it in my catalog for a while, but only for special orders. I don't want to produce it on a large scale.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The jewelry piece uses a great classic of the furniture design as its main headline. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions (mm): Width 66 x Depth 55 x Height 60, Weight: 85g
- Tags
- Bracelet, Cuff, Thonet, Jewelry, Jewellery, Woven Cane, Web
- Production Technology
- Materials: Brass, wood, silver plated. The metals pieces are laser cut, bended into a cuff shape then plated separately. The thin wooden sheet is glued to the base metal and the top metal element is fixed by small rivets.
- Design Challenge
- The project had 2 big challenges. The first and the bigger one was to transform a multi layer braided fiber into a flat single metal sheet. Even being flated, the sheet had to look like the real woven cane web. The other challenge was how to fix the top metal sheet on the base one, since all the metal were plated and welding wasn't an option.
- Research
- The research was made using a real woven cane chair, measuring the entire braided pattern, sketching over it. After the vetorial drawing, many tests were made to determinate the size of the empty elements.
- Inspiration
- The 150th anniversary of Thonet's most popular design served as inspiration for the creation. The object of inspiration consists in handed woven cane seat and backrest and a wooden frame structure. The goal was to take the web pattern of the Thonet's chair, but using the metal as the main element of the jewelry.
- Project Duration
- The project started with its first sketches in September 2011 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. After drafts, alterations and prototypes, the project was launched in March 2012.
- Operation Flow
- Body ornament worn on the wrist or lower forearm
- Team Members
- Designer: Camilla Marcondes, Laser Cut: Harpia-Tec, Pieces Bending and Assembly: Camilla Marcondes, Silver Plating: Brilhante Folheados
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ernane Pinho
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