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The Roots Botons de puny by Tijana Stanimirovic

The Roots Botons de puny by Tijana Stanimirovic is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Ferro in Disseny de Joieria Competition Category.


FerroJoieria· 2020

The Roots Botons de puny

by Tijana Stanimirovic

Client: Tijana Stanimirovic

A' Design Award de Ferro Winner in Joieria Category

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The Design

About The Roots Botons de puny

The Roots és un parell de botons de puny dissenyats per a l'ús diari i per a esdeveniments socials. Els botons de puny estan fets d'or blanc de 14 quirats i estan engastats amb un safir blau de tall princesa de 0,36 quirats. Cada peça mesura aproximadament 15 per 15 mil·límetres i pesa 8,40 grams. La forma quadrada porta un ornament tradicional inspirat en les catifes teixides per dones a la regió dels Balcans. Les superfícies estan polides, tractades amb raig de sorra, recobertes amb tint decoratiu o banyades amb rodi negre. L'objectiu és unir l'ornament heretat amb una forma moderna i senzilla.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Ferro

The Roots Botons de puny és un guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro, un reconeixement prestigiós concedit a bons dissenys que compleixen els requisits professionals i industrials esperats de creacions ben dissenyades. Els guanyadors de Ferro demostren una gran habilitat, una alta especialització, una comprensió experta i la capacitat creativa dels seus creadors. Es preveu que The Roots Botons de puny sigui una creació molt apreciada, admirada i estimada que és pràctica i innovadora. Aquest disseny guanyador del guardó A' Design Award de Ferro integra les millors pràctiques del sector i té característiques tècniques competents lligades al coneixement i al talent. The Roots Botons de puny és respectat per la seva minuciositat i està pensat per oferir millores en la qualitat de vida que ajuden a fer del món un lloc millor.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Cufflinks are made of white gold and precious stones, with the stamp of the authentic ornament, the turtle, represents a special meaning and legacy, human values and principles, the whole beauty of human being, positive energy, joy and happiness, unity and syllable of the family guardians.The roots presents the field of the world, and the symbols, the symbols are people frosted all over the world, reunited and recognized to each other by shearing the same ideology. Cufflinks were made to connect centuries of people’s tradition into simply shaped modern design, a spirit’s identity, and it’s values by creating timeless jewelry collection. As such , by using good medium of the energy that will live forever,the gold.
Dimensions & Packaging
White gold 14 kt , 8,40 g, black rhodium, blue sapphire 0.36 ct
dimensions : 15,04 mm x 14,97 mm x 2,50 mm , thickness : 1,20 mm technical drawing uploaded within the document file.
Tags
Jewelry, Cuff, Carpet, Luxury ,design, sapphire,gold, values
Production Technology
Cufflins creation began in the mind, and afterwords it became sketched by pencil of the very basic plain paper, and after throw technical drawings by Matrix it was 3 D modeled, printed, modeled and cast in 14 karat white gold. Some pieces were made from parts and cast separately, then assembled, and after enfolded the 3 x 3 mm princess cut Sapphire. Each piece was treated with different surface finishing: some were polished, some were sand blast treated, and some were covered with decorative UV jeweler dye, and some were plated with black rhodium.
Design Challenge
The most demanding part nowadays is to be original, but yet simple and with deep influence . The humans witness to modernization and globalization of the world, and sometimes they forget to respect true values and their own identities. Fortunately, they are getting aware of this and they patiently and successively came back to its values and cherish what they inherited from their ancestors. This is a global trend and it has believes that they should all keep up with the world, but also not forget who they are.
Research
By researching the luxury jewelry market, there is a big gap of meaning and jewelry talking. It is not just about the precious metal and precious stones, it has to be packed with the story-telling, and than it would became jewelry attention worth for. That is why this collection contains the story telling that moves hearts and leave big emotional impact . By reaching the humans attention nowadays . And jet it is unisex, comfortable, durable, and simply shaped.
Inspiration
The inspiration for this project came from past century. To be exact from the women who waved carpets on Balkans region. Every ornament that those women invented had a special meaning, the carpets has a whole story to tell to future generations. By modernized these ornament we have the connection with our ancestors. These cufflinks will protect and keep safe the owner from the invisible negative forces. And shows the identity of the person who wears it, as well as the respect of the roots of the nation. The powerful story telling is packed into minimalist cufflinks.
Project Duration
The idea of creating this project ,was born in 2016. hearing of ”not just a label”. Later on it finds the way to become prestige, luxurious peace of jewelry, being original but yet staying memorable. The realization took time by making a lot of research about the ornaments in order to pick the symbols that send the right message, and it ended in February 2020. The collection was created in , Nis, Serbia. First time presented live in Magioni Fine Jewellery, Belgrade 07.03.2020.
Operation Flow
The cufflinks are unisex jewelry that contains traditional ornaments, yet packed in a modern design by using the very simply shapes of the square, which is suitable for everyday wearing, as well as all kinds of social events. And yet to reconnect the people who ware it with the very first light of life, the roots.
Patents
trademark registration number 73400 Republic of Serbia,
Tijana Stanimirovic as a trademark holding name
Team Members
Tijana Stanimirovic
Nikola Stanimirovic
Jelena Dinic
Boban Ristic.
Image Credits
all photos by Aleksandar Nakic

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