Pencil Collection Primary Function: Pulseras by Costis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 A' Design Award nga Puthaw in Disenyo sa Alahas Competition Category.
PuthawAlahas· 2026
Pencil Collection Primary Function: Pulseras
by Costis
Client: Pencil Bracelet by Costis
A' Design Award nga Puthaw Winner in Alahas Category
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The Design
About Pencil Collection Primary Function: Pulseras
Book Text: Ang disenyo usa ka panagsagol sa Estetika, Pagka-Orihinal, Pagkamamugnaon, ug Pagkamalumo sa usa ka piraso. Ganahan si Costis nga palamboon ang eskultural nga elemento sa bisan unsang butang, pinaagi sa pagkuha sa ordinaryo ug pagpataas niini ngadto sa gingharian sa talagsaon. Naiikag siya sa hagit sa pagpataas sa usa ka yano, adlaw-adlaw nga butang ngadto sa usa ka piraso sa arte. Kini nga pulseras nagpagawas sa katahom sa usa ka lapis, nga ingon usa ka butang mahimong mopakita nga yano, apan sa tinuoray mao lamang ang medium sa pagkamamugnaon ni Costis's: pinaagi sa iyang lapis nagmugna siya sa iyang mga drowing. Ang pulseras nagdulhog latas sa kamot ug nagligid libot sa pulso nga komportable kaayo.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award nga Puthaw
Pencil Collection Primary Function: Pulseras usa ka mananaog sa A' Design Award nga Puthaw, usa ka dungganon nga pag-ila nga gihatag sa maayong mga disenyo nga nakatagbo sa propesyonal ug industriyal nga mga gikinahanglan nga gipaabot gikan sa maayo ang pagkadisenyo nga mga paglalang. Ang mga mananaog sa Puthaw nagpakita og dakong kahanas, taas nga espesyalisasyon, eksperto nga pagsabot, ug mamugnaon nga abilidad sa ilang mga tiglalang. Gilauman nga ang Pencil Collection Primary Function: Pulseras mahimong gipabilhan, gihangaan, ug gihigugma nga paglalang nga praktikal ug bag-o. Kini nga disenyo nga nakadaog og A' Design Award nga Puthaw naghiusa sa labing maayong mga praktis sa industriya ug adunay hanas nga teknikal nga mga kinaiya nga nalambigit sa kahibalo ug talento. Pencil Collection Primary Function: Pulseras gitahod tungod sa pagkamaabtik niini ug gidisenyo aron maghatag og mga pagpaayo sa kalidad sa kinabuhi nga makatabang sa paghimo sa kalibutan nga mas maayong dapit.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Pencil Bracelet is a blend of Aesthetics, Originality, Creativity, Plasticity in a piece.
Costis loves to enhance the sculptural element in any object, by taking the ordinary and elevating it into the realm of extraordinary. He is intrigued by the challenge of elevating a simple, everyday item into a piece of art. This bracelet brings out the beauty of a pencil, which as an object may seem trivial, but is actually the mere medium of his creativity: he uses his pencil to create his drawings. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Width 27mm x Length 175mm x Height 8mm. Diameter 60mm. Weight 64.30 grams
18K White Gold, pave' with 6.64 carats of excellent Diamonds and 0.74 carats Ruby, especially cut to fit the tip pf the pencil-shaped bracelet. At the back of the bracelet, another ruby is set, implying the end of the red graphite. - Tags
- pencil bracelet, fine jewelry, high jewelry, unique, ingenious luxury
- Production Technology
- The idea strikes unexpectedly and is quickly sketched on paper. These rough sketches become detailed artistic drawings. Technical specifics are decided later in the workshop. Designs are then created in Rhino software, where Costis applies his modeling expertise for volume and proportion, the factors that can make or break a jewel. The process continues with resin prototyping, fusion, finishing, hand stone-setting, and rhodium plating.
- Design Challenge
- The main challenge was to obtain the correct volume of a rolled pencil, so that when worn, it could convey immediately to the actual object. Also, setting the graphite tip, in this case an especially cut ruby, also posed a challenge.
- Research
- My research evolved around the attempt to study how a pencil can be rolled around the wrist. The objective was to render the bracelet comfortable when worn, to choose the right distance between the two meeting edges, and to recreate all distinguishing characteristics, as the writing tip and the end of the graphite.
- Inspiration
- Costis loves to observe the world we live in. These
are the forms he re-creates through his jewelry, by enhancing the sculptural element in any object, by taking the ordinary and elevating it into the realm of extraordinary. He is intrigued by the challenge of elevating a simple, everyday item into a piece of art. This bracelet brings out the beauty of a pencil, which as an object may seem trivial, but it is actually the mere medium of his creativity: he uses his pencil to create his drawings. - Project Duration
- The project started in Athens in September 2012, and was completed in Valenza, Italy in May 2023, to be ready for the Launch of Costis Jewelry in Neiman Marcus, USA.
- Operation Flow
- This bracelet offers its bearer the joy of wearing a piece that was inspired and transformed from an ordinary and humble object. It slides through the hand, and embraces it so gently, since the pencil rolls around the wrist very comfortably.
- Patents
- Trademark Costis by WIPO, Registration number 1 525 576
Registration date March 6, 2020, Konstantinos Chamamtzis - Image Credits
- Image #1: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #2: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #3: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #4: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #5: Photographer, Frangos Ioannis
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