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Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt by Irina Burtseva

Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt by Irina Burtseva is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award i Bronze in Smykkedesign Competition Category.


BronzeSmykker· 2021

Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt

by Irina Burtseva

Client: Irina Burtseva

A' Design Award i Bronze Winner in Smykker Category

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The Design

About Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt

Freeze er et transformerbart smykkesæt, der kan bæres som brocher, øreringe eller vedhæng. Den sekskantede kerne har en magnetisk lås med fire forskellige mønstre, som kan kombineres med fire typer tynde titaniumplader. En nål gør stykket til en broche, mens en tap gør det muligt at bruge det som vedhæng eller øreringe. Otteogfyrre kombinationer er mulige. Sølvdelene er digitalt modelleret, printet, støbt og poleret. Titaniumdelene er laserskåret, poleret og anodiseret. De sekskantede former følger mangfoldigheden af snefnug, som findes i naturen.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronze

Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt er vinder af A' Design Award i Bronze, en højt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles enestående designs, som udmærker sig ved kreativitet, opfindsomhed og skarpsindighed. Bronzevinderne er rigeligt dygtige og påfaldende kreative artefakter, der bekræfter deres designeres store erfaring, fantasi og snilde. Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt forventes at være en højt estimeret, beundret og kær genstand, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionel og innovativ. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Bronze, indarbejder bedste praksis inden for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi og er fremragende på grund af sin sans for detaljer. Freeze Transformerbart Smykkesæt tilfredsstiller pragtfuldt behov, rører længsler, charmerer følelser og appellerer til nysgerrigheden.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This project represents jewellery constructor set which can be transformed to a brooch, earrings or pendant.
Magnetic lock in the center has 4 different patterns and can be combined with 4 types of delicate titanium plate. This snowflake can be combined with needle to be worn as brooch, or with a tab to be worn as pendant or earrings.
Design can be transformed multiple times into 48 possible combinations.
Tags
transformer, magnetic, snowflake, jewellery, design
Production Technology
Materials: silver, titanium, neodymium magnets.
Silver parts were 3D constructed, printed and casted. Then polishing and assembling.
Titanium part were laser cuts, polished and anodised.
Inspiration
Originally this collection was inspired by the diversity of snowflakes. It's impossible to count variety of these nature-made fractals. So designer wanted to create something that can be transformed many times and each combination can be different.
Original form of every snowflake is hexagon, so the core element has hexagon form as well.
Project Duration
The project started in November 2018 and finished in January 2019 in Moscow
Image Credits
Image #1,2,3,5 Photographer Irina Burtseva
Image #4. Photographer Ilya Lokshin, model Irina Burtseva

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