Press Release
Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design Goes to Ripples Jewelry by Yingting Yang
The international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Yingting Yang for jewelry design
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Ripples Jewelry by Yingting Yang, designed for Ying, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
About Ripples Jewelry
Ripples is a jewelry set that includes a necklace and a pair of earrings. The set is made of 18K gold, jadeite and diamonds. The jadeite is cut to reveal natural inclusions that resemble aquatic plants seen through water. A total of 189 princess cut diamonds are slotted along one edge, so the layers mimic waves expanding outward. The necklace is built around a hollow gold tube that bends slightly and keeps the weight low. Five layers follow the curves of the body for comfortable wear. The design is inspired by a spring pond touched by wind.
About Yingting Yang
Ying is an independent jewelry design studio located in Kunming, China. With the emphasis on Burmese jadeites and gemstones, it is set to create contemporary pieces of jewelry for now and the future. The goal is to break the traditional aesthetics of jadeite. The brand uses recycled gold to fabricate 18K jewelry. Yingting Yang is the creative director of the brand. Her work often is an abstraction of nature. With imagery abstracted from animals and plants, her work idealizes the beauty of mother earth.
Award Record
With this recognition, Yingting Yang is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Jewelry Design Award
The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international jewelry design competition recognizing good jewelry designs by best jewelry designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Entries typically include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. Awarded jewelry designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/139120
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/139120
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!139120
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/329703
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca6njmAhRfI/?utm_medium=copy_lin
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Ripples Jewelry
- Function
- Jewelry
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Black, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Olive Green, Rosy Brown and Dim Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Ying
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yingting Yang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #139120
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This set was made with specially cut jadeite unlike no other. These unique inclusions decorate the gem, like flowing plants in a drop of water. A total of 189 princess cut diamonds with slotted inner edges make up the ripples. It mimics the slow expansion of waves from the inside out. The necklace was made in one-piece molding stretchy hollow gold to minimize the weight. Taking ergonomics into account, it was built on five different layers to embrace the body curvatures.
- Inspiration
- The wind rises and the water ripples The wind wrinkles the still water surface and blurs the aquatic plants underneath. This image of a beautiful pond in spring inspired the ripple series. The beauty of nature is abstracted into this piece of jewelry.
- Research
- As the market flood with people who seek the perfect gem, those gems with inclusions often being regarded as flawed products. It is not a common practice to cut jadeite with inclusions into a cabochon cut. As a designer, I set out to bring the natural beauty of the gems into the spotlight. The project started by looking for raw jadeite with inclusions, then cutting the raw material into the proper shapes and sizes. The result is promising as shown in the image.
- Challenge
- The challenge of this project is to make a seemingly perfect circle to hug the curvature human body. The shape of the circle was carefully tuned to lay naturally on different body types. And each layer of diamond waves won't cause any discomfort to the wearer.
- Realization and Technology
- This set is made with 18K gold, jadeites, and diamonds. The central structure is a hollow gold tube that was specially made with some bending ability to minimize the weight of the necklace. The diamonds were slotted at one side to create a really thin inner layer and a regular-sized outer layer. It is made to mimic the ripple s expansion. For the pair of earrings, each layer of the moon-shaped piece can be wiggled in which to maximize the luster of diamonds.
- Operation and Interaction
- This is a wearable piece of art that acts as a necklace and earrings.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project was designed in March 2021 in Kunming and finished in November 2021 in Kunming.
- Specifications
- Necklace: Width 150 mm x Depth 12 mm x Height 157 mm Earrings: Width 60 mm x Depth 7 mm X Height 30 mm
- Keywords
- Jewelry, Necklace, Ying, Ripples, Jadeite, Diamond
