Press Release
Marilyn Jewelry by Anna-Reetta Vaananen Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
The international grand jury of the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Anna-Reetta Vaananen for jewelry design
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COMO, Italy, April 16, 2024 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category for Marilyn Jewelry by Anna-Reetta Vaananen, designed for Anna's Darling Ky. The award was conferred within the 2023 - 2024 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Bronze A' Design Award
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.
More About Marilyn Jewelry
Marilyn is a jewelry set made from recycled non-plated 925 silver. The set includes a necklace, a bracelet and earrings. The flowing forms express curls and wind by the beach. Each piece is shaped by lost wax casting and traditional goldsmith techniques, and finished with a needle matt surface. The necklace parts are linked at balanced points, so the set follows the movements of the wearer. The bracelet follows the shape of the wrist, and the earrings are light and curve near the face. The set suits formal and semi-formal events. Production takes place in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
About Anna-Reetta Vaananen
Anna-Reetta Väänänen makes her nature and story inspired jewelry design at the countryside. Her jewelry brand Anna's Darling is not the most common one because of her methods, style and location. This 39 years old designer has started her career by accident. She was supposed to be a cartoonist or anything else except a farmer. But then she felled in love with jewelry and later with a farmer. As a brand Anna's Darling reflects the owners own mission to create better and more meaningfull jewelry. To consume wisely and only things that last time and can be prepared. Classic lines, precious metals and new design guarantees the jewelrys long life.
Award Record
With this recognition, Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2020 - 2021 and the 2023 - 2024 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Typical entries include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. The awarded jewelry designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is 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. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously 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. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which 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, uploading a work and receiving a 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. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://designers.org/158436
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/158436
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!158436
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/278330
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/4bWOhvx
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Marilyn Jewelry
- Function
- Jewelry
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Black, Lavender, Gray, Rosy Brown and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Anna's Darling Ky
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Anna-Reetta Vaananen
- Country
- Finland
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2023 - 2024
- Design ID
- #158436
Credits
- Image Credits
- Photographer Elina Manninen, Marilyn jewelry set, 2023; Photographer Elina Manninen, Marilyn jewelry set in perspective, 2023; Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2023; Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn necklace, 2023; Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn earrings, 2023
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Marilyn jewelry set is flowy and showy. It expresses curls and wind by the beach. These matt surfaced jewelries are made from recycled non-plated 925 silver at Sonkajarvi, Finland. The Marilyn jewelry series includes necklace bracelet and earrings. The jewelry set suites events and fine occasions.
- Inspiration
- Marilyn makes us think of how we treat people who live by publicity and being a star. Where is the line between personal life and show business or politics. Marilyns life is well stored in photographs. Through them it s possible to see her as a human being who faces changes and winds of life. All though her hair might be done perfect she is still the same wild, loving and caring person as she was in the beginning of her career. She deserves to be admired as herself.
- Research
- In Marilyn jewelry project the main fields of study were in luxury feeling flowy design that expresses the actress Marilyn Monroes character and makes the jewelry user to feel itself confident and beautiful when appearing in events for dress code Formal or Semi-formal. It was also important to reach the feeling of steady and stable weightless wearability of big and showy jewelry. This was achieved with good balance experiments and several fittings with different body types.
- Challenge
- The challenge of this design project was to create light and luxurious feeling into a celebrity inspired jewelry. It was to make the jewelry user feel the perfection and child like joy in design. It was also important to express the movement and bring Marilyn's personality in to the jewelry.
- Realization and Technology
- The Marilyn Jewelry set is made from recycled 925 silver. It's made by lost was casting and traditional goldsmiths techniques. It has needle matt surface.
- Operation and Interaction
- Marilyn necklace can be manufactured in different lengths to fit the customer. The necklace pieces are attached in to each other in balanced and movement securing points. The jewelry set is made to follow the users movements. It is made to be noticeable by the audience but not the user itself. The bracelet follows the shape of a wrist and bone structure to feel stable and fit. Marilyn earrings are light and they curve by the face when worn.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in January 2020 and finished in October 2023 in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
- Specifications
- Necklace 500 mm x 29 mm x 40 mm Bracelet 68 mm x 68 mm x 35 mm Earrings 20 mm x 30 mm x 10 mm and stud
- Keywords
- mairlyn, jewelry, marilyn monroe, silver jewelry, finnish, design, necklace, earrings, bracelet, matt, surface
