Press Release
Fred Bracelet by Diana Sokolic Wins the Silver A' Design Award in Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design
Diana Sokolic honored for fashion, apparel and garment design by the international grand jury of the 2012 - 2013 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, March 24, 2013 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Silver A' Design Award in the Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design category for Fred Bracelet by Diana Sokolic. The award was conferred within the 2012 - 2013 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Silver A' Design Award
The Silver A' Design Award celebrates top-tier designs that embody excellence and innovation. This award acknowledges creations that are not only aesthetically pleasing but also highly functional, reflecting the designer's deep understanding and skill. Silver A' Design Award recipients are recognized for their contribution to raising industry standards and advancing the practice of design. Their work often incorporates original innovations and elicits a strong emotional response, making a notable impact on the improvement of everyday life.
Regarding Fred Bracelet
There are many different kinds of bracelets and bangles: designers, golden, plastic, cheap and expensive… but beautiful as they are, they all are always simply and only bracelets. Fred is something more. These cuffs in their simplicity revive the noblesse of old times, yet they are modern. They can be worn on bare hands as well on a silk blouse or a black sweater, and they will always add a touch of class to the person wearing them. These bracelets are unique because they come as a pair. They are very light which makes wearing them omfortable. By wearing them, one will shurely be noticed!
About Diana Sokolic
Diana Sokolic is a professional artist from Croatia. She has graduated painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb and works as a free-lancer since. Her main field of interest is light in art and she makes lumino-kinetic installations of Plexiglas and LED light. Except that, she teaches art, makes photographs and designs.
Award Record
Diana Sokolic is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted in the 2012 - 2013 edition of the A' Design Award & Competition.
About the A' Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design Award
The A' Fashion Design Award is an international fashion design competition recognizing good fashion designs by best fashion designers and brands worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to fashion designers, apparel designers, garment designers and textile designers from all countries. Typical entries include runway collections, dresses, suits, skirts, outerwear and jackets. The awarded fashion designs are published at https://designers.org/design-category/fashion
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/28020
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/28020
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!28020
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/122658
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://diana-sokolic.hr
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Fred Bracelet
- Function
- Bracelet
- Category
- Fashion, Apparel and Garment Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Fashion
- Colors
- Black, White Smoke, Light Gray, Gainsboro and Dark Slate Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Diana Sokolic
- Country
- Croatia
- Recognition
- Silver A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2012 - 2013
- Design ID
- #28020
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- These bracelets are unique because they come as a pair. They are very light which makes their wearing comfortable
- Inspiration
- The inspiration: I often go to the theatre and like to dress for the occasion. I like to have something new and different every time I go. Once while I was thinking what to wear this time, there was a movie with Fred Astaire on the TV. I saw his sleek suit, his cuffs… and voila – the idea was born! I remembered cuffs and plastrons worn by men in the last century and decided to revive it in a modern way, this time as a part o woman garment.
- Research
- The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs and finding the way to make something weareable out of the material ment for something else.
- Challenge
- The real challenge was finding the way to bend the material at home without professional machines and to find something that would look as a cuff link. But it also was a work with many gleeful errors.
- Realization and Technology
- Cuffs are made out of light white plastic used for billboards.
- Operation and Interaction
- The research was focused on finding the right dimension for the cuffs.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in March of 2012. in Zagreb and was finished in two weeks. During that time I was trying to find out the right dimension for comfortable wearing bracelets and the way to bend the plastic at home.
- Specifications
- Dimension, Package and Technical properties: Cuffs are 13 cm long, 12 cm high and 6 cm wide. They come in pair and are packed in an orange - pink protective pouch tied with the orange bow.
- Keywords
- cuffs, bracelets, accessories, fashion, plastic
