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Thonet Tribute Bracelet by Camilla Marcondes Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Camilla Marcondes recognized for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2017 - 2018 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 24, 2018 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category for Thonet Tribute Bracelet by Camilla Marcondes, designed for Camilla Marcondes Design. The award was conferred within the 2017 - 2018 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 Thonet Tribute Bracelet
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Thonet's popular chairs, the bracelet uses this classic of the furniture design as its main inspiration. Mixing two materials as metal and wood, the piece was designed in contemporary style with an architectural print. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness of the piece
About Camilla Marcondes
I was born in the architectural scene, profession of my parents, but graduated in Industrial Design. I ventured in the areas of decoration, landscaping and floral design, to meet the world of jewelry, not by chance, but by a personal need of great pieces, with a differentiated design. At that time, it was already possible to find jewelry (gold) signed by big contemporary designers, but costume jewelry however, only the trinket of popular markets and the full of artificial gems and brilliance, unsuccessfully, imitated jewelry. Therefore, I began designing and making my own pieces. Registered myself at basic and advanced jewelry courses.
Award Record
This recognition makes Camilla Marcondes 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. 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/64101
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/64101
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!64101
- Laureate Profile: https://designers.org/d/218534
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://camillamarcondes.com/en
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Thonet Tribute Bracelet
- Function
- Bracelet
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Saddle Brown, Gainsboro, Sienna, Maroon and Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Camilla Marcondes Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Camilla Marcondes
- Country
- United States of America
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2017 - 2018
- Design ID
- #64101
Credits
- Team
- Camilla Marcondes, Laser Cut: Harpia-Tec, Pieces Bending and Assembly: Camilla Marcondes, Silver Plating: Brilhante Folheados
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ernane Pinho
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The jewelry piece uses a great classic of the furniture design as its main headline. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness.
- Inspiration
- The 150th anniversary of Thonet's most popular design served as inspiration for the creation. The object of inspiration consists in handed woven cane seat and backrest and a wooden frame structure. The goal was to take the web pattern of the Thonet's chair, but using the metal as the main element of the jewelry.
- Research
- The research was made using a real woven cane chair, measuring the entire braided pattern, sketching over it. After the vetorial drawing, many tests were made to determinate the size of the empty elements.
- Challenge
- The project had 2 big challenges. The first and the bigger one was to transform a multi layer braided fiber into a flat single metal sheet. Even being flated, the sheet had to look like the real woven cane web. The other challenge was how to fix the top metal sheet on the base one, since all the metal were plated and welding wasn't an option.
- Realization and Technology
- Materials: Brass, wood, silver plated. The metals pieces are laser cut, bended into a cuff shape then plated separately. The thin wooden sheet is glued to the base metal and the top metal element is fixed by small rivets.
- Operation and Interaction
- Body ornament worn on the wrist or lower forearm
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started with its first sketches in September 2011 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. After drafts, alterations and prototypes, the project was launched in March 2012.
- Specifications
- Dimensions (mm): Width 66 x Depth 55 x Height 60, Weight: 85g
- Keywords
- Bracelet, Cuff, Thonet, Jewelry, Jewellery, Woven Cane, Web
