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Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro by Gerda Liudvinaviciute is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Arĝenta A' Design Award in Juvelarta Dezajno Competition Category.


ArĝentoJuvelaĵoj· 2021

Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro

by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Client: Celsius 273

Arĝenta A' Design Award Winner in Juvelaĵoj Category

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The Design

About Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro

Eastern Blocks estas kolekto de betonaj juveloj inspirita de orienteŭropaj panelaj loĝdomoj. La kolekto inkluzivas kolĉenojn kaj orelringojn, kiuj sekvas la formojn de prefabrikitaj loĝdomoj. Betono estas uzata ĉar la materialo estas malpeza, nealergienza kaj ne facile rompebla. Ĉiu peco komenciĝas kiel tridimensia desegnaĵo, sekvata de prototipoj kaj silikonaj muldiloj por gisado. La finitaj betonaj partoj poste estas kunigitaj kun arĝento kaj ledo. La kolekto invitas al freŝa rigardo al la orienteŭropa arkitektura heredaĵo.

The Recognition

About the Arĝenta A' Design Award

Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro estas gajninto de la Arĝenta A' Design Award, grandege prestiĝa rekono donata al plejklasaj, belegaj kaj impresaj dezajnoj. La Arĝentaj gajnintoj estas treege brilaj kaj treege kreemaj verkoj, kiuj ilustras la elstaran sperton, talenton kaj sagacon de siaj dezajnistoj. Oni atendas, ke Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro estu mirinda, montrinda verko, kiu estas rimarkinde profesia kaj profunde nova. Ĉi tiu dezajno gajninta la Arĝentan A' Design Award estas tre rimarkinda, admirata inventaĵo, kiu profitigas kaj antaŭenigas la limojn de arto, scienco, dezajno kaj teknologio. Eastern Blocks Betona Juvelaro estas vaste enviata kreaĵo, kiu vekas dezirojn, alportas pozitivajn sentojn kaj ekbrilas miron kaj mirigon.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
This design is wearable architecture. Concrete material and brutalist design with the story behind makes these accessories more than wearable - it's an educational, fashionable manifesto about architectural heritage and society.
Dimensions & Packaging
Necklaces approx.17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and other 18x11 thickness 0.5- 1 cm. Earrings 4x2 cm concrete detail and optional 5-9 cm silver wire long. Other earrings 14.5x2 cm.
Tags
concrete jewelry, architectural jewelry, eastern european, blockhouses, brutalist jewelry, soviet architecture, brutalist architecture, jewelry artist, jewelry designer,
Production Technology
I chose concrete material - light, non-allergenic, and less fragile to create an ode of a brutalist dystopia. First of all, I designed 3d drawings, made prototypes, and then, started to create molds for concrete details with silicon. When the concrete pieces were finished, I started metalworking with silver and leather materials.
Design Challenge
To find a form, which would be understandable, that it's blockhouse jewelry, but minimalist, aesthetic and impressive.
Research
I made monitoring of the architecture and society attitude of Eastern European houses. My objective was to find a way, how to talk about post-Soviet society and Eastern European architecture heritage in fashion accessories. The main point is to start a discussion with locals' minds about this unique architecture and spread this wearable message. In this collection, I question people’s attitudes towards Soviet heritage and invite you to take a fresh look at Soviet architecture and society's illusions.
Inspiration
The collection was inspired by Eastern European panel blockhouses as an iconic modern community symbol. Shapes of panel buildings and us - people, who live in individuality fiction, because the truth is that only a few centimeters between the walls separate us and our individuality is just fiction in this world.
Project Duration
This project started as an idea 2018 but I finished this collection 2020.
Operation Flow
Wearable jewelry made of concrete. Light, strong, and non - allergic material make jewelry more comfortable and wearable. This technology and design give a chance to wear architecture in real form and material as a piece of jewelry.
Team Members
Designer and artist Gerda Liudvinaviciute (artist name CELSIUS 273).
Image Credits
Photographer: Ieva Rudzionyte Model: Paulina Judzinskyte, Make up and hair: Indrija Kneize
Video credits:
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Model: Gabija Rostovskyte

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