Tube Armband by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award yn Brûns in Sieraden Ûntwerp Competition Category.

BrûnsSieraden· 2023

Tube Armband

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award yn Brûns Winner in Sieraden Category

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The Design

About Tube Armband

Dizze unike Tube Armband is út 'e Tube-kolleksje fan Wu High Jewelry. De armband is ynspirearre troch it ienfâldichste materiaal: in buis; en it wurdt omfoarme ta in minimalistyske armband, mei help fan nij materiaal (titanium), mei in technyk ûntwerper wie in ekspert yn. De ûntwerper woe meitsje in buizen kolleksje foar minsken om te rethink wat sieraden oarspronklik is. De armband waard makke mei ienfâld, ferrassende kleur en struktuer tegearre, wat de buisarmband in bûtengewoane skientme en elegânsje jout.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award yn Brûns

Tube Armband is in winner fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns, in heech prestisjeuze erkenning foar treflike ûntwerpen dy't har ûnderskiede troch kreativiteit, fernuft en tûkens. Brûnswinners binne tige feardige en opfallend kreative artefakten dy't de grutte ûnderfining, ferbylding en betochtsumens fan har ûntwerpers befêstigje. Fan Tube Armband wurdt ferwachte dat it in tige heech achte, bewûndere en dierber objekt is dat opmerklik profesjoneel en ynnovatyf is. Dit winnende ûntwerp fan de A' Design Award yn Brûns yntegrearret de bêste praktiken yn keunst, wittenskip, ûntwerp en technology en is treflik om syn omtinken foar detail. Tube Armband foldocht behoeften prachtich, reitsjet winsken, betsjoeveret gefoelens en sprekt nijsgjirrigens oan.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: minimalist design of a bracelet using titanium(black part) and gold. Titanium give this bracelet strength and the special color. Its structure is booth very clean and smooth to the wrist, hidden clasp inside the bracelet which is unseen to the surface.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 188mm x depth 6.4mm x height 25mm
Tags: bracelet, minimalism jewelry, minimalism bracelet, bangle, titanium jewelry
Production Technology: For the production of this design it uses Titanium 3D printing machine, metal casting, stone-setting, goldsmith, sandblaster. Using material such as Titanium, yellow gold, diamond or lab-grown diamond.
Design Challenge: Challenges of making this bracelet. First, Titanium is very hard to sand and to polish, secondly is titanium can't soldering under oxygen environments which we invented a tool to push away oxygen. Thirdly, to connect all the parts we must invent a kind of joint to fill in. Fourthly, change titanium to black color, this remains a secret process. Finally was making of the clasp, the clasp must be easy operated, safe enough not fallout during wearing them, and must not be visualize by other person easily.
Research: We didn't do such research.
Inspiration: It first came up with an idea, what if a goldsmith's bracelet will be? It must be convenient for work, must be tough, simple but different. Or, should it be a bracelet or bangle? What if both? So designer broke a design of a traditional bracelet, and form it into an bangle like design, and used titanium to give a strength.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 and finished in May 2022 in Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: The bracelet is very smooth and fluid by its links designed by us and tested. On one link there's the hidden clasp, before wearing it, connect the two part into one hole, and role into certain angle to fill in, when to take off, simply turn to the angle, pull the button and it will automatically come off.