Good Fortune Gourd Colección de Xoiaría by Juan Juan Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award de Prata in Deseño de Xoiería Competition Category.
PrataXoiería· 2020
Good Fortune Gourd Colección de Xoiaría
by Juan Juan Hu
Client: Beijing Forbidden City Culture Development Co.,Ltd.
A' Design Award de Prata Winner in Xoiería Category
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About Good Fortune Gourd Colección de Xoiaría
Good Fortune Gourd é unha colección de xoiaría feita de ouro de 18 quilates, perlas e diamantes. A cabaza é un símbolo tradicional chinés de boa fortuna e riqueza. Cada forma de cabaza contén curvas abstractas que seguen a forma dos dous caracteres chineses que significan gran fortuna. A colección inclúe un colar, uns pendentes e un anel. O colar pódese levar cunha perla colocada dentro da cabaza, ou coa perla retirada e colgada por debaixo a modo de colgante. A impresión 3D emprégase para dar forma ás pezas de ouro, o que mellora a eficiencia do taller de xoiaría.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award de Prata
Good Fortune Gourd Colección de Xoiaría gañou o A' Design Award de Prata, un recoñecemento enormemente prestixioso outorgado a deseños de gama alta, fermosos e impresionantes. Os gañadores Prata son obras tremendamente brillantes e sumamente creativas que ilustran a pericia, o talento e a agudeza sobresaíntes dos seus deseñadores. Espérase que Good Fortune Gourd Colección de Xoiaría sexa unha obra marabillosa, escaparate de oficio, notablemente profesional e profundamente innovadora. Este deseño gañador do A' Design Award de Prata é unha invención moi notable e admirada que beneficia e fai avanzar os límites da arte, a ciencia, o deseño e a tecnoloxía. Good Fortune Gourd Colección de Xoiaría é unha creación moi envexada que esperta desexos, achega sentimentos positivos e prende asombro e marabilla.
Behind the Design
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- Unique Properties
- "Gourd" is a homophone for "Good Fortune" in Chinese. Unique style of the gourd shape for this jewelry series lies in the "Good Fortune" hidden in the gourd and the design of the abstract and enjoyable curves closely follows the shape of two Chinese characters of "Big Fortune". 3D printing technology is used in this 18k gold series, and it can greatly improve efficiency of the jewelry processing workshop. The series accompanied pearls includes two ways of wearing necklace, earrings and finger ring. It's a creative combination of Chinese good meaning, multiple wearing manner and new industrial technology.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Package: Length 160mm x Width 160mm x Heigh 50mm
- Tags
- Good Fortune, Gourd,Chinese Traditional culture, good meaning, 3d printing
- Production Technology
- Unique style of the gourd shape for this jewelry series lies in the Good Fortune hidden in the gourd and the design of the abstract and enjoyable moldings closely follows the pattern of the two Chinese characters of "Big Fortune". In the meantime, the vines form on the top of gourd borrows from Ruyi, an S-shaped ornamental object (usually made of jade) mostly seen in the imperial palace. Ruyi is a symbol of good luck.
3D printing technology is used in this 18k gold series, and it can greatly improve efficiency of the jewelry processing workshop. This series jewelry includes necklace, earrings and finger ring, accompanied by pearls on both sides of gourds, meaning "Responsive and good luck" from the idea of Chinese tradition. For necklace, you can wear it with the pearl put inside the gourd, or you can take out the pearl to use as a pendant. For pearl earrings, the ear studs could be independently placed on the ear of one side, showing the beauty in balanced asymmetry, compared with the earring on the other side of the ear. It's a creative combination of Chinese good meaning, multiple wearing manner and new industrial technology.
Material: 18k gold, pearl, diamond - Design Challenge
- The challenge is the balance of Asian traditional culture and contemporary style in Chinese characters. It's a creative way to present good meaning in Chinese characters in unique and contemporary style. And it's a combination of 3D printing industrial technology and handcraft.
- Research
- Gourd is viewed by the Chinese people as typical auspicious elements and symbols meaning "good fortune" and "wealth". The series of jewelry, seeking inspiration from the Big Gourd Bottle collected in the Palace Museum, Beijing, with “gourd” and Chinese character “big fortune” as the main elements, are an example of applying the implied auspicious meaning to modern jewelry. Each shape of gourd is designed with the Chinese characters "big fortune" in the middle, and the characters "big fortune" are presented in the form of abstract lines and patterns. Thus, the combination of modern abstract beauty and Chinese characters highlights the modern aesthetics. In addition, the gourd shape of the necklace pendant has a structure that can be opened to place in pearls, or hang them under the gourd, thus allowing for various ways of wearing.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration comes from the images on the Big Gourd Bottle with two Chinese characters "Big Fortune" collected in the Palace Museum, Beijing. "Gourd" is an auspicious pattern in Chinese tradition. Big Gourd Bottle symbolizes prosperity and harvest.
- Project Duration
- The project started in Sep. 2018 and finished in Feb. 2019 in China
- Operation Flow
- This series jewelry includes necklace, earrings and finger ring, accompanied by pearls on both sides of gourds, meaning "Responsive and good luck" from the idea of Chinese tradition. For necklace you can wear it with the pearl put inside the gourd, or you can take out the pearl to use as a pendant. For pearl earrings, the ear studs could be independently placed on the ear of one side, showing the beauty in balanced asymmetry, compared with the earring on the other side of the ear.
- Team Members
- Juan Juan Hu
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