Hug Apo Mare by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Keleawe in Hoʻolālā Lei a me Kahiko Competition Category.

KeleaweLei Kahiko· 2023

Hug Apo Mare

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award Keleawe Winner in Lei Kahiko Category

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The Design

About Hug Apo Mare

ʻO ke apo male hui Hug he hoʻolālā apo maʻamau loa e ʻike i nā makahiki he nui. E like me ka nui o apo mare i loko o nā hoʻolālā maʻamau, me ke apo a me kahi hoʻonohonoho no ka pōhaku a ma luna o ia mea me nā manamana 4-8 i kekahi manawa e hopu i ka pōhaku. Lawe ke apo mare Hug i ka liʻiliʻi i loko o ke apo, me hoʻokahi wale nō metala a hoʻopaʻa ʻia a puni ka pōhaku, ʻaʻohe maiuu e pono ai, ʻaʻohe hoʻonohonoho ma lalo, ʻo ka pōhaku nui wale nō e lana ana ma luna o ke apo ponoʻī, aia pū kekahi kāne&# 039; e hele pū me, a e hana i ke apo i ʻāpana piha. E like me ka male ʻana.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Keleawe

Ua lanakila ka hoʻolālā Hug Apo Mare i ka A' Design Award Keleawe, he ʻike hoʻohanohano nui loa i hāʻawi ʻia i nā hoʻolālā kūʻokoʻa i ʻike ʻia ma o ka hana noʻeau, ka akamai a me ka makakoho. He mau hana mākaukau a hana noʻeau kupaianaha nā lanakila Keleawe e hōʻoia ana i ka ʻike nui, ka noʻonoʻo a me ka maʻalea o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolālā. Manaʻo ʻia ʻo ka hoʻolālā Hug Apo Mare he mea i mahalo nui ʻia, hoʻohiwahiwa ʻia a aloha ʻia, he ʻoihana a hou loa. ʻO kēia hoʻolālā i lanakila i ka A' Design Award Keleawe e hoʻohui ana i nā hana maikaʻi loa o ka hana noʻeau, ka ʻepekema, ka hoʻolālā a me ka ʻenehana, a maikaʻi no kona nānā ʻana i nā kikoʻī. Hoʻokō maikaʻi ka hoʻolālā Hug Apo Mare i nā pono, hoʻopā i ka makemake, hoʻohiwahiwa i nā manaʻo a huki i ka makemake e ʻike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: the unique look of this ring gives a full vision of the diamond, completely transparent on the side view. and its minimalist look comes from the simplified structure itself, without a normal setting to hold the stone, without any claws to catch the stone too.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 20.6mm x Depth 25.8mm Heigh x 9.9mm
Tags: ring, wedding ring, diamond ring, creative ring, engagement ring
Production Technology: his design is completely handmade. From the design started by hand-drawing, and can only be done by very skilled goldsmith and stone-setter, the technology of holding the stone remains as a secret from the designer also a very skilled stone-setter himself. It uses material such as: white gold, platinum, titanium, pink gold, yellow gold and diamonds, also can use lab-grown diamonds.
Design Challenge: The hardest part of the ring was design at what percentage of holding the stone is perfect. To achieve this part, we had to do multiple experiments , trying setting the stone in different angle, leaving the material as less as possible but also maintain the stone from fallen.
Research: We did a research from the internet about other brands wedding rings, mostly the top companies of the business, and we used mostly search engines such as Google and Pinterest etc. We collected these images and found out most rings are technically similar as well as the looks.
Inspiration: As seen many similar designs in the wedding ring market. Will there be a whole new way to design a wedding ring? Start from this question, designer come to the basics, what can hold a diamond, as less as possible and what is the basics of marriage? start point from this , designer think of marriage is not to find a perfect person, but become a perfect couple, forgiveness is necessary , and such. So the idea of Hug come to mind, with only one piece of material, hugging the stone, and under it, it is a open ring needed another ring to complete its perfect.
Project Duration: the project started in January 2022 in ShenZhen and finished in April 2022.
Operation Flow: As a wedding ring, it comes with one with bigger diamond for the lady and smaller one for man. It can be wore separately or all-in-one. the space of the lady ring is the same size for the man's ring to filled in. But to pay attention, both size must be similar to be able to wear on the same person.