The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif by Fenghua Ye

The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif by Fenghua Ye is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Ajan in Bijou Competition Category.

AjanBijou· 2022

The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif

by Fenghua Ye

A' Design Award Ajan Winner in Bijou Category

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The Design

About The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif

The Power of Pastry se yon koleksyon twous bijou papye entèraktif. Koleksyon an gen ladan bag, braslè ak epeng, ki enspire nan pwosesis fabrikasyon ak estrikti patisri yo. Chak pyès la pliye dirèkteman apati yon sèl fèy papye ki prepare, kidonk pa gen okenn kòl ki nesesè. Yon videyo gid ki anrejistre eksplike chak etap pliyaj la. Twous yo ofri nan diferan nivo, soti nan bag senp rive nan epeng ki pi konplèks. Papye a koupe ak grave ak lazè, epi li kite vid pou chak itilizatè ka ajoute yon stil pèsonèl. Koleksyon an montre ke bijou pa oblije depann sou materyèl presye.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Ajan

The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif se yon ganyan A' Design Award Ajan, yon rekonesans ki gen yon prestij enmans yo bay design nivo siperyè, bèl anpil e enpresyonan. Ganyan Ajan yo se travay ki trè briyan e ki trè kreyatif ki montre ekspètiz, talan ak finès designer yo. Yo atann The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif pou se yon bèl travay modèl, remakab nan pwofesyonalis e ki gen gwo inovasyon. Design sa a ki ganyen A' Design Award Ajan se yon envansyon trè remakab, admire ki pote benefis e ki pouse limit atizay, syans, design ak teknoloji. The Power of Pastry Fonksyon Prensipal: Twous Bijou Entèraktif se yon kreyasyon anpil moun jalou ki reveye dezi, ki pote santiman pozitif e ki limen sipriz ak mèvèy.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Here is a collection of interactive paper jewellery kits, which invite audiences to participate in the jewellery making process following the recorded guide video.These special jewellery were simplified so that audiences can fold them directly from a prepared paper piece without needing any glue during the whole making process. The colour of this those jewellery is blank because designer wants to leave some space for audiences to design their different styles.
Dimensions & Packaging: Scale of Paper Bracelets:
- Piece 1: Width 4cm
-Piece 2: Width 4.8cm
-Piece 3: Width 3.1cm

Scale of Paper Rings:
-Piece 1: 5.5cm×3.7cm
-Piece 2: 4.5cm×4.1cm
-Piece 3: 4.8cm×4.5cm

Scale of Paper Brooches:
-Piece 1: 9.4cm×5.8cm
-Piece 2: 5.05cm×5.05cm
-Piece 3: 6.3cm×6.3cm
Tags: Interactive, Contemporary, Sustainable
Production Technology: Laser Cut & Engraving
Design Challenge: The most challenged thing during the whole design process is the paper's thickness. The thickness of 3 kits are slightly different, because they all have different structures. For example, the paper bracelet kit has more complex sturcturs, so it should be made in thinner paper. The ring kit needs more strong support, so it will be made in the thicker paper. In order to find out the most suitable thickness for different kit, the folding step needs to be tested again and again. It was the challenge of patient.
Research: This research began from making different pastrys, such as Chinese bao, pie, croissant and so on. This project was encouraged by homemade pastry, which is an interactive home activity to increase mutual happiness. Designer believed that this ineractive mode can be applied on jewellery design as well that interactive activity between designer and audience. The main material was paper according to the fact that most pastries are made directly by a piece of flat flour dough, these paper pieces of jewellery were simplified so that audiences can fold one paper jewellery directly from a prepared paper piece without needing any glue during the whole making process. Designer drew the digital sketch in software AI inspired by pastrys' structures, them laser cut and engrave paper. Testing and collectiong feedback from others to simplify and improve structures.This kind of design can be used as a sample pack for buyers to try and understand the structure of jewellery before they buy the finished metal work. And even it can replace the normal ticket to increace the value of normal paper ticket. And it is also a sustainable design which can be made by recycle paper. This kind of design encorage designers to give up some traditional concepts and materials to avoid over excavation in some specific materials such as precious stones and metals.
Inspiration: The inspirations are making processes and structures of different pastries. Designer was encouraged by homemade pastry, which is an interactive home activity to increase mutual happiness. Designer created a collection of interactive paper jewellery kits, which invite audiences to participate in the jewellery making process with design. And, according to the fact that most pastries are made directly by a piece of flat flour dough, that audiences do not need any glue during the whole making process.
Project Duration: The project started in September 2020 and finished in May 2021 in Edinburgh.

In June 2021, it was exhibited in New Designer Online Show in UK.

In July 2021, it was selected as 'One to Watch' in the Competition of Bright Young Gems in London.

In September 2021, it was exhibited in Gwangju Design Biennale International Invitational Poster Exhibition in South Korea.

And same in September 2021, it was also been shortlist in the Globle Design Graduate Show 2021 Collabrate with Gucci.

In October 2021, it was selected for the Online Exhibition 'So Fresh + So Clean' in Amarica.
Operation Flow: Designer believes that jewellery should not be limited by precious materials. Finding a way to communicate with audience is also a way to represnt jewellery. The interactive paper jewellery kits invite audiences to participate in the jewellery making process following the recorded guide video. The kits have different levels from simple paper rings to complex paper brooches. Auidences can try to challenge themselves step to step to feel the magic change from a flat paper to a 3D paper jewellery without glue. It will be a silent but amazing communication between designer and audience.
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Shannon Toft, Photography, 2021.