Planetary Ring リング by Yan Li and Jiabin He is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award 銀賞 in ジュエリーデザイン Competition Category.
銀ジュエリー· 2022
Planetary Ring リング
Client: Helio
A' Design Award 銀賞 Winner in ジュエリー Category
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About Planetary Ring リング
プラネタリーリングは、隕石素材を用いて制作されたリングである。デザインは、スウェーデンで発見された鉄隕石「ムオニオナルスタ」から着想を得ている。隕石のディスク中央には直径1ミリメートルの極小ベアリングが組み込まれており、着用者の動きに合わせてディスクが惑星のように回転する。表面は機械加工と酸によるエッチングによって浮かび上がった鉄隕石本来の文様をそのまま生かしている。隕石には酸化防止のめっきを施していないため、時の経過とともに質感が変化していく。支持構造は925シルバーで作られ、溶接を用いずに接合されている。
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award 銀賞
Planetary Ring リングは、見事で印象的なハイエンドのデザインに授与される、非常に権威ある評価である A' Design Award 銀賞の受賞作品です。銀賞の受賞作品は、きわめて輝かしく創造性に富んだ作品であり、デザイナーの傑出した専門知識、才能、洞察力を示しています。Planetary Ring リングは、素晴らしい代表作であり、驚くほどプロフェッショナルで、深く革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銀賞を受賞したデザインは、非常に注目すべき称賛される発明であり、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術の境界に寄与し、それを前進させます。Planetary Ring リングは、多くの人に羨まれる創造物であり、欲求を呼び覚まし、前向きな感情をもたらし、驚きと感嘆を灯します。
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The Planetary Ring Meteorite Jewelry series includes rings and necklaces, which are originally designed by the jewelry brand of astronomical aesthetics HELIO. It is inspired by Swedish M meteorites – Muonionalustas which are the asteroids that fell on the earth with a history of billions of years.
It's cool to wear an asteroid fragment on your body. At the same time, as our body moves, it rotates like a planet with gravity and inertia. Unlike other jewelry, which is still, this design is alive. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Product size: 18mm x 20mm x 20mm
Material: Swedish M meteorites – Muonionalustas and 925 silver - Tags
- Jewelry, Meteorite, Planetary, Unisex, HELIO, Astronomical
- Production Technology
- The surface of the "planetary ring"retains the unique "Wedmanster Pattern"of M meteorite,which is generally considered to be a meteorite pattern that cannot be artificially imitated.The round meteorite material has no electroplating anti-oxidation treatment, and the long term wearing surface will produce an oxidation reaction, and the texture effect will change with time. The 925 silver support structure has no welding point with the meteorite and is linked with the bearing structure. The production, assembly, and after sales process are sustainable and eco-friendly.
- Design Challenge
- There are two challenges in the design of planetary rings.How to polish an iron meteorite into a standard oblate shape, and at the same time, make the surface appear wonderful “Wedmanster pattern”? Grinding into oblate shape by CNC machining, then washing the surface with strong sulfuric acid, causing natural corrosion and forming irregular lines.
How to realize the smooth rotation of meteorites and simulate the rotation of planets? A miniature bearing is embedded in the center of the meteorite, and the diameter of the bearing structure is only 1 mm.Only after precise assembly can smooth rotation be realized. - Research
- The main design style of the brand "HELIO" is "unisex", and the cosmic celestial body is the intentional element that can best represent this design style. It is magnificent and mysterious, and the gender difference of human beings becomes small and meaningless under this scale.Through cooperation with The Meteorologic Society, we have studied a large number of meteorite materials composed of different mineral elements, and analyzed their characteristics and product feasibility. Factors include raw material cost, processing technology, environmental protection, safety, etc. and M meteorite in Sweden was selected.
- Inspiration
- The Planetary Ring Meteorite Jewelry series is specially designed for young people who travel through the city and yearn for the unknown. This series is made of Swedish M meteorite that fell on the earth billions of years ago, through the model of Planetary Ring and the structural design of bearing rotation, the asteroid is resurrected on the body, and shrunk by hundreds of millions of times.
- Project Duration
- The project started in April 2020 in Beijin and finished in October 2020 in Beijin, and was exhibited in Taobao in November 2020.
- Operation Flow
- This design is symbolic. Young people wear a meteorite like a planet on their hands, necks or other parts of their bodies, which is different from ordinary rings or necklaces, and expresses their belief in the universe and a supportive attitude of non-sexism.
- Patents
- COPYRIGHTS: Yan Li 2020
Number：2021-F-00007198
No：01226481 - Team Members
- Yan Li
Jiabin He - Image Credits
- Image #1: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #2: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #3: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #4: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #5: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Video Credits: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
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