Skip to content
Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーライン by Mayte Ossorio Domecq

Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーライン by Mayte Ossorio Domecq is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 銅賞 in ジュエリーデザイン Competition Category.


銅ジュエリー· 2025

Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーライン

by Mayte Ossorio Domecq

Client: Mayte Domecq

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in ジュエリー Category

20,808

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #171308

Colors

The Design

About Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーライン

直線から曲線へ:ジグザグの造形。本応用研究プロジェクトは、断面加工による直線から曲線への変換を探究しました。目的は、素材使用量を最小限に抑え、構造効率を最適化しながら、強度と視覚的インパクトを兼ね備えたネックレスをデザインすることでした。手法は直接的な実験に基づき、理想的な柔軟性と形状を実現するため、様々な切断・曲げ加工技法が検証されました。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーラインは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーラインは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。Zig Zag コンテンポラリージュエリーラインは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties
From straight to curved: the Zig Zag takes shape. Morphological transformation and body adaptation through transversal, equidistant, and rhythmic linear cuts. Each piece starts from double layered, overlapping leather rectangles that, through specific cuts, create distinct visual and functional rhythms depending on their placement, necklaces, bracelets, or earrings. This, along with the reuse of remnants, optimizes resources and maximizes material exploration.
Dimensions & Packaging
Double glued leather, in different colors and textures, pastel, metallic and basic.
Earrings w 3mm d 20mm h 65 mm. Necklace mini w 3mm d 25mm h 480mm. Necklace big w 3mm d 60mm h 540mm. Necklace 8 w 3mm d 30mm h 900mm. Bracelet w 3mm d 60mm h 220mm. Packaging is custom cardboard with outer loop, brand label, card and heart.
Tags
from straight to curve, morphological transformation, jewelry, sustainability, body adaptation
Production Technology
Double layer cowhide leather, bonded together.
Manufacturing, handcrafted using hole punch tools.
Cutting dies are used for all necklace bodies, shaping straight edges into curves through repetitive, equidistant transverse cuts. This method minimizes material use, ensures optimal body adaptation, maximizes efficiency, and creates unique differentiation between pieces through variations in the cuts.
Design Challenge
For the Zig Zag line, the challenge was to create a bold necklace without relying on large leather surfaces, using mostly small remnants. The key was generating curvature after cutting, transforming a 22 cm x 6 cm rectangle, the one used for the bracelet, into a striking piece. Equidistant cuts were tested to determine how close they could get to the edge for flexibility without risking breakage. Unlike a single cut piece, this method required precision to maximize material use while ensuring structural integrity.
Research
From straight to curved: the Zig Zag takes shape. This is an applied research project aimed at transforming a straight line into a curve through cross sections. The goal was to create a strong necklace while minimizing material use. The methodology involved direct experimentation with the material. The result was remarkable, not only was the design immediately accepted, but it also received a clearly positive response. It is sold in Germany, Turkey, and Argentina.
Inspiration
When covering a notebook, rigid paper finds its flexibility through precise, cuts it folds, adapts, and embraces the shape without losing structure. That same principle guides the Zig Zag line. A firm lined rectangle transforms through strategic cuts that allow it to fall gracefully, as if the material were learning to move. Thus, what was once static becomes fluid, geometry adapts to the body, and air becomes part of the design.
Project Duration
The proyect started in January 2019 with the bracelet, january 2022 and finished in July 2022, the hole line in Bs As Argentina.
Operation Flow
Designed for comfort and easy wear, these pieces can be put on without assistance. Ideal for daily use, they have the right weight to prevent strain. Their material ensures silent movement. Both necklaces and the bracelet feature metal cufflinks for secure fastening. The bracelet has two adjustable positions. The earrings use standard stainless steel posts that fit seamlessly into the earlobes.
Patents
Awarded the Sello del Buen diseño Argentino 2024 (Seal of Good Argentine Design 2024) #5429
Team Members
Mayte Ossorio Domecq
Image Credits
Image #No 1 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino Model Sergio Calegoya
Image #No 2 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino model Mayte Ossorio Domecq
Image #No 3 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino
Image #No 4 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino
Image #No 5 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino

Sponsored

Explore Beyond Designers.org

Discover products, services and opportunities from our advertising partners.

Good Design Deserves Great Recognition

The A' Design Award is an international, juried accolade for good design. Take part in the A' Design Award to get an opportunity to earn meritocratic recognition, gain fame, prestige and publicity for your work. Nominate your work for the A' Design Award and compete for the coveted A' Design Prize.

Nominate