Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクション by Juan Juan Hu

Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクション by Juan Juan Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銀賞 in ジュエリーデザイン Competition Category.

銀ジュエリー· 2020

Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクション

by Juan Juan Hu

Client: Beijing Forbidden City Culture Development Co.,Ltd.

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

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The Design

About Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクション

「Good Fortune Gourd（幸運のひょうたん）」は、18金、真珠、ダイヤモンドで制作されたジュエリーコレクションです。ひょうたんは、幸運と富を象徴する中国の伝統的なモチーフです。それぞれのひょうたんの形の中には、「大福」を意味する二つの漢字の形をなぞった抽象的な曲線が収められています。本コレクションは、ネックレス、イヤリング、リングで構成されています。ネックレスは、真珠をひょうたんの内側に収めて着用することも、真珠を取り出して下部にペンダントとして吊るして着用することもできます。ゴールドのパーツの成形には3Dプリンティングを用いており、ジュエリー工房における制作効率の向上を実現しています。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銀賞

Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクションは、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。Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクションは、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。Good Fortune Gourd ジュエリーコレクションは、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

Press Kit

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

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