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Marilyn Gelang by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Marilyn Gelang by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award Perunggu in Desain Rerenggan Competition Category.


PerungguRerenggan· 2024

Marilyn Gelang

by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Client: Anna's Darling Ky

A' Design Award Perunggu Winner in Rerenggan Category

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The Design

About Marilyn Gelang

Marilyn iku gelang kang dirancang kanggo acara resmi lan semi-resmi. Wujude kang mili nggambarake pusaran lan angin ing pinggir pantai. Marilyn digawe saka emas 14 karat daur ulang tanpa lapisan, kang uga dikenal minangka emas 585, ing Sonkajarvi, Finlandia. Teknik cor lilin ilang lan teknik emas tradisional digunakake, lan permukaane dipoles. Gelang iki nuruti wangun pergelangan tangan lan struktur balung, saengga anggone dianggo dirasa stabil lan kepenak. Barang iki bisa diwenehi wangun supaya cocog karo tangan. Tujuane yaiku ngasilake wujud kang gedhe lan mentereng nanging tetep dirasa entheng nalika dianggo.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Perunggu

Marilyn Gelang menang A' Design Award Perunggu, pangenalan sing prestisius banget sing diparingake marang desain sing luar biasa sing dicirikake dening kreativitas, kapinteran lan kaweruh sing landhep. Pemenang Perunggu iku artefak sing trampil banget lan kreatif banget sing mbuktekake pengalaman sing jembar, imajinasi lan kapinteran para desainer. Marilyn Gelang dikarepake dadi barang sing dihargai banget, dikagumi lan ditresnani, profesional lan inovatif banget. Desain sing menang A' Design Award Perunggu iki ngemot praktik sing paling apik ing seni, sains, desain lan teknologi, lan apik banget ing perhatiane marang rincian. Marilyn Gelang nyukupi kabutuhan kanthi apik, nutul kekarepan, ngaya rasa lan narik rasa pengin weruh.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
Marilyn bracelet is flowy and showy. It expresses curls and wind by the beach. This polished and golden jewelry is made from recycled non-plated 14 carat gold at Sonkajarvi, Finland. The bracelet is well fitted and comfortable to wear. The jewelry set suites events and fine occasions.
Dimensions & Packaging
Width 68 mm Hight 68 mm Depth 35 mm
Tags
mairlyn, jewelry, marilyn monroe, gold jewelry, finnish, design, bracelet, surface
Production Technology
The Marilyn Bracelet is made from recycled 585 gold. It's made by lost was casting and traditional goldsmiths techniques. It has polished surface. The original 3d model was made from paper and silver.
Design Challenge
The challenge of this design project was to create light and luxurious feeling into a celebrity inspired jewelry. It was to make the jewelry user feel the perfection and child like joy in design. It was also important to express the movement and bring Marilyn's personality in to the jewelry.
Research
In Marilyn jewelry project the main fields of study were in luxury feeling flowy design that expresses the actress Marilyn Monroes character and makes the jewelry user to feel itself confident and beautiful when appearing in events for dress code Formal or Semi-formal. It was also important to reach the feeling of steady and stable weightless wearability of big and showy jewelry. This was achieved with good balance experiments and several fittings with different body types.
Inspiration
Marilyn makes us think of how we treat people who live by publicity and being a star. Where is the line between personal life and show business or politics. Marilyns' life is well stored in photographs. Through them it s possible to see her as a human being who faces changes and winds of life. All though her hair might be done perfect she is still the same wild, loving and caring person as she was in the beginning of her career. She deserves to be admired as herself.
Project Duration
The project started in January 2020 and finished in February 2024 in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
Operation Flow
The jewelry set is made to follow the users movements. It is made to be noticeable by the audience but not the user itself. The bracelet follows the shape of a wrist and bone structure to feel stable and fit. It can be shaped to fit ones hand.
Patents
All RIghts Anna's Darling Ky, Sonkajärvi Finland
Image Credits
Image #1 : Photographer Elina Manninen, Marilyn jewelry set, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #3: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #4: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #5: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024

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