Acacia 귀걸이 by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award 은상 in 주얼리 디자인 Competition Category.

은주얼리· 2023

Acacia 귀걸이

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award 은상 Winner in 주얼리 Category

42,409

Verified Award Winner

Verify Award Status for #141450

Visit Site View at A' Design Award Press Release Award Badge

Colors

The Design

About Acacia 귀걸이

디자이너는 딸이 준 씨앗의 기하학적 형태에 매료되어 디자인을 시작했습니다. 자연에서는 아무것도 완성되지 않고 모든 것이 완성된다는 생각이 이 귀걸이를 볼 때 가장 먼저 떠오를 수 있는 생각입니다. 반지는 매끄럽고 아름다운 모양을 가지고 있으며 보석은 땅에서 나오는 씨앗과 같이 당신의 관심을 끌기 위해 손을 흔들고 있습니다. 그것은 매우 독특하고 자연이며 물론 보석입니다.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 은상

Acacia 귀걸이, 이 작품은 A' Design Award 은상 수상작으로, 최상급이며 아름답고 인상적인 디자인에 수여되는 비범하게 권위 있는 인정입니다. 은상 수상작은 대단히 뛰어나고 매우 창의적인 작품으로, 디자이너의 탁월한 전문 지식, 재능, 통찰력을 보여 줍니다. Acacia 귀걸이, 이 작품은 훌륭한 대표작으로서 매우 전문적이고 깊이 있게 혁신적일 것으로 기대됩니다. 이 은상 수상 디자인은 예술, 과학, 디자인, 기술의 경계를 넓히는 데 이바지하는 주목할 만하고 찬사를 받는 발명품입니다. Acacia 귀걸이, 이 작품은 모두가 부러워하는 창작물로서 욕망을 일깨우고 긍정적인 감정을 불러오며 경탄과 경이로움을 불러일으킵니다.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: the complicated surface of this earring gives an whole new look of how earrings can be. Instead of front and back look of an earring, it is beautiful in multiple ways to look at. clasp is melted inside the structure, so the design has no compromise, to achieve this we designed a whole new clasp, and the weight must be perfectly balanced.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 30mm x depth 21.2mm x height 32.2mm
Tags: gold earrings, creative earrings, designers earrings, gold earrings, acacia
Production Technology: Wax carving, lost-wax casting, goldsmith, stone-setting, gold-plating. Using material, yellow gold, titanium, Rubellite, Citrine, Tourmaline.
Design Challenge: Throughout the process of making this earring, the hardest part was where should the clasp been placed, and how to make it invisible, also comfortable, at this period a lot of tryouts must be done, and broke two pieces in experiment. As finally been accomplished, this part was added various small details and small components inside the earring. Another part was finding the balance of the earring, as can be seen from the special form, it's not a tradition kind of earring, so finding the perfect balancing both visually and comfortably was a hard part. The team tried lots of times and many adjustments to accomplish.
Research: Research from the observation of nature.
Inspiration: It started as a seed fallen down from a tree. The name is called Acacia, designer's daughter found the seed and showed to designer. He looked at the seed carefully, fascinated by its complicate shape and decided to transform it into an earring.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2020 and finished in July 2021 in Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: There's a hidden hinge on the part off the earring, when open the earring, just simply pull the back part of the earring, and the hinge will open, when putting to your ears, just push the back part, when hearing a "tick" sound, which means is complete locked.
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #2: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #3: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #4: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.
Image #5: Photographer Yue Cai, 2021.