Astrifer Guare by Suhan Wang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn in Dîzayna Zêrînatiyan Competition Category.

ZîvZêrînatî· 2026

Astrifer Guare

by Suhan Wang

Client: Guangzhou Yihe Jewelry Co., Ltd.

Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn Winner in Zêrînatî Category

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The Design

About Astrifer Guare

Astrifer جووتێک گوارەیە کە بە مرواری ئاوی سازگاری سروشتی و زیرکۆنیای کوبیک دروستکراوە. دیزاینەکە بەستەرە کانزاییەکان دەشارێتەوە، بۆیە مرواری و بەردەکان وا دەردەکەون کە لە دەوری گوێ بەلەردا بن. پێکهاتەی سەرەکییەکەی لە زیوی S925 دروستکراوە و بە شێوەی ئاوێنەیی بریقەدار کراوە. سێ کون لە بەرزی جیاوازدا ڕێگە بە بەکارهێنەر دەدەن ئەو شوێنە هەڵبژێرێت کە لەگەڵ شێوە و قەبارەی نەرمەگوێیەکەیدا بگونجێت، بۆ جێگیربوونێکی پتەو و ئاسوودە. سێ چینی ڕووکەشکردن بە نیکڵ، ڕووکەشکردنی ئەستووری زێڕ و داخستنی نانۆیی بەرگری لە بەرامبەر لووسبوون و ڕەنگگۆڕان زیاد دەکات.

The Recognition

About the Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn

Astrifer Guare xelatgirê Xelata A' Design Award a Zîvîn e, nasîneke bi awayekî awarte bi prestîj ku ji sêwiranên di asta herî bilind de, xweşik û bibandor re tê dayîn. Xelatgirên Zîvînê karên pir birûsk û pir afirîner in, yên ku pisporiya hêja, jêhatîbûn û zîrekiya sêwiranerên xwe nîşan didin. Tê hêvîkirin ku Astrifer Guare karekî mînak, pir pîşekar û bi kûrahî nûjen be. Ev sêwirana bi Zîvînê serketî vedîtineke berbiçav û hatiye sitayişkirin e ku ji bo fireh kirina sînorên huner, zanist, sêwiran û teknolojiyê tevkarî dike. Astrifer Guare afirandinek e ku gelek kes çavê xwe lê dikin, daxwazan şiyar dike, hestên erênî tîne û heyirînê çêdike.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Astrifer, a pair of pearl earrings, makes an innovation to conceal metal connectors, which allows natural freshwater pearls and cubic zirconia to encircle the earlobe like stars, giving a light, floating visual effect. Through a minimalist design language, it liberates pearls from traditional formal contexts and seamlessly blends them into modern living scenarios while endowing the wearer with understated yet refined elegance.
Dimensions & Packaging: product dimensions, 27 mm x 19 mm x 26 mm
Tags: Floating Design, Natural Freshwater Pearls, Cubic Zirconia, Flexible Adjustment, S925 Silver, Achromatic Color Palette, Light and Dynamic, Rich Play of Light and Shadow
Production Technology: Natural freshwater pearls and premium cubic zirconia are used for a dynamic, brilliant aesthetic. The main structure made from S925 silver ensures structural stability and wearing comfort, and undergoes a polishing process for a mirror finish to achieve a dynamic play of light and shadow. A triple layer technique, consisting of nickel plating, thick genuine gold plating, and nano sealing, significantly improves resistance to wear and discoloration, enabling the product to remain new over time.
Design Challenge: The core challenge was how to achieve a floating visual effect through a minimalist structure while concealing metal connectors. Astrifer innovatively adopts a bent structure, as well as three holes varying in height. This ensures a secure fit, and supports precise adjustment based on earlobe shapes and sizes, seamlessly concealing metal connectors and allowing pearls and cubic zirconia to appear as if floating around the ear.
Research: Considering that the pearljewelry market is increasingly dominated by young consumers, the design team has been dedicated to expanding the application of pearl jewelry from traditional socializing to daily living by balancing aesthetic appeal, wearing comfort, and practical functionality. Guided by the idea of less is more, Astrifer innovates a floating design, exquisite, dynamic, and unique with a sense of lightness, catering to working professionals and users who prefer understated elegance.
Inspiration: As the designer paused before the glass facade of a shopping mall, she noticed how the streetlights reflected on the face of a mannequin, where the glimmering spots were like the finishing highlights of an oil painting and the reflections flickered like scattered stars. From that fleeting moment, Astrifer features cubic zirconia and pearls to symbolize dazzling sparkles and gentle reflections. Through a scattered arrangement and a floating form, it evokes the enchantment of the urban nightscape.
Project Duration: The project started in Shanghai, China in January, 2024, and completed in April, 2024.
Operation Flow: Astrifer comes with three holes varying in height, allowing wearers to flexibly select based on their earlobe shapes and sizes. This thoughtful design ensures a snug yet comfortable fit, and enables metal connectors to be perfectly concealed behind the ear. As a result, the product can present an elegantly floating visual effect for every wearer, minimalist and dynamic
Team Members: Suhan Wang