Acacia Whakakai by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Whakakai Competition Category.

HiriwaWhakakai· 2023

Acacia Whakakai

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Acacia Whakakai

I mīharo te kaihoahoa ki te ahua āhuahanga o te kākano i homai e tana tamāhine ki a ia, ā, ka tīmata te hoahoa. I roto i te taiao, kaore he mea kua oti, ko nga mea katoa kua oti te whakaaro tuatahi ka taea e te tangata te whakaaro ina kite tetahi i enei whakakai takirua. He maeneene, he ataahua te ahua o te mowhiti, a ko nga kohatu utu nui he rite ki te kakano e puta mai ana i te whenua, e poipoi ana mo to aro. He tino ahurei, te ahua, me te mea ko nga whakapaipai.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Acacia Whakakai te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Acacia Whakakai he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Acacia Whakakai he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

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.