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

ParahiWhakakai· 2023

Tube Poroporo

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award Parahi Winner in Whakakai Category

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The Design

About Tube Poroporo

Ko tenei poroporo Tube ahurei mai i te kohinga Tube na Wu High Jewelry. Ko poroporo he mea whakaawe e te mea tino ngawari: he ngongo; ka hurihia hei poroporo iti, me te awhina o nga mea hou (titanium), he tohunga mohio te kaihoahoa hangarau. I pirangi te kaihoahoa ki te hanga kohinga ngongo hei whakaaro ano mo nga tangata he aha nga whakapaipai i te tuatahi. I hangaia poroporo ma te ngawari, te tae whakamiharo, me te hanganga tahi, e hoatu ana i poroporo ngongo he ataahua me te huatau o waho o te ao.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Parahi

Ko Tube Poroporo te toa o te A' Design Award Parahi, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa kōeke e tohua ana mā te auaha, te mahi mōhio me te whakaaro hōhonu. Ko ngā toa Parahi he mahi pukenga e rite ana, he auaha mīharo, e whakatūturu ana i te wheako nui, te whakaaro me te mōhio-ā-ringa o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Tube Poroporo he taonga whakanuia, whakamīharotia, aroha nui, he ngaio, he auaha hoki. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Parahi e whakauru ana i ngā tikanga pai rawa i te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau, ā, he tino mīharo ki ngā taipitopito. Ka whakatutuki a Tube Poroporo i ngā hiahia, ka pā ki ngā hiahia, ka whakaoho i ngā kare-ā-roto, ā, ka kume i te pākiki.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: minimalist design of a bracelet using titanium(black part) and gold. Titanium give this bracelet strength and the special color. Its structure is booth very clean and smooth to the wrist, hidden clasp inside the bracelet which is unseen to the surface.
Dimensions & Packaging: width 188mm x depth 6.4mm x height 25mm
Tags: bracelet, minimalism jewelry, minimalism bracelet, bangle, titanium jewelry
Production Technology: For the production of this design it uses Titanium 3D printing machine, metal casting, stone-setting, goldsmith, sandblaster. Using material such as Titanium, yellow gold, diamond or lab-grown diamond.
Design Challenge: Challenges of making this bracelet. First, Titanium is very hard to sand and to polish, secondly is titanium can't soldering under oxygen environments which we invented a tool to push away oxygen. Thirdly, to connect all the parts we must invent a kind of joint to fill in. Fourthly, change titanium to black color, this remains a secret process. Finally was making of the clasp, the clasp must be easy operated, safe enough not fallout during wearing them, and must not be visualize by other person easily.
Research: We didn't do such research.
Inspiration: It first came up with an idea, what if a goldsmith's bracelet will be? It must be convenient for work, must be tough, simple but different. Or, should it be a bracelet or bangle? What if both? So designer broke a design of a traditional bracelet, and form it into an bangle like design, and used titanium to give a strength.
Project Duration: The project started in November 2021 and finished in May 2022 in Shenzhen.
Operation Flow: The bracelet is very smooth and fluid by its links designed by us and tested. On one link there's the hidden clasp, before wearing it, connect the two part into one hole, and role into certain angle to fill in, when to take off, simply turn to the angle, pull the button and it will automatically come off.