Sølv Smykke · 2021
Eastern Blocks Betongsmykker
- A' Design Award i Sølv 2021 in Smykke
- CLIENT: Celsius 273
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 29,597
- Verification code 2B5EFE80D3 · Verify this award
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About Eastern Blocks Betongsmykker
Eastern Blocks er en smykkekolleksjon i betong inspirert av østeuropeiske panelblokker. Kolleksjonen inkluderer halskjeder og øredobber som følger formene til prefabrikkerte boligblokker. Betong brukes fordi materialet er lett, ikke-allergifremkallende og ikke lett å knuse. Hvert smykke starter som en tredimensjonal tegning, etterfulgt av prototyper og silikonformer for støping. De ferdige betongdelene settes deretter sammen med sølv og lær. Kolleksjonen inviterer til et nytt blikk på østeuropeisk arkitekturarv.
About the A' Design Award i Sølv
Eastern Blocks Betongsmykker er vinner av A' Design Award i Sølv, en usedvanlig prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles design i toppklassen som er nydelige og imponerende. Sølvvinnere er enormt briljante og usedvanlig kreative verk som viser designernes enestående ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighet. Eastern Blocks Betongsmykker forventes å være et praktfullt utstillingsverk som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonelt og dypt nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en svært bemerkelsesverdig, beundret oppfinnelse som gagner og flytter grensene for kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi. Eastern Blocks Betongsmykker er et skaperverk mange misunner, som vekker ønsker, gir positive følelser og vekker undring og forundring.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- This design is wearable architecture. Concrete material and brutalist design with the story behind makes these accessories more than wearable - it's an educational, fashionable manifesto about architectural heritage and society.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Necklaces approx.17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and other 18x11 thickness 0.5- 1 cm. Earrings 4x2 cm concrete detail and optional 5-9 cm silver wire long. Other earrings 14.5x2 cm.
- Tags
- concrete jewelry, architectural jewelry, eastern european, blockhouses, brutalist jewelry, soviet architecture, brutalist architecture, jewelry artist, jewelry designer,
- Production Technology
- I chose concrete material - light, non-allergenic, and less fragile to create an ode of a brutalist dystopia. First of all, I designed 3d drawings, made prototypes, and then, started to create molds for concrete details with silicon. When the concrete pieces were finished, I started metalworking with silver and leather materials.
- Design Challenge
- To find a form, which would be understandable, that it's blockhouse jewelry, but minimalist, aesthetic and impressive.
- Research
- I made monitoring of the architecture and society attitude of Eastern European houses. My objective was to find a way, how to talk about post-Soviet society and Eastern European architecture heritage in fashion accessories. The main point is to start a discussion with locals' minds about this unique architecture and spread this wearable message. In this collection, I question people’s attitudes towards Soviet heritage and invite you to take a fresh look at Soviet architecture and society's illusions.
- Inspiration
- The collection was inspired by Eastern European panel blockhouses as an iconic modern community symbol. Shapes of panel buildings and us - people, who live in individuality fiction, because the truth is that only a few centimeters between the walls separate us and our individuality is just fiction in this world.
- Project Duration
- This project started as an idea 2018 but I finished this collection 2020.
- Operation Flow
- Wearable jewelry made of concrete. Light, strong, and non - allergic material make jewelry more comfortable and wearable. This technology and design give a chance to wear architecture in real form and material as a piece of jewelry.
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ieva Rudzionyte Model: Paulina Judzinskyte, Make up and hair: Indrija Kneize
Video credits:
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Model: Gabija Rostovskyte
