Tube Armbånd by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 A' Design Award i Bronse in Smykkedesign Competition Category.

BronseSmykke· 2023

Tube Armbånd

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

A' Design Award i Bronse Winner in Smykke Category

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The Design

About Tube Armbånd

Dette unike Tube-armbåndet er fra Tube-kolleksjonen av Wu High Jewelry. Armbåndet er inspirert av det enkleste materialet: et rør; og det er forvandlet til et minimalistisk armbånd ved hjelp av et nytt materiale (titan) og en teknikk designeren var ekspert i. Designeren ønsket å lage en Tube-kolleksjon for at folk skulle tenke nytt om hva smykker egentlig er. Armbåndet ble skapt med enkelhet, forbløffende farge og struktur sammen, noe som gir Tube-armbåndet en utenomjordisk skjønnhet og eleganse.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Bronse

Tube Armbånd er vinner av A' Design Award i Bronse, en høyt prestisjefylt anerkjennelse som tildeles enestående design som utmerker seg ved kreativitet, oppfinnsomhet og skarpsindighet. Bronsevinnere er rikt dyktige og påfallende kreative gjenstander som bekrefter designernes store erfaring, fantasi og ressurssterkhet. Tube Armbånd forventes å være en høyt ansett, beundret og verdsatt gjenstand som er bemerkelsesverdig profesjonell og nyskapende. Dette designet, som har vunnet A' Design Award i Bronse, rommer beste praksis innen kunst, vitenskap, design og teknologi og utmerker seg ved sin omtanke for detaljer. Tube Armbånd tilfredsstiller behov på en strålende måte, berører ønsker, sjarmerer følelser og vekker nysgjerrighet.

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.