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Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton by Gerda Liudvinaviciute
Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton by Gerda Liudvinaviciute
Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton by Gerda Liudvinaviciute
Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton by Gerda Liudvinaviciute
Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Argent Joiòs · 2021

Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton

by Gerda Liudvinaviciute

  • A' Design Award d'Argent 2021 in Joiòs
  • CLIENT: Celsius 273
  • Estimated Number of Design Views: 29,597
  • Verification code 2B5EFE80D3 · Verify this award
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About Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton

Eastern Blocks es una colleccion de bijós de beton inspirada pels immòbles a panèus d'Euròpa de l'Èst. La colleccion compren colars e pendents que seguisson las formas dels immòbles d'apartaments prefabricats. Lo beton es utilizat perque lo material es leugièr, non-allergenic e pas aisit a rompre. Cada pèça comença coma un dessenh en tres dimensions, seguit de prototips e de mòtles de silicòna pel fondatge. Las parts de beton acabadas son puèi jonchas amb argent e cuèr. La colleccion convida a getar una agachada novèla sul patrimòni arquitectural d'Euròpa de l'Èst.

About the A' Design Award d'Argent

Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent, una reconeissença extraordinàriament prestigiosa acordada a de designs d'ort de gamma, esplendids e impressionants. Los ganhaires de l'Argent son d'òbras terriblament brilhantas e extrèmament creativas que illustran l'experiéncia, lo talent e la finessa excepcionals de lors designers. S'espèra que Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton siá una òbra meravilhosa e de referéncia, notablament professionala e prigondament innovanta. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Argent es una invencion fòrça notabla e admirada, que fa un ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Eastern Blocks Bijós de beton es una creacion immensament envejada que desrevelha de desirs, aduch de sentiments positius e fa néisser l'estonament e l'esmaiment.

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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

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