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Planetary Ring Sortija by Yan Li and Jiabin He

Planetary Ring Sortija by Yan Li and Jiabin He is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu in Walka Kamay Competition Category.


QullqiWalka· 2022

Planetary Ring Sortija

by Yan Li and Jiabin He

Client: Helio

A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu Winner in Walka Category

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The Design

About Planetary Ring Sortija

Planetary Ring nisqaqa hanaqpacha rumimanta rurasqa sortija. Kay ruwaykamayqa Muonionalusta nisqamanta hamun, chayqa Suecia suyupi tarisqa fierro hanaqpacha rumi. Uk huch'uy muyuchik, uk milímetro k'iskinniyuq, hanaqpacha rumi p'alta chawpipi churasqa, chayrayku churakuqpa kuyuyninwan p'altaqa muyun, imaynatachus uk hanaqpacha muyuq. Patanqa fierro hanaqpacha rumip natural siq'inta waqaychan, máquinawan ruwasqa acidowan wik'usqawan. Hanaqpacha rumiqa mana p'uyuchakuyta hark'aq k'apachiyniyuqchu saqisqa, chayrayku k'iskinnin pacha purisqanman hina tikran. Sayachiq wasichaqa 925 qullqimanta rurasqa, mana chapasqa hunt'usqa.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu

Planetary Ring Sortija A' Design Award Qullqi Premiu mishak kan, ancha jatun yupaychay, kayta hanak, sumak shinallatak mancharina diseñukunaman kun. Qullqi mishak kashkakunaka ancha achikyaska shinallatak ancha mushuk ruraykunami, paykunata rurakkunapak yachayta, yuyayta shinallatak ushayta rikuchinku. Planetary Ring Sortija ruray yachak, ñawpak shinallatak mushuk yuyayta charik sumak rurashka kanata munanku. Kay Qullqi Premiu japishka diseñuka ancha riksishka shinallatak yupaychashka yuyay kan, arti, siensia, diseñu shinallatak tekinolojía ñawpak ñankunata kichuk. Planetary Ring Sortija achka runakunapak munashka rurashka kan, munayta kallarichin, alli yuyaykunata kun shinallatak mancharichin.

Behind the Design

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

Unique Properties
The Planetary Ring Meteorite Jewelry series includes rings and necklaces, which are originally designed by the jewelry brand of astronomical aesthetics HELIO. It is inspired by Swedish M meteorites – Muonionalustas which are the asteroids that fell on the earth with a history of billions of years.
It's cool to wear an asteroid fragment on your body. At the same time, as our body moves, it rotates like a planet with gravity and inertia. Unlike other jewelry, which is still, this design is alive.
Dimensions & Packaging
Product size: 18mm x 20mm x 20mm
Material: Swedish M meteorites – Muonionalustas and 925 silver
Tags
Jewelry, Meteorite, Planetary, Unisex, HELIO, Astronomical
Production Technology
The surface of the "planetary ring"retains the unique "Wedmanster Pattern"of M meteorite,which is generally considered to be a meteorite pattern that cannot be artificially imitated.The round meteorite material has no electroplating anti-oxidation treatment, and the long term wearing surface will produce an oxidation reaction, and the texture effect will change with time. The 925 silver support structure has no welding point with the meteorite and is linked with the bearing structure. The production, assembly, and after sales process are sustainable and eco-friendly.
Design Challenge
There are two challenges in the design of planetary rings.How to polish an iron meteorite into a standard oblate shape, and at the same time, make the surface appear wonderful “Wedmanster pattern”? Grinding into oblate shape by CNC machining, then washing the surface with strong sulfuric acid, causing natural corrosion and forming irregular lines.
How to realize the smooth rotation of meteorites and simulate the rotation of planets? A miniature bearing is embedded in the center of the meteorite, and the diameter of the bearing structure is only 1 mm.Only after precise assembly can smooth rotation be realized.
Research
The main design style of the brand "HELIO" is "unisex", and the cosmic celestial body is the intentional element that can best represent this design style. It is magnificent and mysterious, and the gender difference of human beings becomes small and meaningless under this scale.Through cooperation with The Meteorologic Society, we have studied a large number of meteorite materials composed of different mineral elements, and analyzed their characteristics and product feasibility. Factors include raw material cost, processing technology, environmental protection, safety, etc. and M meteorite in Sweden was selected.
Inspiration
The Planetary Ring Meteorite Jewelry series is specially designed for young people who travel through the city and yearn for the unknown. This series is made of Swedish M meteorite that fell on the earth billions of years ago, through the model of Planetary Ring and the structural design of bearing rotation, the asteroid is resurrected on the body, and shrunk by hundreds of millions of times.
Project Duration
The project started in April 2020 in Beijin and finished in October 2020 in Beijin, and was exhibited in Taobao in November 2020.
Operation Flow
This design is symbolic. Young people wear a meteorite like a planet on their hands, necks or other parts of their bodies, which is different from ordinary rings or necklaces, and expresses their belief in the universe and a supportive attitude of non-sexism.
Patents
COPYRIGHTS: Yan Li 2020
Number:2021-F-00007198
No:01226481
Team Members
Yan Li
Jiabin He
Image Credits
Image #1: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #2: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #3: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #4: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Image #5: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.
Video Credits: Yan Li, Planetary Ring, 2020.

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