Coral කෆ්ලින්ක්ස් by Andrea Ragazzo is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය in ආභරණ නිර්මාණය Competition Category.
රිදීආභරණ· 2020
Coral කෆ්ලින්ක්ස්
Client: Ragazzo Design Studio
A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය Winner in ආභරණ Category
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About Coral කෆ්ලින්ක්ස්
කෝරල් යනු කමිසයක අත්මුල් එකට තබා ගැනීම සඳහා නිර්මාණය කරන ලද කෆ්ලින්ක් යුගලයකි. බොහෝ කෆ්ලින්ක්ස් විශාල හා බරයි. ඒ වෙනුවට කෝරල් සරලත්වය සහ කාබනික හැඩතලවලට ගරු කිරීමේ ඉතාලි සම්ප්‍රදායක් අනුගමනය කරයි. විවෘත, විනිවිද පෙනෙන ස්වරූපය සැහැල්ලු පෙනුමක් ලබා දෙන අතර, රළු අභ්‍යන්තර වයනය පරස්පරතාවක් එක් කරයි. සෑම කෆ්ලින්ක් එකක්ම ලොස්ට් වැක්ස් වාත්තු කිරීම මගින් ස්ටර්ලින් රිදීවලින් අතින් සාදන ලදී. දීප්තිය පවත්වා ගැනීම සඳහා සෑම කෑල්ලක්ම ඔප දමා ප්ලැටිනම් හෝ රෝස රත්‍රන්වලින් ආලේප කර ඇත. පැතලි, වරල් වැනි කඳ භ්‍රමණය වීම වළක්වන අතර කෆ්ලින්ක්ස් පැළඳීමට හා ගැලවීමට පහසු කරයි.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය
Coral කෆ්ලින්ක්ස් යනු A' Design Award රිදී සම්මානය දිනූ නිර්මාණයකි; ඉහළම පෙළේ, සුන්දර සහ ආකර්ශනීය නිර්මාණ සඳහා පිරිනමන අසාමාන්‍ය ලෙස ගෞරවනීය පිළිගැනීමකි. රිදී ජයග්‍රාහී නිර්මාණ අතිශය දීප්තිමත් සහ ඉතා නිර්මාණශීලී කෘති වන අතර නිර්මාණකරුවන්ගේ විශිෂ්ට විශේෂඥතාව, දක්ෂතාව සහ සියුම් බුද්ධිය පෙන්වයි. Coral කෆ්ලින්ක්ස් විස්මයජනක, ආදර්ශවත්, ඉතා වෘත්තීය සහ ගැඹුරින් නවීන කෘතියක් වනු ඇතැයි අපේක්ෂා කෙරේ. Coral කෆ්ලින්ක්ස් බොහෝ දෙනා ඊර්ෂ්‍යා කරන නිර්මාණයක් වන අතර ආශාවන් අවදි කරයි, ධනාත්මක හැඟීම් ගෙන එයි සහ විස්මය ඇති කරයි.
Behind the Design
Press Kit
Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- These cufflinks are designed in the best tradition of Italian love for simplicity and respect for organic shapes. They are featuring a unique see-through look, which creates lightness, while the rough inner texture creates added contrast.
Each cufflink is hand made from Sterling Silver. To keep its shine, they are individually polished and either Platinum or Rose Gold plated. The flat, fin-like stem prevents them from rotating while making it easy to put on and take off. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Sterling Silver with Rhodium plating and Rose Gold plating, ∅20 x 22mm
- Tags
- Cufflinks, Men's Accessories, Sterling Silver, Gold Plated, Italian Design, Luxury Accessories, Men's Fashion, Modern Design
- Production Technology
- The cufflinks are made by lost wax casting, which is commonplace in jewelry making. All files were created in Creo 4.0 and rendered in Keyshot to get an accurate representation of the final design before production. A Makerbot 3D-printer was also used, to get preliminary parts made in PLA. These were used to fine-tune the look and size.
- Design Challenge
- There was not much of a research challenge for this project since cufflinks have been around for a very long time. Also in terms of manufacturing and materials, the choice to use Sterling Silver and Lost Casting were straight forward. A high-quality material was necessary, and therefore, only silver or gold would have been appropriate. Using pure gold would set a too high selling price. Therefore the choice to use Sterling Silver and gold plate them.
- Research
- During the initial phase of the design, several directions were taken, including designs featuring enamel. The enamel was placed in the inner part of the cufflinks, creating contrast and making the design feel alive. The idea came from the underside of a starfish, which reveals an inner color, different from the outer skin. It makes it more vulnerable and fragile, enhancing its lightness even more. Unfortunately, it was not possible from a technical point of view, since reaching the inner surface was very difficult and time-consuming.
- Inspiration
- Cufflinks in itself are meant to hold the cuffs of a shirt together. The tighter, the better. They can be bulky and overloaded, usually made of expensive materials to show the status of its wearer. The inspiration was to create something opposite to that. Something that still made of a single, pure material and which replicated lightness. Something that even when holding the cuffs, would so not by weight, but by its structural integrity.
- Project Duration
- The project started in September 2018 and the first production of three SKU's (Rose Gold, Silver, Gun Metal) arrived in Hong Kong around March 2019.
- Operation Flow
- There are several types of cufflinks - Whale Back, Bullet Back, Chain Link, Ball Return, ... The Coral Cufflinks come as Fixed Backing design, which usually is a little harder to put on. Due to the slim design and functional shape; however, this is not the case. These cufflinks slide easily into the cuffs cuts, keeping them tightly together.
- Patents
- Copyrights belong to Ragazzo Ltd., Hong Kong, 2019
- Image Credits
- #1: Maxime Chambigneulle, 2019
#2: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#3: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#4: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#5: Maxime Chambigneulle, 2019
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