Tube Bracelet by Jingcheng Wu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2023 Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Mekgabiso Competition Category.

BoronseMekgabiso· 2023

Tube Bracelet

by Jingcheng Wu

Client: Wu High Jewelry

Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award Winner in Mekgabiso Category

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The Design

About Tube Bracelet

Tube Bracelet ena e ikhethang e tsoa pokellong ea Tube ea Wu High Jewelry. Bracelet e bululetsoe ke thepa e bonolo ka ho fetisisa: tube; 'me e fetoloa lesela la minimalist, ka thuso ea thepa e ncha (titanium), e nang le moqapi oa theknoloji e ne e le setsebi sa. Bracelet e ne e entsoe ka mokhoa o bonolo, 'mala o makatsang, le sebopeho hammoho, e leng se fanang ka bracelet sa tube botle le bokhabane bo tsoang linaheng tse ling.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award

Tube Bracelet ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo e ikhethang e tsejoang ka boqapi, bohlale ba ho qapa le bohlale. Bahapi ba Boronse ke lintho tse nang le bokhoni ka ho felletseng le boqapi bo hlollang tse tiisang boiphihlelo bo bongata, mohopolo le bokhoni ba ho iphumana ba baqapi ba tsona. Tube Bracelet e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e nang le boprofeshenale bo bonahalang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Boronse oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa bonong, mahlaleng, moralong le theknolojing mme o hlahella ka ho tsepamisa maikutlo lintlheng tse nyenyane. Tube Bracelet e kutloisisa litlhoko hantle, e ama litakatso, e hapa maikutlo mme e tsosa takatso ea ho tseba.

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.