Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho by Costis

Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho by Costis is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2026 Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award in Moralo wa Mekgabiso Competition Category.

TšepeMekgabiso· 2026

Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho

by Costis

Client: Pencil Bracelet by Costis

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

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The Design

About Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho

Moralo ke motswako wa Botle, Boiketsetso, Bonono le Boitsebiso ka har'a sengwahanyana se le seng. Costis o rata ho ntlafatsa karolo ya botsetsi ka har'a ntho efe kapa efe, ka ho nka se tlwaelehileng le ho se phahamisetsa sebakeng sa se sa tlwaelehang. O kgahlwa ke phephetso ya ho phahamisa ntho e bonolo, ya letsatsi le letsatsi, ho e etsa sengwahanyana sa bonono. Sekgele sena se ntsha botle ba pentshele, e ka ba ntho e bonahalang e le e nyenyane, empa e leng mokgwa feela wa boiketsetso ba Costis: ka pentshele ya hae o etsa ditshwantsho tsa hae. Sekgele se thella ka har'a letsoho mme se pota-potela ho pota-pota letsoho ka boiketlo bo boholo.

The Recognition

About the Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award

Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang e fuoang meralo e metle e finyellang litlhoko tsa porofeshenale le tsa indasteri tse lebelletsoeng ho lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse entsoeng hantle. Bahapi ba Tšepe ba bontša bokhoni bo boholo, bokhethehi bo phahameng, kutloisiso ea litsebi le bokhoni ba boqapi ba baqapi ba bona. Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho e lebelletsoe ho ba ntho e hlahisitsoeng e hlomphuoang haholo, e ratoang le e ratehang, e sebetsang le e nang le mehopolo e mecha. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Tšepe oa A' Design Award o kenyelletsa mekhoa e metle ka ho fetesisa ea indasteri mme o na le litšobotsi tsa theknoloji tse nang le bokhoni tse amanang le tsebo le talenta. Ka lebaka la botlalo ba eona, Pencil Collection Sekgele sa letsoho e tšoanelehela tlhompho mme e entsoe ho fana ka ntlafatso ea bophelo e thusang ho etsa hore lefatše le be sebaka se molemo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: The Pencil Bracelet is a blend of Aesthetics, Originality, Creativity, Plasticity in a piece.
Costis loves to enhance the sculptural element in any object, by taking the ordinary and elevating it into the realm of extraordinary. He is intrigued by the challenge of elevating a simple, everyday item into a piece of art. This bracelet brings out the beauty of a pencil, which as an object may seem trivial, but is actually the mere medium of his creativity: he uses his pencil to create his drawings.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 27mm x Length 175mm x Height 8mm. Diameter 60mm. Weight 64.30 grams
18K White Gold, pave' with 6.64 carats of excellent Diamonds and 0.74 carats Ruby, especially cut to fit the tip pf the pencil-shaped bracelet. At the back of the bracelet, another ruby is set, implying the end of the red graphite.
Tags: pencil bracelet, fine jewelry, high jewelry, unique, ingenious luxury
Production Technology: The idea strikes unexpectedly and is quickly sketched on paper. These rough sketches become detailed artistic drawings. Technical specifics are decided later in the workshop. Designs are then created in Rhino software, where Costis applies his modeling expertise for volume and proportion, the factors that can make or break a jewel. The process continues with resin prototyping, fusion, finishing, hand stone-setting, and rhodium plating.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was to obtain the correct volume of a rolled pencil, so that when worn, it could convey immediately to the actual object. Also, setting the graphite tip, in this case an especially cut ruby, also posed a challenge.
Research: My research evolved around the attempt to study how a pencil can be rolled around the wrist. The objective was to render the bracelet comfortable when worn, to choose the right distance between the two meeting edges, and to recreate all distinguishing characteristics, as the writing tip and the end of the graphite.
Inspiration: Costis loves to observe the world we live in. These
are the forms he re-creates through his jewelry, by enhancing the sculptural element in any object, by taking the ordinary and elevating it into the realm of extraordinary. He is intrigued by the challenge of elevating a simple, everyday item into a piece of art. This bracelet brings out the beauty of a pencil, which as an object may seem trivial, but it is actually the mere medium of his creativity: he uses his pencil to create his drawings.
Project Duration: The project started in Athens in September 2012, and was completed in Valenza, Italy in May 2023, to be ready for the Launch of Costis Jewelry in Neiman Marcus, USA.
Operation Flow: This bracelet offers its bearer the joy of wearing a piece that was inspired and transformed from an ordinary and humble object. It slides through the hand, and embraces it so gently, since the pencil rolls around the wrist very comfortably.
Patents: Trademark Costis by WIPO, Registration number 1 525 576
Registration date March 6, 2020, Konstantinos Chamamtzis
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #2: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #3: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #4: Photographer, Lantzounis Dimitrios
Image #5: Photographer, Frangos Ioannis