Marilyn Armband by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award i Brons in Smyckesdesign Competition Category.

BronsSmycken· 2024

Marilyn Armband

by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Client: Anna's Darling Ky

A' Design Award i Brons Winner in Smycken Category

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The Design

About Marilyn Armband

Marilyn är ett armband designat för formella och halvformella tillfällen. Den flödande formen uttrycker lockar och vind vid stranden. Marilyn är tillverkad av återvunnet, oplätterat 14 karat guld, även känt som 585-guld, i Sonkajärvi, Finland. Tekniker som gjutning med förlorat vax och traditionellt guldsmide används, och ytan är polerad. Armbandet följer handledens form och benstruktur, vilket gör att passformen känns stabil och bekväm. Smycket kan formas för att passa handen. Målet är en stor och iögonfallande form som ändå känns lätt att bära.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award i Brons

Marilyn Armband är vinnare av A' Design Award i Brons, ett högst prestigefyllt erkännande som tilldelas enastående designverk som utmärker sig genom kreativitet, uppfinningsrikedom och klokhet. Bronsvinnare är mycket skickliga och slående kreativa föremål som styrker formgivarnas stora erfarenhet, fantasi och påhittighet. Marilyn Armband förväntas vara ett högt skattat, beundrat och älskat föremål som är anmärkningsvärt professionellt och innovativt. Detta vinnande verk i A' Design Award i Brons införlivar bästa praxis inom konst, vetenskap, design och teknik och är utmärkt genom sin omsorg om detaljer. Marilyn Armband tillfredsställer fantastiskt behov, rör vid längtan, charmar känslor och väcker nyfikenhet.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Marilyn bracelet is flowy and showy. It expresses curls and wind by the beach. This polished and golden jewelry is made from recycled non-plated 14 carat gold at Sonkajarvi, Finland. The bracelet is well fitted and comfortable to wear. The jewelry set suites events and fine occasions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 68 mm Hight 68 mm Depth 35 mm
Tags: mairlyn, jewelry, marilyn monroe, gold jewelry, finnish, design, bracelet, surface
Production Technology: The Marilyn Bracelet is made from recycled 585 gold. It's made by lost was casting and traditional goldsmiths techniques. It has polished surface. The original 3d model was made from paper and silver.
Design Challenge: The challenge of this design project was to create light and luxurious feeling into a celebrity inspired jewelry. It was to make the jewelry user feel the perfection and child like joy in design. It was also important to express the movement and bring Marilyn's personality in to the jewelry.
Research: In Marilyn jewelry project the main fields of study were in luxury feeling flowy design that expresses the actress Marilyn Monroes character and makes the jewelry user to feel itself confident and beautiful when appearing in events for dress code Formal or Semi-formal. It was also important to reach the feeling of steady and stable weightless wearability of big and showy jewelry. This was achieved with good balance experiments and several fittings with different body types.
Inspiration: Marilyn makes us think of how we treat people who live by publicity and being a star. Where is the line between personal life and show business or politics. Marilyns' life is well stored in photographs. Through them it s possible to see her as a human being who faces changes and winds of life. All though her hair might be done perfect she is still the same wild, loving and caring person as she was in the beginning of her career. She deserves to be admired as herself.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in February 2024 in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
Operation Flow: The jewelry set is made to follow the users movements. It is made to be noticeable by the audience but not the user itself. The bracelet follows the shape of a wrist and bone structure to feel stable and fit. It can be shaped to fit ones hand.
Patents: All RIghts Anna's Darling Ky, Sonkajärvi Finland
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Elina Manninen, Marilyn jewelry set, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #3: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #4: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #5: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024