Spring Blooming 胸针 by Ying Li is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 珠宝设计 Competition Category.

铜珠宝· 2024

Spring Blooming 胸针

by Ying Li

Client: My.wance Jewelry and Gemstone

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category

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The Design

About Spring Blooming 胸针

这是一对以春天为灵感的胸针，采用扁平几何风格设计，由双层结构构成花瓣造型。其工艺旨在让佩戴时唤起自然之美。作品选用色泽统一的不规则形宝石，即粉色尖晶石，映射出春日浪漫的色调。整个系列可多种方式组合佩戴，采用18K白金镶嵌，配以5.724克拉粉色尖晶石与0.376克拉钻石，总重14.345克。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

Spring Blooming 胸针是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计Spring Blooming 胸针将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。Spring Blooming 胸针出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Choosing pink spinels not only reflects the romantic color palette of spring but also showcases the often overlooked beauty of these small and irregular gemstones.

The style of these brooches is flat design, emphasizing the minimalist use of simple elements and flat colors. Each of them is semi-circular and can be combined to form a geometric circle, with the pink part representing a petal.

There are various ways to wear them - you can wear them in different combinations or just wear one of them.
Dimensions & Packaging: 15.64x31.48x7.87mm, 15.67x31.55x7.84mm
Tags: blooming, pink, spring, brooch, spinel, jewelry, Bespoke, petal
Production Technology: The process begins by creating a sketch and rendering. Next, a CAD drawing is created, and then the piece is cast in 18K white gold. After casting, the item is polished and final adjustments are made to achieve the perfect appearance.
The collection is set in 18K white gold and features 5.724cts of pink spinel and 0.376cts of diamonds. The total weight is 14.345g.
Design Challenge: The gemstones used for this collection are irregular in shape and have the same color. They also need to have the same quality. It took a significant amount of time to find and acquire them from the market.
Research: The study on value factors of colored gemstones reveals that gemstones that are small in size and have irregular shapes are considered to have low value. As a result, the purchase rate of these gemstones in the retail market is very low. However, the designer of this collection can appreciate their beauty and uniqueness from a different perspective and showcase it with this pair of brooches.

These brooches depict pink flowers blooming in spring using a flat design style. Their purpose is to evoke a sense of nature and alleviate people's stress.
Inspiration: This design aims to capture the essence of spring blooming and provide a soothing and stress-relieving experience.
Project Duration: The project started in October 2022 in Zhejiang and finished in August 2023 in Yunnan China.
Operation Flow: To wear the brooch, start by pulling out the top of one pin, then, press the other pin to the side of the hook. Attach the brooch to your clothes by pinning it on, and finally, press the pin back and the top back.
They can be worn in different combinations or just worn individually.