Mandarinfish 吊坠 by Mohammad Amin Moradi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2025 A' Design Award 铁奖 in 珠宝设计 Competition Category.

铁珠宝· 2025

Mandarinfish 吊坠

by Mohammad Amin Moradi

Client: Delmor

A' Design Award 铁奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category

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The Design

About Mandarinfish 吊坠

《七彩神仙鱼》是一款以18K金打造的中性吊坠。设计灵感源自七彩神仙鱼——这一鱼种在多种文化中被视为和谐、幸福与恒久情缘的象征而备受推崇。不同色彩与色调的蓝宝石、祖母绿与钻石,再现了鱼身斑斓绚丽的纹样。弯曲的鱼鳍与舒展成弧的鱼尾,勾勒出流动灵动的姿态。作品先以三维建模,继而经过打印、铸造、抛光与电镀等工序,数量众多的细小宝石则以微镶工艺逐一镶嵌。此件作品亦可作为胸针佩戴。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铁奖

Mandarinfish 吊坠是 A' Design Award 铁奖得主，这是授予满足人们对设计精良的创作所期待的专业与工业要求的优良设计的声望认可。铁奖得主展现出其创作者的高超技艺、高度专业化、专家级的理解力和创造能力。预计Mandarinfish 吊坠将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的创作，既实用又创新。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铁奖的设计整合了行业最佳实践，并拥有与专业知识和才华相结合的称职技术特性。Mandarinfish 吊坠因其严谨而受到尊重，旨在提供有助于让世界变得更美好的生活品质改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This 18k gold pendant is designed to capture the essence of the mandarin fish's radiant hues, Using different shades and different colors of Sapphire, Emerald and Diamond as gemstones symbolize vitality, beauty, and good fortune, making the pendant not only an exquisite adornment but also a talisman of positive energy. Designing it's curved fins and a gracefully arching tail, is to show the fluid motion and grace of this fish. Due to the large number of gemstones Micro-setting can be hard.
Dimensions & Packaging: (W) 45.10mm X (L)27.53mm X (H) 11.54mm Weight : 9.320g Gemstones : sapphire- Brilliant Cut - 1.2 X 1.2 mm sapphire- Brilliant Cut - 1 X 1 mm sapphire- Marquiz Cut - 2.5 X 1.5mm Diamond - Brilliant Cut - 1.2 X 1.2 mm Emerald - Brilliant Cut - 1.2 X 1.2 mm
Tags: Mandarin, pendant, fish
Production Technology: This design is 3D modeled in MatrixGold software after hand sketching. As 18k Gold has been considered as the material, For the production, 3D printing, casting, polishing, and simple electroplating are required. selective Silver electroplating is optional.
Design Challenge: Considering the rich colors of the mandarin fish, designing the patterns of the body using different shades of colors was one of the challenges of the project.
Research: In this design, the features and unique characters of mandarin fish have been researched, and the Delphi method was employed. These investigations led to the refinement of the ideation process.
Inspiration: This unisex pendant is inspired by the stunning Mandarinfish, a species renowned for its strikingly colorful and intricate appearance. This fish is often revered in various cultures for it's symbolism of marital harmony and happiness, as it is known to swim in pairs, representing unity and lasting bonds. A fascinating fact about them is that they don't have scales, Also, their bright coloration is not for attracting a mate, but It is to mislead predators into believing that they may be toxic.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2025 in Tehran, Iran and finished in January 2025 in Tehran, Iran.
Operation Flow: This piece is designed as a pendant but it can easily transform into a brooch.
To be used as a pendant, the suggestion weight of the chain is at least 1.5gr.
Image Credits: video music: Hillsong UNITED, oceans, 2013