Desire in Life 珠宝系列 by Jiangang He is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 银奖 in 珠宝设计 Competition Category.

银珠宝· 2020

Desire in Life 珠宝系列

by Jiangang He

Client: ONESWEAR Design Co., Ltd.

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 珠宝 Category

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The Design

About Desire in Life 珠宝系列

《生之欲》是一个以雕塑化骨骼造型为灵感的珠宝系列，共包含三件作品。其中一枚戒指以骷髅头为造型，呈现一个手持钻石的人形，寓意对财富的渴望；另一枚戒指由肋骨交错构成三角形结构；项链则将一颗红色心形宝石镶嵌于立体胸骨之中。作品先以蜡模雕刻出骨骼形态，再浇铸成金，部分单品采用18K黑金工艺完成。整个系列引发人们对欲望与生命的思考。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Desire in Life 珠宝系列是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Desire in Life 珠宝系列将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Desire in Life 珠宝系列是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Desire in Life Series creatively apply Stereo sculpture to create a skeletal shape. This series consists of three products: 1) The diamond ring of skull shape shows a person holding a diamond, which express one's desire for wealth; 2)The rib is used to form a triangular structure. 3)The necklace inlaid a red jewel in three-dimensional sternum to express one's desire for power. Part of the series uses 18K black gold, with black satire, expressing the designer's thinking about "desire for life ".
Production Technology: 1, Stereo Sculpture Craft:
The combination of art sculpture and jewelry make jewelry line smooth and full of tension. The whole series boldly use the semi-realistic method, using wax molds to carve out human bones, ribs and other skeletal shapes and then pouring gold to make jewelry.
2, Material:
The series of diamond and men's rings are coated with a layer of 18K black gold; Women's ring is 18K platinum imbue diamonds; The necklace was inlaid with a red gem in the shape of love.
Design Challenge: 1, arouse the viewer's emotional resonance
In thinking about the theme of "desire in life ", designers deliberated and tried repeatedly about design style, styling and use of materials. Finally, the black gold material was adopted, with difficult toning process.
2,The shape of the bones
Design is not completely realistic. The more important is to take its design elements, reasonably use them in the design. And the appropriate subtraction is the most challenge for designer.
Research: The jewelry design expresses the new trend; Exploration on contemporary art in jewelry design; Study on emotional resonance in jewelry design;Innovative research on 18K metal materials; Study on three-dimensional sculpture technology.
The study found that: The combination of philosophical thinking with jewelry design can elevate jewelry from a single wearing function to an expression of emotional resonance.
In the Bible, God created Eve with one of Adam's ribs and made her a companion for Adam.
Inspiration: The series is inspired by the designer's reflection on the relationship between desire and life.
Wealth and power are represented by ”diamonds" and"gems" while life is represented by "skull,"" sternum" and "ribs". Through the coexistence of three desires, the designer let the wearer think about the relationship between desire and life to reflect on whether you are pursuing unnecessary desires? And have you forgotten the other meanings of life?
Project Duration: The project began its conception and conceptual design in Shanghai, China in July 2018, completed in Shanghai in March 2019, and released in China in June 2019.
Operation Flow: The skull shape diamond ring abstractly presents a person holding a diamond with a fixedgaze, which expresses wealth desire; The triangular structure ring formed by intersecting ribs, which expresses male and female’s interdependence passions desire; a heart-shaped red jewel is inlaid in stereo chest ribs of necklace, which expresses the desire for power.
Punk looks highlight personality and 18K black gold is more visual, attracting people to think about the theme of "desire and life".