The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje by Anqi Zhao and Tianyi Zhang

The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje by Anqi Zhao and Tianyi Zhang is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award in Ukudizayina Ubucwebe Competition Category.

InsimbiUbucwebe· 2021

The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje

by Anqi Zhao and Tianyi Zhang

Client: Zhao & Zhang Studio

Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award Winner in Ubucwebe Category

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The Design

About The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje

Idizayini ihumusha ngokugcwele ibhalansi phakathi kwedizayini yesakhiwo esinezinhlangothi ezintathu nesepulani. Hlukanisa amacici zibe izikhala eziningi futhi interlace kubo nomunye. Azikho ihluzo eziyinkimbinkimbi ezingadingekile, futhi isikhungo samandla adonsela phansi sihlanganiswe ngokuphelele nemigqa elula. Kwenza abantu bazizwe benomuzwa ocacile wesikhala. Inhlanganisela yezindlela ezihlukene zokwelapha indawo kanye nemibala yezinto ezibonakalayo nakho kuvumelana kakhulu.

The Recognition

About the Umklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award

The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje iwinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award, ukwaziswa okuhloniphekile okunikezwa imiklamo emihle ehlangabezana nezidingo zobungcweti nezemboni ezilindelekile ezimpahleni ezihlelwe kahle. Abawinile beNsimbi babonisa ikhono elikhulu, ubungcweti obuphezulu, ukuqonda kochwepheshe namandla okudala abadali babo. The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje ilindeleke ukuba ibe yinto exatshwa kakhulu, edunyiswayo nethandwayo esebenzayo nenezinto ezintsha. Lo mklamo owinile uMklomelo Wensimbi we-A' Design Award uhlanganisa izindlela ezinhle kakhulu zemboni futhi unezimfanelo zobuchwepheshe ezifanelekile ezihlanganiswe nolwazi nethalente. The Emperor's New Gem Ubucwebe Besimanje iyahlonishwa ngenxa yokucophelela kwayo futhi ihlelelwe ukulethela izinguquko zomgangatho wempilo ezisiza ukwenza umhlaba ube yindawo engcono.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: This earring only uses one wire to support everything, forming a three-dimensional structure. Make it visually form three surrounding flat shapes, but these surrounding shapes are only make a transition in one flat. Then they are interspersed and combined at different angles to form the final three-dimensional space.
Overall use of metalworking and inlay craftsmanship.The position of the "None Gem" gemstone holder uses a surface frosting treatment to make it more distinctive from the main part.
Dimensions & Packaging: 66mm long, 25mm wide.
Tags: Contemporary, Modern Jewelry, Geometry, Metalworking
Production Technology: Metalworking and inlay craftsmanship, s925 silver material.
Artificial stone.Silver plated platinum and gold finish.
Design Challenge: The most difficult part of this project is how to achieve consistency in the perspective of each product when making it. Because it is purely handmade, there will be some slight deviations when adjusting each different spatial angle, but any slight deviation will also change the final shape. So we spent a lot of time and energy to adjust it when making the plate, and because of the characteristics of the silver material itself, we still need to constantly adjust its load-bearing capacity and center of gravity and whether the final weight is acceptable.
Research: The starting point of this project comes from the problems and feelings we encountered in the actual design and production of products in the past year by talking to hundreds of customers and trying to understand their needs.We find that many people have misunderstandings about the material, and they will simply judge the value and price of a work based on whether it has a complicated shape and beautiful gems etc.. Even our family.In many cases, the size of a gem in the eyes of consumers is even greater than to feel a work. This reminds us of many fairy tales we have seen when we were young.
We have also made many models to adjust its structural form and spatial display, in order to allow people to pay more attention to the design itself.
Inspiration: Niceness are always easy to be overwhelmed, just like gems. It will make people trance, and also make people no longer satisfied with appreciation. The fairy tale of "The Emperor's New Clothes" gave us lots of inspiration.At the moment when many people are chasing excess material desires and endless comparison psychology, we want to express through this work to tell people whether they have it or not，all is well.
Project Duration: The project started in December 2019 in Beijing and finished in April 2020 in Wuhan.
Operation Flow: According to different light exposure and different structural space display, it creates different visual effects. It looks like a separate picture from every angle.
Patents: Copyrights belong to Anqi Zhao,2020.
Trademark (2018) Anqi Zhao
Team Members: Anqi Zhao and TianYi Zhang
Image Credits: Total Image : Photographer Xi Ai, Anqi Zhao. / Illustrator Anqi Zhao, Xi Ai.