The Door of One’s Heart 心之門 by Siting Ye

The Door of One’s Heart 心之門 by Siting Ye is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 鐵獎 in 珠寶設計 Competition Category.

鐵珠寶· 2021

The Door of One’s Heart 心之門

by Siting Ye

Client: Siting Ye

A' Design Award 鐵獎 Winner in 珠寶 Category

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The Design

About The Door of One’s Heart 心之門

《心之門》係一條由18K金、鑽石同珐瑯製成嘅頸鏈。吊墜由兩層形似門嘅結構組成。當背面嘅部件向右移動時,兩扇門會轉動並合併成一個心形。吊墜內部設有一個全新嘅軸承結構以實現呢個動作,並由一個精細嘅扣具將雙門固定成90度嘅角度。呢條頸鏈可以以兩種形態佩戴,每種形態都有其獨特嘅外觀同意義。設計運用簡約嘅線條,表達打開心門嘅意念。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 鐵獎

The Door of One’s Heart 心之門是 A' Design Award 鐵獎得主，這是授予滿足人們對設計精良的創作所期待的專業與工業要求的優良設計的聲望認可。鐵獎得主展現出其創作者的高超技藝、高度專業化、專家級的理解力和創造能力。預計The Door of One’s Heart 心之門將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的創作，既實用又創新。這件贏得 A' Design Award 鐵獎的設計整合了行業最佳實踐，並擁有與專業知識和才華相結合的稱職技術特性。The Door of One’s Heart 心之門因其嚴謹而受到尊重，旨在提供有助於讓世界變得更美好的生活品質改善。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Made of 18K gold, diamonds and enamel, the element is composed of two classic symbols. The product tries to reflect the sense with the most simplified lines, and uses dynamic forms to express the emotional collision in the product design. Open the love door and walk with the light.
Dimensions & Packaging: Length 13.0mm xWith 6.8mm xHigh 2.4mm
Total Weight：4g
Tags: Necklace, Gold, Jewelry design, Diamonds，Pendant，Enamel
Production Technology: Necklace in gold 18K with diamonds and enamel technique, diamonds 0.11ct. CNC machine tool is used during process. A new bearing structure is created inside the necklace, providing a function of 90-degree spin, which makes two forms of necklace. The design was visualized in MatrixGold and KeyShot 9.
Design Challenge: Through extensive research on the luxury jewelry market, how to balance the artistic and commercial value, how to give the product a profound emotional significance, how to symbolize the brand to create a classic and sustainable upgrading product, how to achieve novelty and be suitable for daily wearing, meet these points will be the most challenging part of business design.
Research: Before designing the pendant, the doors of different styles and periods were studied. While exploring how to relate the door to the meaning of happiness, it gradually evolved into the door of heart and simplified the shape. This project is very meaningful. It conveys good faith through commercial design. It is simple, profound, comfortable and durable.
Inspiration: The work revolves around the theme of love. According to the two classic shapes of heart and door, two doors are rotated and opened to form a heart inspiring the emotional connection between people. The product is cleverly combined with a new bearing structure to trigger the moment of emotion by opening the heart. It will be an emotional expression or emotional need to achieve the best balance of business value from the complex to the simple.
Project Duration: The necklace was designed in March 2020 in Hangzhou, China.
Operation Flow: The main body of the necklace is formed with two layers of door shape pieces. Hold your finger on the back door and move it to the right to get a heart, meaning open the door of one’s heart. The inside is set with a fine buckle, which can be fixed at a perfect angle of 90°. The necklace can be worn in two forms and has its unique beauty and meaning in either way.
Patents: trademark registration number202030075984.6 People of Republic China , Siting Ye as a trademark holding name.
Team Members: Designer： Siting Ye
Technique：Fanyue Lin
Image Credits: Designer:Siting Ye