Marilyn 手鈪 by Anna-Reetta Vaananen is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2024 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 珠寶設計 Competition Category.

銅珠寶· 2024

Marilyn 手鈪

by Anna-Reetta Vaananen

Client: Anna's Darling Ky

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 珠寶 Category

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The Design

About Marilyn 手鈪

Marilyn係一款專為正式同半正式場合設計嘅手鈪。流暢嘅線條表現出海邊嘅捲浪同微風意象。Marilyn喺芬蘭Sonkajarvi製作，採用回收未鍍層嘅14K金（又稱585金）打造，運用失蠟鑄造同傳統金工工藝，表面經過拋光處理。手鈪嘅形態貼合手腕同骨骼結構，配戴時穩固舒適，亦可因應個人手型作出調整。設計目標係營造出一種大膽搶眼、卻依然輕盈易戴嘅視覺效果。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Marilyn 手鈪是 A' Design Award 銅獎得主，這是授予以創造力、獨創性和敏銳見長的傑出設計的極具聲望的認可。銅獎得主是技藝嫻熟、創意驚人的作品，印證了其設計師豐富的經驗、想像力與機智。預計Marilyn 手鈪將成為一件備受推崇、令人欽佩且被珍愛的物品，兼具顯著的專業性與創新性。這件贏得 A' Design Award 銅獎的設計融入藝術、科學、設計和技術領域的最佳實踐，並因注重細節而出類拔萃。Marilyn 手鈪出色地滿足需求，觸動渴望，迷住情感，並吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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

Unique Properties: Marilyn bracelet is flowy and showy. It expresses curls and wind by the beach. This polished and golden jewelry is made from recycled non-plated 14 carat gold at Sonkajarvi, Finland. The bracelet is well fitted and comfortable to wear. The jewelry set suites events and fine occasions.
Dimensions & Packaging: Width 68 mm Hight 68 mm Depth 35 mm
Tags: mairlyn, jewelry, marilyn monroe, gold jewelry, finnish, design, bracelet, surface
Production Technology: The Marilyn Bracelet is made from recycled 585 gold. It's made by lost was casting and traditional goldsmiths techniques. It has polished surface. The original 3d model was made from paper and silver.
Design Challenge: The challenge of this design project was to create light and luxurious feeling into a celebrity inspired jewelry. It was to make the jewelry user feel the perfection and child like joy in design. It was also important to express the movement and bring Marilyn's personality in to the jewelry.
Research: In Marilyn jewelry project the main fields of study were in luxury feeling flowy design that expresses the actress Marilyn Monroes character and makes the jewelry user to feel itself confident and beautiful when appearing in events for dress code Formal or Semi-formal. It was also important to reach the feeling of steady and stable weightless wearability of big and showy jewelry. This was achieved with good balance experiments and several fittings with different body types.
Inspiration: Marilyn makes us think of how we treat people who live by publicity and being a star. Where is the line between personal life and show business or politics. Marilyns' life is well stored in photographs. Through them it s possible to see her as a human being who faces changes and winds of life. All though her hair might be done perfect she is still the same wild, loving and caring person as she was in the beginning of her career. She deserves to be admired as herself.
Project Duration: The project started in January 2020 and finished in February 2024 in Sonkajarvi, Finland.
Operation Flow: The jewelry set is made to follow the users movements. It is made to be noticeable by the audience but not the user itself. The bracelet follows the shape of a wrist and bone structure to feel stable and fit. It can be shaped to fit ones hand.
Patents: All RIghts Anna's Darling Ky, Sonkajärvi Finland
Image Credits: Image #1 : Photographer Elina Manninen, Marilyn jewelry set, 2023
Image #2: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #3: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #4: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024
Image #5: Photographer Anna-Reetta Vaananen, Marilyn bracelet, 2024