Tangram 珠寶系列 by Juan Juan Hu is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅獎 in 珠寶設計 Competition Category.

銅珠寶· 2020

Tangram 珠寶系列

by Juan Juan Hu

Client: Zhejiang Ming Jewelry Co.,Ltd.

A' Design Award 銅獎 Winner in 珠寶 Category

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The Design

About Tangram 珠寶系列

Tangram 是一個由七件獨立吊墜同鏈飾組成嘅珠寶系列。呢個系列提供靈活嘅佩戴方式，每件吊墜都可以單獨佩戴，亦可以透過鏈飾同其他吊墜連接，等佩戴者可以創造出多變嘅造型。七種顏色跟隨彩虹嘅色彩排列。設計靈感來自「七巧板」，一種傳統嘅亞洲七件式拼圖玩具。作品以18k金製成，並將3D打印技術同琺瑯手工藝結合。3D打印所形成嘅表面線條同紋理得以保留，並配以彩色琺瑯呈現。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅獎

Tangram 珠寶系列是 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Tangram 珠寶系列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。Tangram 珠寶系列出色地滿足需求，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: Tangram jewelry collection presents flexible manners of wearing, solving the problem of unchangeable jewelry forms. It can form interesting creative interactions with wearers. The collection has variability in function and flexibility in combination, which is also beneficial to consumers. This collection is made of seven single pendants and chain accessories. The seven single pieces could be worn as a single part. Also they could be connected to different pendants by chain accessories. The industrial technology of 3D printing and the technique of enamel handcraft are integrated in this collection. It's a very good combination of industrial technology, Asian aesthetics and handcraft, greatly improving the working efficiency of jewelry processing workshop.
Dimensions & Packaging: Package: Length 160mm x Width 160mm x Heigh 50mm
Tags: tangram, function, flexibility, enamel handcraft,3d Printing，interactive
Production Technology: The material used for this collection is 18k gold. The industrial technology of 3D printing and the technique of enamel handcraft are integrated. The lines and texture on the surface formed by 3D printing are retained, coupled with the colored enamel craft, making the coloring well matched with the texture formed by industrial machining.
Design Challenge: The creativity of multiple and flexible wearing method is a great challenge. The combination of connection structure, handcraft and new technology is a creative way in making process. Also it's an extraordinary balance of Asian traditional culture and contemporary style.
Research: Pendants are often designed in a fixed form in the jewelry industry. The Tangram series are inspired by tangram, a Asian educational toy. Designer has designed seven individual units to be structured in different number and manners into different pendants. The wearer can wear only one pendant as needed, or structure two or three units into the one they like. The process is interactive and playful. In brief, the series provides an interesting interaction between the wearers and the jewelry.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from Tangram. Tangram is a traditional intelligence toy of ancient China, helping, with seven pieces of puzzles, to make various shapes, including figures, animals, alphabets and other elements, which are constantly changing and vivid, where this collection of Tangram jewelry is originated under such creative inspiration.
Project Duration: The project started in Oct. 2018 and finished in Mar. 2019 in China
Operation Flow: The series of products may leave spaces for wearers to interact with jewelry. The jewelry collection is made of seven single pendants, necklace and bracelet accessories. The seven single pieces could be worn as a single part. Also they could be connected to different pendants by chain accessories. The color of this series is derived from the seven rainbow colors of red, orange, yellow, green, cyan, blue and purple. A unique, playful and colorful interaction could be created by the wearers themselves at their own wills.
Team Members: Juan Juan Hu