Proudly
introducing five innovative designers and architects who are
pushing the boundaries of material and form.
Five distinct and bright voices creating new
and exciting accessories and objects.
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la
mollla®
la mollla® designer and architect
Tiziana Redavid has proven that great design is intemporal.
Initially inspired by the stainless steel springs on the floor
of a friends' car industry factory in Turin, Tiziana used her architects
and artist's sensibility to devise an innovative jewellery collection
which she launched in 1997. Tiziana Redavid registered the mark
la mollla®,
from the italian word molla meaning spring, using three l's to
graphically evoke the movement of the spring.
Ten years on, her first '97' bracelet, composed of 97 stainless
steel spring bracelets, is ever the best seller. The talented Tiziana
divides her time between Paris and Turin and continues to push
the boundaries of her successful collection, exploring the multitude
of shapes possible with these stainless steel springs. Fifteen
separate beautiful and timelessly chic collections have sprung
from her imagination from circle to square to cone and diamond
shapes, each with the fluid and graceful style which is the hallmark
of la mollla®.
www.lamollla.com |
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Tzuri
Gueta / Silka Designs
Paris based textile designer Tzuri Gueta launched
SI51, his patented silk and silicone jewellery collection, in 2006
building upon an already successful career developing his silicone
and silk textile designs techniques for Haute Couture designers
(Givenchy - Jan 07 (detailing on dress worn by Eva Green at the
Oscars), Armani, Mugler, Galante etc&elispe;).
Redefining the frontiers of technical textiles, Tzuri Gueta expertly
combines active research into the properties of silicone with a
clear understanding of textile traditions and a great sensitivity
to lines and proportions.
His jewellery generates a sense of wonder, visually evoking marine
life such as sea sponges and coral. His creations look like crystals
but are soft, natural, light and comfortable to wear.
With insatiable curiosity and a desire to continue pushing boundaries
of his techniques, Tzuri Gueta is only just beginning. This passionate
and innovative designer is clearly one to watch.
www.tzurigueta.com |
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Josh
Jakus
Josh Jakus is a Berkeley, California-based architect
and designer dedicated to making experiential connections between
form and function. He uses materials in their simplest form so
intrinsic qualities show through — and a rigorous design efficiency that strives to get the most impact out of
the fewest moves.
An architect by training with an M.Arch from UC Berkeley, Josh
uses his understanding of the built environment and how it is inhabited
to inform his designs, and he hopes his products will help foster
a more intuitive understanding of all objects in the people who
use them.
Josh founded his design practice in 2005 as a way of continuing
his lifelong interest in the nature of structure, space, and materials.
His use of unique properties of pressed wool felt — its
density, texture, pliability, and strength and transforms a flat
surface into a volume using only the simplest of operations. All
items are made from industrial felt (excess fiber from fabric manufacturing)
in a lovely example of contemporary sustainable design for the
chic city dweller.
www.joshjakus.com |
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Marion
Vidal
Fashion designer Marion Vidal creates stunningly
bold statement pieces. Made of glossy and mat enameled ceramic
pearls, her necklaces are asymmetrically knotted and intertwined
with ribbon and beautifully finished with brass hooks.
The crisscrossing of spatial, cultural and fashion influences evident
in her work are drawn from both her architectural training in Paris
and Milan and her studies in the fashion section of the Royal Academie
of Antwerp where she obtained her degree in 2003. She now lives
and designs from Paris where she launched her collection in 2006.
The asymmetry, the choice of colors and shapes, and their association,
the size and lightness of her pieces and the stories she draws
her inspiration from, all contribute to the strength and beauty
of Marion Vidal's confident and innovative jewellery designs.
www.marionvidal.com |
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Kirsten Bak
Danish jewellery designer Kirsten Bak encourages
us to rediscover the shapes and materials that surround us with
two sculptural collections.
Unicated rings are made of a wooden inner shell and a plastic outer
shell. While inspired by classical forms, the rings made from one
connected and coherent form. Sections of the rings are cut away
encouraging us to focus on what lies beneath the surface and giving
birth to uniquely organic yet contemporary shapes.
'BAKS Fair- about man and humanity', supports ecological mining
techniques. The metal alloys used are machine extracted not chemically
extracted and fair working practices. All pieces are certified
and stamped with 'Fair'.
Kirsten Bak who launched her collection in 2006, studied jewellery
and industrial design in Germany and Holland, graduating from the
Trier Department of Gemstone and Jewellery Design, Idar-Oberstein,
Germany, in 2005.
www.baks-newjewel.dk |
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