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Theodora’s lines




In Athens, the designer Theodora Daraklitsa creates jewelry outside the box. And she surprises ♦ ︎

Theodora is a Greek designer from Athens, one of those cities in the world that concentrates a large number of highly creative jewelry makers. To this elite of innovators belongs Theodora Daraklitsa, who founded her brand Theodora D. She is a rather eclectic designer: she does not stop at jewelry, but has also worked in the fashion and clothing sector. Perhaps it was precisely this ability to extend her interests beyond a single area that allowed her to free style and imagination.

Collana Stigma in argento placcato oro
Collana Stigma in argento placcato oro

Her style? She calls it a legacy of Romanticism and Postmodernism. The materials she uses are precious, gold and silver. And the jewels are handmade, unique pieces. Theodora D’s creations, she explains, are inspired by his personal travels in Greece, Italy and around the world and refer to her experiences, studies and practices in fashion, art history and sculpture and, of course, the her passion in jewelry design and production.

Collana Morphé in argento
Collana Morphé in argento
Bracciale Schema in argento
Bracciale Schema in argento
Anello Rytmos in argento e oro rosa
Anello Rytmos in argento e oro rosa
Anello Ento in argento placcato oro
Anello Ento in argento placcato oro

Orecchini Palmos in argento placcato oro
Orecchini Palmos in argento placcato oro

Anello Entos in argento placcato oro e diamanti, indossato
Anello Entos in argento placcato oro e diamanti, indossato







The bijoux by Katerina Psoma

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Innovative bijoux by the Greek designer Katerina Psoma, between fashion, design and classicism ♦

When she was 15 Katerina Psoma loved spending time in her mother’s fashion boutique in Athens. In particular, she liked the clothes of Moschino, one of the most innovative Italian designers. In short, Katerina Psoma fell in love before fashion, then jewelry, but always as a complement to the dresses. You know, bijoux, but classy, ​​like the clothes she admired when she was a girl in the boutique.

Orecchini in argento placcato oro con gemme sintetiche
Orecchini in argento placcato oro con gemme sintetiche

The study of the history of art in Rome and London has also influenced the style adopted by her fashion bijoux. From art to design the step was short. In the field of design, for example, Katerina has also chosen the abstract style of Memphis, the current created by the Italian architect Ettore Sottsass. But, as often happens, the roots are also re-evaluated over the years: for this reason, in the jewels created with acrylic and brass materials there are often references to the classical Greek shapes.
Katerina Psoma does not use precious materials, but the selection is in any case accurate: vintage finds, Murano glass, antique beads, carved jade and translucent semi-precious stones, together with the acrylic material are some of the bases she has chosen for her pieces. Alessia Mongrando

Collana Drusilla in ottone placcato e cristalli
Collana Drusilla in ottone placcato e cristalli

Collana in ottone placcato oro, ceramiche siciliane, fiori acrilici, perle di vetro
Collana in ottone placcato oro, ceramiche siciliane, fiori acrilici, perle di vetro

Orecchini in ottone placcato argento e oro
Orecchini in ottone placcato argento e oro
Collana in ottone placcato, argento, con vetri turchesi
Collana in ottone placcato, argento, con vetri turchesi
Katerina Psoma (da Instagram)
Katerina Psoma (immagine da Instagram)
Orecchini in ottone placcato, argento, vetro turchese
Orecchini in ottone placcato, argento, vetro turchese







Nikos Koulis, poetry is geometry

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The Universe Line collection by Nikos Koulis: geometry becomes poetry (thanks to a patent) ♦ ︎

Celebrated, rewarded, cuddled: Nikos Koulis is undoubtedly one of the jewelery designer that have come under the spotlight. Not only for the technical ability, which allows him to realize in many cases surprising jewels, but also because he has managed to offer his own language, an aesthetic perfectly distinct from the mainstream of rose gold and diamonds. His jewels have geometric shapes, rigorous, but at the same time with a strong spatiality.

The Universe Line collection by Nikos Koulis, for example, is composed of exceptional elaborate pieces, which sum up the capacity of a master of design.

Nikos Koulis, collana della collezione Universe Line
Nikos Koulis, collana della collezione Universe Line

It is not by chance that the jewels of this collection, in white gold, diamonds with clear and translucent enamel, use an innovative patented technique that has allowed to bind the different materials used. For the necklace in this collection, Nikos Koulis received the 2018 Couture Design Award in the Haute Couture category. Impossible not to admire the composition that seems out of a Nordic kaleidoscope. Instead it was conceived in Athens … Cosimo Muzzano




Anello in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido
Anello in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido

Nikos Koulis, anello in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido
Nikos Koulis, anello in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido
Nikos Koulis, orecchini in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido nero
Nikos Koulis, orecchini in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido nero
Nikos Koulis, orecchini in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido bianco
Nikos Koulis, orecchini in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido bianco
Orecchini in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido bianco
Orecchini in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi, smalto traslucido bianco

Orecchini della collezione Universe Line
Orecchini della collezione Universe Line