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How many awards for Mike Joseph

Published on August 7, 2021

Mike Joseph, the jewels of Mike Saatji’s House gathers a lot of awards. That’s why ♦ ︎

How big can high be the self-esteem of those who receive a lot of prizes? Mike Saatji, creative director of Mike Joseph Jewelery, has probably a self-esteem tall as the sky. And it’s ok. In 2015 Mike won first place in the Gold Jewelery Below $ 20,000 category at the Couture Design Awards in Las Vegas. The award served as a springboard for the creation of the Mike Joseph Jewelery brand, a new chapter in Mike Saatji’s life. In 2018 his Amante series won the Diamonds Above 20,000 category award, again at the Couture Design Awards. And you can guess what won in 2019. Yes, still a Couture Design Awards, but this time in the Best in Haute Couture category.

Although his brand, Mike Joseph, is only a few years old, Mike Saatji has 25 years of experience in designing and manufacturing high quality jewelery. Born in Armenia to a family of jewelers, Mike spent every spare moment of his formative years in jewelry workshops. After a multi-year apprenticeship, studying in several cities, under various masters, he decided to start his own business. But why, however, the Maison has a different name from that of the designer? Simple: Joseph is the name of his brother, with whom he opened his jewelry company. With great success.

Orecchini in oro, diamanti, perle by Mike Joseph

Il gioiello di Mike Joseph che ha vinto al Couture Design Awards nella categoria Best in Haute Couture nel 2019

The Anaconda by Vendorafa

Published on June 10, 2019

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Bracciale della collezione Anacond in oro 18 carati, diamanti neri

The Anaconda collection by Vendorafa, which won the Couture Design Awards in Las Vegas ♦ ︎

An anaconda can be very convincing and not only if you are in the middle of the Amazon forest. The largest snake in the world can crawl up on the stage of the Couture Show Awards, in Las Vegas. And the skin of the reptile, transformed however in jewel, he convinced everyone. A bracelet from the Anaconda collection by Vendorafa, in fact, received the coveted award for the Editor’s Choice category. A great satisfaction for the company born in Valenza almost 70 years ago.

Among the pieces of the Ananconda collection, to convince the Las Vegas jury was an 18 carat yellow gold bracelet with black diamonds.

But the collection, which incorporates the geometric pattern of the scales of the reptile, also includes pieces in satin and polished gold with white diamonds. The latest additions to the Piedmontese Maison include the Dune collection, also in gold with small white diamonds set as a pattern, such as the new Hula Hoop bracelet with diamond-paved edges. Lavinia Andorno

Bracciale della collezione Anacond in oro 18 carati, diamanti bianchi — Bracciale della collezione Anaconda in oro 18 carati, diamanti bianchi

Anello della collezione Dune, in oro e diamanti

Collana della collezione Melodia, oro giallo e diamanti taglio brillante

Bracciali Hula Hoop in oro giallo e rosa con diamanti

A prize for the worst jewel

Published on May 5, 2019

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At Couture in Las Vegas comes the prize for the worst design of jewelery ♦ ︎

In the scientific world there is the Ig Nobel prize, a parody of the most authoritative Nobel prize: it is awarded to the worst studies or inventions. Then there is the Barbara Dex Award, an unofficial award that rewards the worst dressed artist at the Eurovision Song Contest. Now there is also the prize for the worst jewel. Paradoxically, to propose this strange competition, is the event known for bringing together the best of design: the Couture of Las Vegas.

Calcolatore d'oro degli anni Ottanta di Deakin and Francis — Calcolatore d’oro degli anni Ottanta di Deakin and Francis

The organizers have announced the WTF?! Award, a kind of celebration of the imperfection dedicated to jewelry projects that have turned out to be a disaster. According to Gannon Brousseau, director of Couture, “the idea of this competition came from the conversations that many of our veteran Couture designers had during the Tucson fashion shows. We liked the idea and we thought it was a great way to infuse some humor into our event, in addition to underlining how the creative process, even among established designers, can have its ups and downs “.

But will there really be a Maison that will expose itself to reveal creative failures? The organizers are confident and some project which turned out to be a bad idea has already been indicated by the National Jeweler website. For example, a gold calculator from the British twin manufacturer Deakin and Francis or a pendant with an opal by Jetter.

By the way, if you want to know the meaning of the abbreviation WTF, just consult the Urban Dictionary, which contains the meaning in full: What the fuck. Alessia Mongrando

Corinna Heller is Designer of the Year for Inhorgenta

Published on February 27, 2019

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Ring Einsteiner [una pietra] in oro bianco 750 e acquamarina, diamanti taglio brillante

Corinna Heller wins Inhorgenta’s Designer of the Year Award. Here are his jewels ♦ ︎

Inhorgenta’s Designer of the Year Award is won by Corinna Heller. It’s one of the prizes of the Monaco-based jewelery event. A prize that Corinna Heller had already grazed two years ago, when she had arrived among the finalists. Corinna founded her little Maison in 1997 and has since designed around 300 jewels. German, Corinne Heller studied and worked in a small town in Baden-Württemberg, Schwäbisch Gmünd.

But the designer was able to build a personal path, with an immediately recognizable style.

Her jewels have simple lines, often accompanied by symbols like the cross and the heart, but combined in a personal way. She use gold, silver, but also large colored gems or diamonds, or large pearls. The shape of the jewels follows precise geometries, but not excessive, with a marked reference to architecture. The designer considers them objects that must be beautiful even when they are not worn, unlike what happens to accessories or clothes in fashion. Lavinia Andorno

Anello Havana in argento, oro, zirconi e tormalina taglio ottagonale

Ciondolo in argento rodiato, diamanti, zircone

Condoli in argento rodiato, oro, tsavorite, diamanti

The golden thread of Carolina Bucci

Published on June 14, 2018

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Carolina Bucci, dettaglio della sciarpa arcobaleno

The soft golden fabrics by Carolina Bucci, flexible jewels made with the ancient Florentine handicraft tradition ♦ ︎

There is a Penelope in the jewelry store. And she is Italian. We have already talked about Carolina Bucci other times, but today we want to emphasize an aspect of her jewelery production: gold fabrics. With a scarf-necklace in gold of different colors Carolina Bucci has won one of the Couture Awards 2018. And so the award has also put the spotlight on the production of gold threads of the designer, who is based in London, but comes from a family of jewelers of Florence. And the Florentine technique of working on warp and weft is at the base of the work of Tuscan artisans who make fabrics, not only with 18-karat gold, but also with silk. A mix that it allows to make bracelets, necklaces, but also earrings of different consistency and always soft.
The jewels are therefore yellow, white, pink, black or brown and can often be worn in different ways: wrapped around the wrist or neck. In some cases the mesh can be ordered in the desired length and width. Everything is made by hand, with a result that seems to have emerged from the fifteenth-century paintings in flowery Gothic style, where gold was added to the brilliant colors of the painter. Giulia Netrese

Collana-sciarpa Arcobaleno, con oro di diversi colori

Carolina Bucci, premio Best in Gold ai Couture Awards 2018

Bracciale in oro rosa e marrone intrecciato

Bracciale in oro bianco e nero intrecciato

Bracciale in oro giallo e marrone intrecciato

Girocollo in oro rosa e seta azzurra, con borchie a forma di stella con zaffiri

Girocollo in oro bianco e seta azzurra, con dieci borchie con madreperla e oro annerito

The third of Nikos Koulis

Published on June 7, 2018

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Nikos Koulis won the Couture Design Awards for the third time with this necklace. But among the jewels in black and white appears the yellow gold ♦ ︎
For the third time he won one of the Couture Design Awards: Nikos Koulis, a Greek designer with a powerful geometry like that of Fidia, will enter the Guinness Book of Records. It’s not a case if he thanked the jury (via Instagram): “Couture Design Awards: my 1st was great, my 2nd was amazing, my 3rd is dope ✌🏼 thank you “. The victory of Nikos Koulis was reach with a necklace with diamonds, enamels and rock crystals. A necklace with an impeccable geometry and, at the same time, surprising as it is in the style of the designer. Like other pieces presented in Las Vegas, like a pair of earrings always in shades of black and white, the favorite colors by Nikos Koulis, made with black enamel, 18-carat white gold, pavé diamonds and trillion cut diamonds. If you’re curious about the price, they cost $ 27,600. Although the jeweler of Athens has also proposed jewels, always with the same rigorous geometries, however in yellow gold.

La consegna del Couture Design Awards per la categoria Best in Haute Couture (da Instagram)

Nikos Koulis, orecchini con diamanti e smalto nero stile art déco

Collana della V Collection, in oro bianco, diamanti, smeraldo e smalto nero

Bracciale in oro bianco, diamanti a taglio ottagonale e smalto nero

Orecchini pendenti con diamanti taglio baguette, smalto nero

Fope wins in London

Published on September 7, 2017

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Fope, MiaLuce, bracciale in oro rosa con diamanti

Award in London as Best Fine Jewelery Maison for Fope ♦ ︎
Fope wins the Fine Brand of the Year prize of the UK’s Professional Jeweller magazine. The Venetian House convinced the jury: “When it comes to fine jewellery brands, retailers across the UK have been singing the brand’s praises, as consumers have been investing in Fope and adding new designs to existing pieces”. In particular, the British appreciate the patented Flex-it system, which allows for lightness and flexibility even for jewelery with the largest volumes. Professional Jeweller underlines the success of the newer, lighter and lighter models launched at Basel: “The Flex-it ranges in particular continue to soar for Fope, with the new thinner and lighter designs launched at Basel receiving a particularly positive response from retailers”. The company, recently also listed on the Milan Stock Exchange, is preparing to present more news to VicenzaOro. Alessia Mongrando
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Fope, anello in oro bianco della collezione Prima

Fope, MiaLuce, bracciale in oro bianco con diamanti

Fope, MiaLuce, collana in oro rosa con diamanti

Fope, MiaLuce, anello in oro con diamanti

Fope, collezione Prima, oro bianco e pavé di diamanti