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The design of Vram

Published on August 24, 2023

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Gold earrings with blue and purple sapphires

The wearable sculptures of Vram, a Los Angeles jewelry brand with a Couture Award ♦ ︎
In 2018 he won one of the Couture Awards in the Best in Debuting category. But, to be honest, Vram Minassian was been a debutant just for the Wynn stage in Las Vegas, where the show took place. Because Vram, Maison of Los Angeles, debuted in 1985. The common thread of this brand has always been the search for a sophisticated, very modern and cool design. The ring awarded to Couture is an example: the volume is simple and at the same time refined, with the yellow gold that is interrupted in two ovals that show a surface paved with green tourmaline. And in 2023 Vram collaborated with Platinum Guild International for a special Chrona Butterfly ring, created for Las Vegas Couture.

Anello in oro con zaffiri viola per il Couture 2023 — Gold ring with purple sapphires for Couture 2023

The choice is to offer jewelry that resemble small modern sculptures. But there are also collections that are inspired by elements of the body, for example the bones, as in the case of the Chrona Hypercuff bracelet reminiscent of the vertebrae line. Vram’s jewels are destined to have an ever-growing public: for many years the Maison has produced only unique pieces, on request, or for third parties. For the past few years, however, Vram has taken to the field with collections for a wider audience, even if selected. The recognition at the Couture Awards is a result.

Anello Eye of Chrona in oro 18 carati, argento rodiato, zaffiri verdi — Eye of Chrona ring in 18K gold, rhodium-plated silver, green sapphires, gray diamonds

Pendente Chrona in oro 18 carati — Chrona pendant in 18K gold

Anelli in oro 18 carati e diamanti — Rings in 18 carat gold and diamonds

Orecchini Chrona in oro 18 carati e zaffiri verdi — Chrona earrings in 18k gold and green sapphires

Anelli in oro 18 carati e smeraldi — Rings in 18 carat gold and emeralds

Anello in oro 18 carati e argento rodiato con diamanti brown e grigi — Ring in 18 carat gold and rhodium silver with brown and gray diamonds

The links of Salima Thakker

Published on July 15, 2023

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Bracciale in oro e argento con tormaline multicolori

Salima Thakker, perfect example of cultures that meet: the designer was born and works in Antwerp, an Indian father and a Belgian mother. Antwerp is the European capital of diamonds and jewels were an irresistible temptation for Salima Thakker, moreover to join with the world of art: she studied at the Royal Academy in Antwerp and earned her Master’s degree at the Royal College of Art in London, where she consolidated his profession and passion for design. So much so that she later became a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts, with which she still collaborates. But her jewelry house came after a collaboration with Damiani, in Milan, about twenty years ago.

Orecchini in oro bianco, diamanti navette e tormalina Paraiba — Earrings in white gold, navette diamonds and Paraiba tourmaline

An experience that helped her to open her workshop and shop in Antwerp, making the jewels herself. The designer describes her work as the result of an intertwining, a shared culture between different ethnic origins, which are a fusion of world culture. She uses only ethically traceable stones, gems and diamonds, and her jewelry is now sold worldwide, including New York, Hong Kong and Antwerp.

Collana in oro 18 carati e argento — Necklace in 18 carat gold and silver

Anello Labyrinth con peridoto — Labyrinth ring with peridot

Anello eternity in oro giallo e diamanti — Eternity ring in yellow gold and diamonds

Anello in oro rosa con tormaline — Rose gold ring with tourmalines

Bracciale in oro giallo 18 carati — 18K yellow gold bracelet

Bracciale in oro giallo 18 carati e citrini — Bracelet in 18K yellow gold and citrines

Bracciale in oro giallo 18 carati e argento sterling — Bracelet in 18K yellow gold and sterling silver

Orecchini in oro bianco e rosa, con morganite e acquamarina — Earrings in white and pink gold, with morganite and aquamarine

Busatti 1947, from tradition to innovation

Published on June 23, 2023

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Spilla con tanzaniti, smeraldi, titanio cocholong. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Busatti in Milan is a historic name in jewelry. It has now doubled. A branch of the family has decided to focus decisively on research and innovation and has created its own brand: Busatti 1947. After a few months of life it already boasts a prestigious recognition: second place in the Best in Diamonds Above $40,000 Retail category at Couture Design Awards. Merit, precisely, of a decisive push towards a strong design and a choice of materials that is unusual in many respects. Behind all this are the brothers Lalla and Davide Busatti. The family history goes back to when the grandfather, Antonio Busatti, began traveling to Japan after the Second World War to buy pearls.

Bracciale in alluminio nero, fibra di carbonio, diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Black aluminum bracelet, carbon fiber, diamonds. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

His son, Luigi, continued the business with gems. Lalla (designer) and Davide Busatti (who selects the gems) represent the third generation, who have decided to introduce jewels with their own brand to the precious stones trading business. But, as mentioned, putting a lot of innovation into it. For example, in introducing unusual materials, such as carbon fiber to make a super resistant resin, which is combined with gold and diamonds or cacholong. The high-end jewels have already been presented at the main international jewelery fairs, from Las Vegas to Dubai, Geneva and Hong Kong.

Bracciale realizzato con una speciale resina con fibra di carbonio, oro e diamanti gialli. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Bracelet made with a special resin with carbon fiber, gold and yellow diamonds. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Collana Tokyo in resina tonalità Royal Zest, diamanti e oro rosa — Tokyo necklace in Royal Zest-tone resin, diamonds and rose gold

Orecchini Tokyo in resina tonalità Royal Zest, diamanti — Tokyo earrings in Royal Zest tone resin, diamonds

Orecchini Cairo con diamanti taglio trilliant e madreperla — Cairo earrings with trilliant-cut diamonds and mother-of-pearl

Lalla e Davide Busatti — Lalla and Davide Busatti

The refined design of Paola Brussino

Published on June 14, 2023

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There are those who limit themselves to re-proposing small variations of the same subject. And who, like Paola Brussino, sets out on unexplored roads. Choice of materials and extraordinarily effective design constitute the map of the Turin architect and designer, who in her long career has collaborated with international jewelery brands and the most prestigious niche maisons. Her bio states that her work has been exhibited in various European countries, Qatar, Japan, Russia and the United States. After having lived for a long time in Geneva, she returned to Italy in 2012 and began a path of pure research.

Orecchino in zirconio con tsavorite e diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Zircon earring with tsavorite and diamonds. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

One of the aspects that characterize Paola Brussino’s jewels is the choice to work with elements such as carbon, titanium, zirconium and corian in high jewellery. Zirconium, for example, is a metal with an appearance reminiscent of titanium. It is mostly made from zircon and is very resistant to corrosion. It is used in nuclear plants and, now, also in the designer’s rings and earrings.

Orecchini con zaffiri rosa La Rose de Edith — La Rose de Edith pink sapphire earrings

Furthermore, the roots that sink into design and architecture have directed Paola Brussino’s jewelery towards jewels that express rigor and fantasy at the same time, lightness and luxury, but with defined and pleasant, natural and elegant geometries.

Anello con zpinello blu cobalto e diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Cobalt blue spinel and diamond ring. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

Anello con due diamanti. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Ring with two diamonds. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Paola Brussino. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Annette Welander to infinity and beyond

Published on June 10, 2023

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Swedish design is appreciated all over the world for its ability to synthesize aesthetics and practicality. And this is also the key to understanding the jewels of Annette Welander, a designer born in Gothenburg and then moved to the capital, Stockholm. The jewels of the new collection, Lemniscate combine the idea of the purity of geometries inspired by architecture to transform themselves into jewels in a creative way. The word lemniscate in algebraic geometry indicates one of the many inverted eight-shaped curves, also used to indicate infinity.

Anello Lemniscate in oro 18 carati — Lemniscate ring in 18K gold

The Lemniscate collection presents a complex construction of each of the pieces, made thanks to the craftsmanship and design skills. The style is also the result of the designer’s studies, who specialized in art history at the University of Gothenburg, then at the business school of the Institute for Higher Marketing and finally at the Berghs School of Communication in Stockholm, graduating in communication , branding and design. In short, the right mix before founding her Maison in 2018.

Anello in oro 18 carati e diamanti — Ring in 18 carat gold and diamonds

The gold is worked as a continuous piece by the house craftsmen, with a feminine, artistic and sinuous shape. The pieces in the collection are crafted in Stockholm with 18-karat ethical gold and Top Wesselton VVS diamonds (EF colour) from sustainable sources. The diamonds are displayed in a set which allows light to flood both sides of the diamonds, to enhance the reflections. The jewels are exclusively handmade to order.

Anello Lemniscate in oro 18 carati indossato — Worn 18K Gold Lemniscate Ring

Anello in oro 18 carati e diamante — 18-karat gold and diamond ring

Lunati’s star continues to shine

Published on May 27, 2023

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Lunati turns 85, but enjoys excellent health. The Valencian company was founded in 1937 by Pietro Lunati and continues to produce high quality jewellery, in perfect Valencian style. Which means precision, luxury, creativity interpreted with the long artisan tradition of jewelers and goldsmiths. The company produces classically made jewellery. They are unique pieces, or in small series for the simpler ones. The traditional style is reinterpreted in a modern key, but without exaggerating: even the jewels with colored gems are composed in a balanced way.

Orecchini con diamanti e zaffiri rosa — Earrings with diamonds and pink sapphires

Lunati Gioielli continues the path of Pietro who, together with his brother Giulio, made the company take off, which is now led by his son, Giovanni Luca Lunati, director. Gioele, Piero’s nephew, marketing and communication expert, has decided to start selling some collections online. The production of brooches after World War II was soon joined by the creation of necklaces and rings, which were also very successful on the markets of Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The company can also boast the 160 AL mark to mark the production as a guarantee of authenticity of the jewels.

Orecchini camelia con diamanti e zaffiri blu — Camellia earrings with diamonds and blue sapphires

Orecchini con diamanti e rubini — Earrings with diamonds and rubies

Anello in oro bianco con diamanti, zaffiri blu, gialli e rosa — White gold ring with diamonds, blue, yellow and pink sapphires

Anello fiore in oro bianco con diamanti, giada, tanzaniti e tsavoriti — Flower ring in white gold with diamonds, jade, tanzanites and tsavorites

Bracciale in oro bianco e smeraldo indossato — White gold and emerald bracelet worn

Let’s to discover the high jewelery of Fred Fa

Published on May 24, 2023

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Bracciale con tormalina rosa, tsavorite, onice

There is a high jewelery shop that lives in Brussels. In the capital of Belgium, Fred Fa paints, designs and produces exceptional jewels, and if you are not planning to pass through the city you can take a look at the privilegecreation.com website. In his studio, the Belgian jeweler-artist imagines high-end jewels, starting with sketches drawn in pencil: a skill that, by now, few can boast. But this does not exclude the use of new technologies, such as the use of 3D design programs or the use of lasers. In short, freedom and creativity.

We must not confuse Fred Fa with that type of high jewellery, sometimes a little boring, which re-proposes traditional patterns and shapes. His jewels are unique pieces that do not give up on trying new paths. It is no coincidence that he calls himself an explorer in the world of jewelry. Known by true connoisseurs, Fred Fa created his studio-laboratory in 2009. The passion for jewels, he says, follows that for drawing, a path that began at the age of 16 and perfected by studies to combine the artistic vein with the ability to create jewelry world. Once designed, the jewels are crafted by a network of trusted artisans in Brussels.

Anello Fruit de la Vigne, pezzo unico. È composto da un eccezionale zaffiro lilla naturale (10,20 ct), due tanzaniti (6,54 ct), 140 diamanti, 171 tsavoriti e 52 rubelliti

Bozzetto dell'anello Fruit de la vigne — Bozzetto dell’anello Fruit de la vigne

Anello Livre D'Or, in oor bianco, zaffiro blu al centro, smeraldi, diamanti — Anello Livre D’Or, in oor bianco, zaffiro blu al centro, smeraldi, diamanti

Bracciale Envol du Papillon, in oro rosa e madreperla naturale, con 785 diamanti, tsavoriti e rubelliti

Anello in oro bianco con una grande morganite, diamanti, tsavorite

Bozzetto per una collana della collezione Libellule

The new amazing design A.Win Siu

Published on May 17, 2023

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Anello in titanio con madreperla, spessartite. È ispirato ad antiche incisioni rupestri in Cina. Copyright: gioiellis.com

In just a few years, China has become one of the countries with the highest concentration of jewelery designers. But not only. In addition to the many jewelers who more or less follow the classical tradition, creative designers such as Xiao Xintong have taken the stage, choosing A.Win Siu as the name of her Maison. The designer, who participated in GemGèneve, is a jewelry artist, but also an illustrator. Fantasy-themed designs are a source of inspiration for equally imaginative jewelry. The latest theme of her collections is called Light. But the light is seen through the colors of the gems and titanium, a metal which, in addition to being light, also allows us to take on surprising shades.

Candy brooch with carved topaz, titanium, enamel. Copyright-jewelrys — Candy brooch with carved topaz, titanium, enamel. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Xiao Xintong uses her imagination to create jewels such as candy-shaped brooches, which contain precious gems inside them. Or a titanium ring, with spessartite, and mother-of-pearl inspired by ancient petroglyphs discovered in China.

Lightning bolt earring, with spinels and diamonds. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The designer founded her own jewelry brand in November 2017 and a year later she has designed over one hundred pieces with a very personal style. In 2019 she went to France to follow courses in goldsmith craftsmanship and luxury brand management. She was invited to participate in the China International Consumer Products Expo (Hainan Expo) in May 2021 and launched a co-branded jewelry collection with Korean artist Kim Jung Gi. Her bio also mentions her participation in the special fashion and design exhibition Peridot – The Gift of Hope, hosted by the Shenzhen Jewelry Museum in August 2022 and her contribution to The Joy of Color – The Evolution of Jewelry in the Era of the Metaverse and Nts’s in 2023.

Spilla con granato, smalto, madreperla, zaffiri — Brooch with garnet, enamel, mother-of-pearl, sapphires

Spilla in titanio, con diamanti, occhio di gatto cabochon, smalto — Brooch in titanium, with diamonds, cabochon cat’s eye, enamel

Anello in oro, diamanti, smalto — Ring in gold, diamonds, rubies, enamel

The three-dimensional innovation of Yael Kaduri

Published on March 25, 2023

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Spilla Digital Precious broochLa, presenta la prima fase di sviluppo di un nuovo metodo di produzione di gioielli preziosi utilizzando polimeri stampati in 3D, combinati con metallo fuso

Who said that in the world of jewelry there is no room for invention? Perhaps thanks to technology, if combined with a good dose of creativity. An example of this is Yael Kaduri, a 3D jewelry designer who boasts a very personal path halfway between art and goldsmithing. Although, in truth, her focus is not centered on precious materials, but on the possibilities that 3D printing offers when combined with traditional craftsmanship. Yael also teaches at the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem, holds degrees in jewelry and fashion, and teaches as an assistant professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In short, an eclectic creativity, also testified by the passion for the connection between music and visual arts.

Jewels are a world apart. According to the Yael, jewels combine concentration, accuracy, enigmatic essence and delicacy with communication and body awareness. “The main sources of my inspiration are the natural worlds and aesthetic ideals of traditional Japanese craftsmanship,” she adds. Yael Kaduri’s work is focused, according to her description, on product development in an attempt to come up with some new craft skills to design jewelery using 3D printed polymers, combined with cast metal and traditional goldsmithing. A hybrid object, which she calls digital precious. But even more precious are her innovative ideas.

Collana stampata in 3D ispirata alle creature marine traslucenti

Spille in PLA, bioplastica di origine naturale, acciao, gesso, sabbia, rame, ottone, vernice per auto

Collana indossata ispirata agli animali marini translucenti

Lavinia Fuksas, design between rhombuses and triangles

Published on February 5, 2023

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Perhaps creativity cannot be transmitted genetically, but growing up between two famous architects can be useful for developing one’s aesthetic sense. And this is what Lavinia Fuksas, daughter of Doriana and Massimilano Fuksas, two internationally known Italian designers, can tell. Lavinia, however, followed her path. And she is now considered one of the emerging jewelery brands. Merit, if one can say so, also of the lockdown period caused by the covid, which has allowed a time for reflection and planning for the long-held idea of tackling the jewelery market.

Furthermore, one of the characteristics of Lavinia Fuksas jewels, based in Rome, is that they are designed indifferently for men or women. Gender fluid is a trend and, on closer inspection, for jewelry designers to propose rings or earrings without distinction of gender is a great saving and an excellent opportunity.

Anello Jaipur in oro 9 caratis — Anello Jaipur in oro 9 carati

The designer’s style is a road with two points of arrival and departure. On the one hand there is the architectural geometry, daughter of the cultural environment in which the designer grew up, on the other the effort to make the figures of triangles and rhombuses, which recur in the collections of Lavinia Fuksas, ductile and not too rigid. She also reveals it with the choice of one of her collections, Jaipur, inspired by the atmosphere of the Indian capital city of gold and gem processing.

Orecchini in oro bianco 9 carati con cinque smeraldi — Orecchini Jaipur in oro bianco 9 carati con cinque smeraldi

Orecchini Jaipur in oro 9 carati e cinque smeraldi

The ancient but new jewels by Chris Davies

Published on December 22, 2022

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Orecchini in oro, smeraldi, ametista, perle, citrini, acquamarina

The unique pieces by Chris Davies, a New York designer who uses ancient techniques for his jewelery ♦ ︎

In New York there is a jewel artist who loves to discover and use ancient processing techniques. It is, sure, an attitude not widespread in the city that more than any other is a symbol of dynamism, change, speed. Chris Davies, however, in college has studied ancient civilizations and art history. When he become a jeweler, he decided to combine his passions and creates pieces made up of hundreds of tiny 18-karat gold beads (the granulation technique used in ancient Greece), or he creates jewels with the cloisonné technique, a particular enamelling, difficult realization, which dates back to ancient Egypt, was in vogue during the Byzantine Empire and more recently in China. Technique that used for the recent collection, Silk Road.

An art form which, he explained, will soon disappear, because only the oldest artisans are still able to use. Or Davies weaves 18-karat gold pearls on steel wires. Each piece, he explains, takes two to six months to complete. There are also jewels made of rare stones, selected for their particular shape or appearance: tourmalines, demantoids, citrines (but green), moonstones (but peach-colored), sapphires (but orange) and so on. An example is the Delos necklace, made with the 18-carat white gold granulation technique, hematite, white topaz and blue-green amethyst. Prices? Chris Davies’ jewels are unique pieces, like the price of his jewels: on average from 10,000 to 20,000 dollars.

Spilla in oro 18 carati giallo e bianco, unakite, peridoto

Bracciale in corno, ametista, diaspro rosso, oro

Collana in oro bianco, perle di Tahiti, ametista

Orecchini in oro 18 carati, ametiste, perle di Tahiti

Jared Lehr, jewels for the stars

Published on December 10, 2022

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The jewels of the stars was signed by Jared Lehr, a designer who is takeing off in Hollywood ♦ ︎

He looks like an actor, lives in Hollywood, attends the world of cinema. Yet it does not participate in films and television productions. Jared Lehr, in fact, is a jeweler. Although he offers his work a broader definition: “I do not make jewels, I make art to wear”, he says without false modesty.

His style? Strong, irreverent, with jewels with irregular shapes, with large stones in bold colors.

The son of a jeweler-architect, Sam Lehr, after attending the Fashion Institute of Technology, in 2015 Jared gave life to his very exclusive brand. It produces a few pieces, but very precious and sold at a consequent price (sometime its jewels exceed 100,000 dollars). Also because he himself often goes to Africa, South America, Asia to select and buy the stones to use. In particular, he loves the family of tourmalines: green, blue, red and pink. In particular, those of the variety indicolite (blue-green): considers them more beautiful than emeralds. His ability to reveal himself sympathetic, his undoubted good looks, together with the ability to enhance the great stones of color that he uses for his jewels have made him rise in the ranking of the favorite jewelers of many stars.

Ananya and Bea Bongiasca, a bracelet for two

Published on November 23, 2022

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Ananya Malhotra, Indian, studied the world of jewelery in London, where she graduated from Central Saint Martins, but also in the USA at GIA. Also Bea Bongiasca, Italian, graduated with honors in Jewelery Design at Central Saint Martins in London. The two designers are evidently friends if they have decided to collaborate together to create a limited edition bracelet. An unusual idea in the world of jewelry. The jewel is called the Rainbow Chakra Ananya x Bea and a mix of the stylistic of the two creators. The bracelet is made of 9 carat yellow gold, with brilliant and princess cut diamonds, with rainbow enamel.

Il bracciale è realizzato in oro giallo 9 carati, con diamanti taglio brillante e princess , con smalto arcobaleno.

Ananya and Bea Bongiasca actually interpret jewelery in a completely different way. The first is inspired, in a modern way, by the great Indian cultural tradition, while Bea Bongiasca, based in Milan, offers jewels with a pop-electric luxury design. To purchase the bracelet, you must register on a waiting list which will close on Sunday 27 November.

Il bracciale di Ananya e Bea Bongiasca nel box

Ileana Makri’s golden Cascade

Published on October 6, 2022

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Il bracciale vincitore al Couture Awards 2022 in oro giallo e diamante quadrato al centro

Her bracelet from the Cascade Collection won the Couture Award 2022 in the Best in Gold Jewelry category. It is an imposing jewel, obviously in 18-karat gold, which is inspired by the shiny jewels of the roaring twenties. It has a square white diamond in the center. The rest of the extensive Cascade collection by Ileana Makri also follows the same style, adding references to the fluidity of water, which meets the geometry that precedes the art deco style. Alongside 18-karat gold and diamonds, jewels are often combined with emeralds, with some variations in rubies and sapphires. Earrings, necklaces and bracelets are the most present shapes in the line, even if there are rings, quite simple.

Orecchini della collezione Cascade in oro 18 carati e smeraldi

Ileana Makri, a Greek jewelry designer, made her debut with her Maison in Athens in 1996. She has an international profile and her jewels are also sold through the major online platforms. Yet, before becoming a jewelry designer, Ileana Makri graduated in Business Administration. But then she followed her true passion of hers and studied jewelry design at Gia, in Santa Monica, California. In addition to her travels, Ileana continues to draw inspiration from multicultural symbols and their meaning.

Orecchini Frozen Stream in oro bianco, diamanti e smeraldi

Orecchini in oro giallo e diamanti baguette

Bracciale Waterfall Bridge in oro 18 carati, diamanti e smeraldo

Collana Waterfall Bridge in oro giallo, diamanti e smeraldi

Mosaic cocktail with Antonini

Published on September 25, 2022

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Anello della linea Extraordinaire in oro satinato e diamanti neri

There were several extraordinary things that happened in 2022: from reprehensible events, such as the war in Ukraine, to moments of emotion due to the disappearance of great personalities, but also the exciting new images from space, the (almost) end of covid in many areas of the world, enthusiasm for the protection of the environment. In short, the world is extraordinary, for better or for worse. And jewelry can be extraordinary too. Indeed, if we are talking about Antonini Milano, Maison that has made design its flag, we must speak of Extraordinaire, a name that the creative director Sergio Antonini has provided to his line of high jewelry.

2022 sees the addition of two new pieces to the Extraordinaire line. It is a gold Mosaic cocktail ring with the typical satin finish and a concave surface, which is a classic Antonini shape. The upper surface of the ring is composed of a pavé of black diamonds. A pair of earrings with an elongated shape, like lanceolate leaves curved by the wind, is made with the same materials.
dal vento è composta con gli stessi materiali.

Orecchini della linea Extraordinaire in oro satinato e diamanti bianchi e neri

Also noteworthy are new pieces from the Anniversary100 collection of fine jewelry. It is a chain necklace and earrings in which gold is combined with black titanium, with a pleasant contrast.

The two streets of Sophie Bille Brahe

Published on September 11, 2022

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Orecchini ispirati alle sculture di Calder con perle di acqua dolce

Sophie Bille Brahe summarizes in itself the characteristics of Nordic design: simple, yet surprising, light despite the dimensions, rigorous without missing the imagination. Well-outlined ideas: on her website you can choose two ways: pearls or diamonds. Stop. But behind the choice restricted to two types of jewelry, there is a vast world.

Orecchino singolo in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti per 1,52 carati VVS

Sophie is Danish. She was born in Copenhagen (Denmark), one of the cities with the highest percentage of jewelers. The designer is one of those who started to deal with jewelry early, as a child in a small laboratory where she expressed her alternative bohemian attitude. The designer studied jewelry design at the Royal College of Art in London and trained with master jewelers in Copenhagen. She founded his Maison in 2011. A curious aspect: a great-great-great-grandfather of the designer was the famous sixteenth-century astronomer Tycho Brahe, who discovered the phenomenon of supernovae. And Sophie Bille Brahe often is inspired by the night sky for her collections.

Anello Ocean de Fleurs in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Bracciale Fleur de Tennis in oro giallo 18 carati e diamanti

Anello Grand Ensemble Ruban in oro giallo e diamanti

Collana di perle Grand Peggy in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce — Collana Grand Peggy in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce

Orecchini Grande rosette in oro 14 carati e perle di acqua dolce

Orecchino Claudia con perle di acqua dolce su oro 14 carati

The replicants by Elizabeth Garvin

Published on September 8, 2022

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There is Going on large stones, precious pavé, settings princely. And who, instead, betting everything on an idea. What then is the basis of the design: it’s not important the value of the material, but the beauty of the form. This is the path followed by an American designer named Elizabeth Garvin. She is attracted, she says, by serial nature of industrial objects, but also by the endlessly replicated shapes found in nature. The essential elements of their geometry, reproduced and transformed to become items of jewelery, are the essence of the style of Elizabeth.

Anello della collezione Stripe in oro 18 carati, argento ossidato e quarzo rutilato

Her professional career began after graduating in Arts at New York University in 1986, and after having completed her studies at Parsons School of Design at the Massachusetts College of Art. This explains why the proposal from the designer is in between industry and art to wear. The idea is to create jewelry with noble materials such as silver with some sprinkling of gold, but above all with very original forms. The jewelry is handmade in the New York studio of designers. And often they are capable of surprising for their uniqueness.

Anello della collezione Stripe in oro 18 carati, argento ossidato e diamante rosa di 1,26 carati

Anello con pavé di diamanti, argento ossidato e oro

Orecchini in argento ossidato, oro, diamanti bianchi e neri

Collezione Cyclone, orecchini in argento ossidato, oro, diamanti

Bracciale con topazio blu e diamanti blu si argento ossidato e oro

The new designers of GemGèneve

Published on September 2, 2022

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News for the next edition of GemGèneve scheduled from 3 to 6 November. Nine designers will be present: four are part of the Emerging Talents area and five for New Designers, selected by Nadège Totah. The designers are a permanent presence in the event that includes companies specializing in high quality gems and vintage jewelry: they therefore represent an open window on today’s jewelry and tomorrow’s too.

Padiglione di GemGèneve maggio 2022. Copyright: gioiellis.com

The work of these designers is displayed in a dedicated space at the heart of GemGenève, a space in which visitors, we hope, will have time and space to study the jewels, to be intrigued, to see and appreciate the new dynamism that is energising jewellery-making today.
Nadège Totah

The four Emerging Talents include Wallis Hong, a Chinese based in Spain, who features miniature sculpture-jewelry made from different materials. They are inspired by nature, marine life, cytology (a discipline that studies the structure and functions of animal and plant cells), botany, religion, mythology. In the same section there is Serendipity Jewelry, France, a brand founded in Paris by Christine Chan in 2017. The designer discovered her passion for stones during a trip to Australia over ten years ago and presents a collection of pieces, combining a concept of respect for nature, respect for freedom and respect for oneself. The third designer is
Vincent Michel, Swiss, with the brand of the same name. He is based in Lausanne and is a travel and mountain enthusiast, from which he draws natural elements are not only a source of inspiration but also his working tools. Finally, Youra Jewelry comes from Saudi Arabia and is a brand based in Riyadh, founded by designer Rabaa Saleh Alangari, who began her journey with a great passion for diamonds, painting, colors and creation.

The five who are part of the New Designers area see the return of Sean Gilson, United States, an American goldsmith and designer who personally creates each of his jewels in his studio in Connecticut and in his laboratory in New York City: he will present a novelty series. A debut for GemGèneve is instead that of Leyser, Germany. Thomas’s grandfather operated precious stone mines in Brazil and ensured the supply of rough stones to the lapidary workshops in Idar-Oberstein, thus creating one of the leading companies in the region. Thomas, along with his son Sebastian, went ahead and developed a passion for creating finished jewelry: he produces a luxury collection of high quality fine jewelry and supplies jewelers all over the world.

Alexander Tenzo. Copyright: gioiellis.com

Paola Brussino comes from Italy, an architect and designer from Turin, who has collaborated with major international jewelry brands. After living in Geneva for a long time, she returned to Italy in 2012 and started a path of pure research. Attracted by the creative possibilities offered by the use of new materials, the designer was among the first to use carbon, titanium, zirconium and corian in fine jewelry. Another return is, however, that of Tenzo, one of those jewelers capable of combining art and design, of which we have already spoken on several occasions. Finally, from Thailand comes the creations of Toji Jewelry, which presents a unique collection of colored gemstones, each with a different story, each with a different meaning, which allows them to create jewelry that reveals the hidden splendor of nature.

Paola Brussino, orecchini La Rose de Edith

Espositore a GemGèneve. Copyright: gioiellis.com — Espositore a GemGèneve. Copyright: Gioiellis.com

The modern south of Federico Primiceri

Published on August 26, 2022

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Federico Primiceri, son of Baroque, has brought in the South of Italy the quality jewelery ♦ ︎
There are many designers who have grown up with gold in the blood. Or, better, with precious stones and precious metals at hand, because their parents were goldsmiths. It is part of this patrol Federico Primiceri, a designer who has learned a lot from his goldsmith father in the most baroque city of Italy, Lecce. From the south, Federico moved to the North to refine his vocation, with stages in Valenza and Milan, between design practice and diploma at the Italian Gemological Institute. His work has been pointing straight up, with quality jewelery parading with the event Alchimia delle Formeand with invitations to Istanbul, Moscow, Paris and London.

He is eclectic in style, but not only: he attended the first Jewel Music Event in Lecce in 2008 during the Idea & Design exhibition. In short, it is the proof that counts more talent than location, which is more important fantasy than famouses friends, that wins quality than marketing. From a outside position, Primiceri has managed to create jewels that many of his colleagues in Milan or Rome would not dream of doing. And if they dreamed it, perhaps they would not be able to translate the idea in practice.

Anello in argento 925 a fascia, doppio lato, con diamanti neri e rubini

Anello doppio in argento 925 a forma di Pac Man, con diamanti bianchi e neri, zaffiri orange

Collana con pendente PAC MAN in argento 925 e diamanti — Collana con pendente in argento e diamanti a forma di Pac Man

Anello in argento 925 con quarzo arancione dedicato alla band dei Negramaro

Collana rigida PacMan con. zaffiri blu, orange, gialli e rubini

Cyril’s spheres

Published on July 29, 2022

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Collana in oro 14 carati e sfera di quarzo bianco

New York City is one of the places on Earth with the highest concentration of jewelry designers. Among these is Leila Du Mond, who founded the Cyril brand five years ago. In reality, the designer has expanded the field to jewelry after having experienced her aesthetic rigor in other sectors, such as that of home accessories, signing with her own name. In fact, even the jewels adopt the same minimal style, simple and refined at the same time. The basic idea, according to what Leila describes, is to propose jewels that have drops of light.

Orecchini in oro 14 carati e sfere di quarzo

But also they are inspired by museum aesthetics, whatever it is, and by natural history. To achieve this, the brand uses silver and 14 karat gold that surround opalescent spheres of white quartz. Leila Du Mond is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design and the Fashion Institute of Technology, she has been selected as the winner of the Elaine Gold Launchpad of Cfda and Accessories Council and of NextNow of Ylang 23.

Anello Large Ciel in oro 14 carati e sfera di quarzo bianco

Collana Lucent in oro 14 carati e sfera di quarzo bianco

Orecchini pendenti in oro 14 carati e quarzo bianco

Orecchini in oro 14 carati e quarzo bianco

Anello in argento e oro con sfera di quarzo