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VicenzaOro, the magnificent eight of the Design Room

Published on August 31, 2018

Who will be in the Design Room of VicenzaOro: Alessio Boschi makes his debut, comes Garavelli and … ♦ ︎

In the countdown in view of VicenzaOro September, organized by the Italian Exhibition Group and scheduled in Vicenza from 22 to 26 September 2018, the scope of one of the most awaited sections, The Design Room, is now outlined with greater precision. Introduced a couple of editions ago, the area is reserved for particularly significant signatures of jewelry design. In the September 2018 edition, the area sees some confirmation and several new features. First of all, the number of designers changes: from 12 in the first edition, to January 2017, to the 11th of last January, to 8 September 2018. Among the Design Room aficionados, for this edition there are Qayten, an innovative boutique which always arouses great interest, Alessa Jewelery, a brand born from the love between designers Yuvraj Pahuja and Alessandra Robles, and the Italian-Brazilian Bia Tambelli. An exceptional debut is that of the talented Alessio Boschi, an Italian designer with a world profile, which until now has only been present at Baselworld. Other novelties are represented by the Cedille brand, created by Carmen Aoun in 2015, from the exotic collections of Inspiration Jewels and the simplicity of Syna. And more, the historic Garavelli brand is moved-up to the Design Room. In reality it is a matter of a few meters, because the Piedmontese Maison was previously located in the Icon area of VicenzaOro, inside which is the Design Room area. It is no coincidence that last year Garavelli won a prestigious Design Award at the Couture in Las Vegas.

Alessa Jewelry, anelli della Amara Collection

Goodbye Jck, VicenzaOro goes to the Couture Show

Published on June 18, 2018

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VicenzaOro moves in Las Vegas: leaves Jck and makes an agreement for the Couture Show ♦ ︎

Bye bye Jck. VicenzaOro has planned a move to Las Vegas. A few hundred meters, but for Italian companies that in recent years have landed at Jck Las Vegas, a traditional fair dedicated to jewelry organized in the capital of Nevada, it is a radical change. Italian Exhibition Group, the fair company that organizes VicenzaOro, has in fact decided to move the center of gravity in the Couture Show, a fair always organized in Las Vegas during the same period. The Couture Show is considered more exclusive and is the event with the participation of top designers and Maison. Ieg has thus made an agreement with Emerald Expositions, the organizer of the prestigious annual show, which also includes a contest with prizes. Ieg, among other things, has recently acquired 51% of Fb international, a company specializing in preparation of booths of fairs in North America.
In addition, at the same time as Couture, the Emerald Expositions will also host the new Premier show in Las Vegas during the Las Vegas Market Week, involving established jewelery and watch makers at the Las Vegas Convention Center along with the Las Vegas Antique Jewelery & Watch Show and Agta Gemfair Las Vegas. It is worth remembering that Italian jewelery companies have exported over 1 billion 170 million euro in 2017, with a growth of 15.8% compared to 2016.
«The partnership with a trade fair organizer of the caliber of Emerald Expositions makes us proud and effectively confirms the project to strengthen our presence in the jewelery segment at an international level and, in particular, in the United States, the primary market for the export of Made in Italy Italy », is the commentary by Marco Carniello, director of Ieg Jewelery & Fashion division.

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

Wynn, Las Vegas, dove si svolge il Couture Show

VicenzaOro widens

Published on May 17, 2018

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Italian Exhibition Group presents the project that gives more space to the exhibition center that hosts VicenzaOro ♦ ︎
A strategic plan to make VicenzaOro shine more. Italian Exhibition Group presented a redevelopment project for the Vicenza exhibition center, centered in particular on the reference event for the jewelery sector. It is not a minor intervention: the investment is 35 million euros and provides for the radical redevelopment of Pavilion 2. The project is ready and will be realized by the architect Volkwin Marg, partner of the GMP studio Von Gerkan, Mark & Hamburg partner. The pavilion surface will be 26 thousand square meters. It will be built on two levels, against the current five, and will be equipped with functional and sustainable technologies.
The intervention decided by Ieg, a company that should face the listing on the stock market (permitting markets) next year, starts from the investment that, in 2015, was carried out on Hall 7. It was an intervention that allowed VicenzaOro to redesign the map of exhibitors in homogeneous communities, and to develop the The Boutique Show format. After some initial grumbling by some exhibitors who had to move from their usual position, the new formula was unanimously considered a positive evolution. In the last editions Vicenza has thus achieved a very high level of employment, equal to over 98%, while the demand for space on the part of exhibitors continues to grow.
Many of the commodity communities explain to Ieg, from that of high-end brands to the world of quality production, to gems and fashion and design jewelery, they show great potential for growth. With the intervention decided VicenzaOro should offer them more space.

With Ieg a Ceo for VicenzaOro

Published on April 27, 2018

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Da sinistra, Matteo Marzotto, Lorenzo Cagnoni, Ugo Ravanelli

A strong man for IEG: to new managing director Ugo Ravanelli the operating powers ♦ ︎
VicenzaOro or, better, Italian Exhibition Group, a company that also organizes the jewelery fair in the Venetian city and OroArezzo, has a new operational manager. To the historic president Lorenzo Cagnoni (79 years) and to the executive vice president Matteo Marzotto (51 years) joins Ugo Ravanelli, 64, until now independent board director and chairman of the Control and Risk Committee of Marr, distribution and food company listed on the Star Segment of Borsa Italiana (in the past he was also managing director and chairman).
Exchange of proxies
The note published by the company describes the novelty at the top with the decisions taken by the new board of directors “having as a reference the indications on the governance structure that emerged from the Shareholders’ Meeting. These include the recommendation, also indicated by the Committee for Corporate Governance and deriving from international best practice, to avoid the concentration of offices in one single person and in particular to provide for the separation of the roles of chairman and CEO. Consequently, the board assigned the delegations and appointed Lorenzo Cagnoni as chairman of the company and Matteo Marzotto as vice chairman; he also assigned the powers for the ordinary and extraordinary management of IEG to Ugo Ravanelli, appointing him as CEO”. Ravanelli, then, will be the strong man of IEG (“ordinary and extraordinary management”), a company engaged in a march towards the stock exchange, where it counts to be listed in 2019. A path that Ravanelli knows, given that he has already led to the listing Marr.
The new summit
The assembly of the fair group has also partially renewed the board of directors, which is now composed by Barbara Bonfiglioli (confirmed), Lorenzo Cagnoni (confirmed), Michela Cavalieri (new entry, 51 years, councilor for Economic Resources of the Municipality of Vicenza) , Daniela Della Rosa (confirmed), Maurizio Renzo Ermeti (confirmed), Lucio Gobbi (confirmed), Catia Guerrini (confirmed), Matteo Marzotto (confirmed), Ugo Ravanelli (new entry, new ad), Simona Sandrini (confirmed).
Lastly, the shareholders’ meeting approved IEG 2015 white paper: consolidated turnover of € 130.7 million (€ 124.8 million in 2016), Ebitda of € 23.2 million, consolidated net profit of € 9.1 million (6 , 6 million last year).

Il consiglio di amministrazione di Italian Exhibition Group al gran completo

With VicenzaOro a hundred jewellers in Las Vegas

Published on April 26, 2018

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An expedition of a hundred Italian jewel companies for Jck Las Vegas together with the VicenzaOro platform ♦ ︎
Alessi Domenico, Asolo Gold, Shot & Zilio, Dasan Group – Jessica Jewels, Fratelli Chini, Giorgio Visconti, Gold Art, Hasbani Jewels, Karizia, Lenti & Villasco, Richline Italy. And new entries like Ab Aeterno Watches, C.A. Gold, Dago Jewels Milan, Lancaster Italy, Osigem Forever Unique, Pippo Perez, Quality Aretina, Rome 1947 – Better Silver, Marine Instrument. These are some of the Italian brands that are going to fly to Nevada together with the Italian Exhibition Group to take part in Jck Las Vegas (1-4 June). Ieg is the company that also organizes VicenzaOro and OroArezzo: in the US will leads a hundred Italian companies to the restricted area of the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. The VicenzaOro format will be enriched with a series of events for sector operators. Objective: to promote the values of Italian jewelery and jewelery in one of the main markets for the consumption of Made in Italy jewelry, which in the first nine months of 2017 recorded a growth of 16% for precious jewelery (data from the Business Department Italian Exhibition Group strategy).
At the Jck Las Vegas the VicenzaOro pavilion will be strategically located at the entrance to the main floor of the event (Shoreline 2) and adjacent to the Plumb Club area, where they exhibit leading manufacturers of jewelery, diamonds and watches. Do not miss the World Forecasting Observatory of jewelery and precious items of VicenzaOro, Trendvision Jewelery + Forecasting, the key theme of the exclusive trend sessions, lasting twenty minutes, which will involve journalists, bloggers and buyers throughout the entire event.

Italian jewelry Trends Show nell'area di VicenzaOro a Las Vegas — Italian jewelry Trends Show nell’area di VicenzaOro a Las Vegas

Italian jewelry Trends Show by Trendvision Jewellery+Forecasting, evento a Las Vegas del 2016

Alessa, love at first sight

Published on February 18, 2018

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Bracciale Amara collection, bracciale Arrow

Alessa Jewelry, a brand born from the love between designers Yuvraj Pahuja and Alessandra Robles. With a modern and strong style ♦ ︎
There are those who love jewelry. And who loves jewelers. Or, perhaps, both things together. As in the case of Alessa, a jewelery brand that is curiously divided between Dubai and Guatemala. In fact, as well as a Maison of jewelry, Alessa is a love story. As in the films, the young couple formed by Yuvraj Pahuja and Alessandra Robles met during the courses at the Gemological Institute of America. In this way love for gems has been joined by mutual passion. In 2009 the two decided to combine their life path with the profession and Alessa Jewelry was born. The style of the collections is modern, sometimes angular, with a marked design. For this reason, the brand has been invited to the Design Room of VicenzaOro January.
The activity of the two designers is not improvised: the Pahuja family has been in the jewelry business for five generations and Yuvraj has managed the family business in Dubai before co-founded Alessa Jewelry. Alessandra Robles grew up in Guatemala, in contact with the culture and the arts of her country. White or pink gold, with diamonds and precious stones are the basic elements of Alessa’s recipe, next to the couple’s harmony. Giulia Netrese

Orecchini a freccia in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi e neri

Orecchini a freccia in oro bianco con diamanti bianchi. Prezzo: 7495 dollari

Collana Arrow, con diamanti bianchi e neri

Orecchini a freccia in oro rosa e diamanti bianchi

Orecchini Diamondaze in oro rosa, diamanti e dipinti a mano

Bia Tambelli, the Portal of sixth sense

Published on February 12, 2018

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The Portal collection by Bia Tambelli, a young Italian-Brazilian designer who goes hunting for symbols ♦ ︎
At VicenzaOro, in the Design Room, reserved for emerging jewelery brands, there was also Bia Tambelli (see also: Bia Tambelli, amazing Brazil). In addition to its Arpia collection, the young designer showed the jewels of the Portal line. Also in this case the creator combines the aesthetic sense with the sixth sense. That is, she links the shape of rings, bracelets and earrings with transcendent, spiritual, symbolic meanings. The geometric lines of the jewels, she explains, symbolize the material life, behind which often lies our true self. The black diamonds are set in reverse to represent the difficulties we encounter on our way. White diamonds, on the other hand, embody our intuition and the lotus flower symbolizes purity and knowledge. In the center, in fact, a cabochon-cut ruby is mounted, which symbolizes the heart. Who knows if those wearing a jewel in the Portal collection are reminded of all these symbols evoked by Bia Tambelli. In case you forget it, don’t worry: the jewels are interesting even without knowing the meaning. Lavinia Andorno

Piercing in oro bianco, diamanti neri, rubino

Pesavento with Pixel and Geo

Published on January 25, 2018

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Pixel and Geo, Pesavento’s novelty presented at VicenzaOro ♦ ︎
After solemnly celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2017, it’s time to propose something new. Thus Pesavento, one of the most important Italian jewelery brands, has returned to VicenzaOro January with pieces presented by Chiara Carli and Marino Pesavento. News, but always in the sign of the tradition of the Maison of Vicenza, which plays a lot on a special processing of silver, a ductile and precious metal that can decline not only in different forms, but also in different shades, for example can become pink, or gray with the union of ruthenium or rhodium. The Pixel collection, for example, returns with a new texture. Pixel is born from the idea of ”dots” that make up images on computer screens or smartphones and have a square shape, which in this renewed collection is streamlined. Another novelty is Geo, a collection that alludes to the strength and poetry of the earth, and therefore of nature. It consists of elements with sandblasted finish and a rather modern design. Giulia Netrese

Bracciale e anello Dna Verve in argento rodiato, con brillanti

Bracciale e anello Dna Verve in argento rosa, perla, brillante

Bracciale Dna Verve in argento rosa e Polvere di sogni

Anelli della collezione Geo in argento rosa, rodio e rutenio

The VicenzaOro January figures

Published on January 25, 2018

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The number of buyers and presences increased at the 2018 edition of VicenzaOro January ♦ ︎
Down the curtain of VicenzaOro January. How did it go? The official numbers of the Italian Exhibition Group, which organizes the event, are pink. During the six-day fair, which Ieg prefers to define as a platform, more buyers have been seen compared to last year (+ 10% compared to the January 2017 edition), coming from 130 countries. Overall, there were over 36,000 visitors (last year there were 33,000), despite the defections of some historic Maison, however, offset by some new entry.
In particular, for the 1,500 brands, 40% coming from 35 countries, continental Europe grew: Germany with + 22% of visitors, + 14% for the United Kingdom, + 20% Greece. Other European and contiguous markets also increase significantly, such as Turkey + 34%, Russia + 15%, Ukraine + 13%. Cala, instead, Spain.
According to the final press release, as regards distribution, it is worth mentioning the restart of Italy, with a 10% increase in buyers, which seems to announce a recovery in the market after a subdued two year period. Despite this, VicenzaOro has registered the overtaking of the number of foreign buyers present compared to those Italians.
Other numbers related to the visits: “operators from the US have increased in this edition by 24%, those of Japan by 31%, China by 29% and the United Arab Emirates by 9% (despite the recent difficulties recorded for the introduction of the new VAT tax). The increase registered by India is worth 51%. The Asian country, which is responsible in 2017 for the strong international recovery in the demand for gold for the processing of jewelry, shows a great interest, above all, for the production technologies present at T.Gold », states the IEG press release.
This is also the merit of the Italian government’s initiative, given that 500 buyers were hosted, selected from the main markets on budget of Ice, which were added to the more than 1500 operators managed directly by IEG.
Next meeting: Hong Kong (1-5 March), where VicenzaOro or, better, the IEG platform dedicated to jewelery and jewelry industry will be present with T.Gold Iinternational + Mets.

The 9 winners of the Palladio Awards

Published on January 21, 2018

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Andrea Palladio International Jewellery Awards January 2018

At VicenzaOro, the nine Palladio Awards awarded to the world of jewelery were presented. Here are the winners ♦ ︎
It’s defined the Oscar of the jewelry, but perhaps it has no longer need to take Hollywood red carpet as a model. The awards to designers, maison and jewelers who have been delivered for the past five years at VicenzaOro have now become a tradition in themselves. At the Palladio Theater of the Vicenza Fair, therefore, at the opening of VicenzaOro the nine winners of the Andrea Palladio International Jewelery Awards were awarded, which embrace design, production, retail, communication, Corporate Social Responsibility and career. This year the jury was composed by da Silvana Annicchiarico, Director of the Triennale Design Museum, Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Design of the Milan Polytechnic Jewel, and Clare Phillips, Curator at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Here is the result and the motivation of the prizes:
Best Italian Jewelery Designer: Massimiliano Bonoli
The jewels of Massimiliano Bonoli stand out for their vocation for experimentation and innovation both in the materials they are made of, as well as in the technologies and in the disciplinary intersections. His ability to look at the future of high jewelery is rewarded.
Best International Jewelery Designer: Luz Camino
The jewels of Luz Camino represent the meeting between the harmony of natural forms and contemporary elegance. Nature and beauty are interpreted at the highest levels.
The Best Italian Jewelery Collection: Palmiero
The Underwater World Collection is a tribute to the aesthetic perfection of nature and the technical manufacture. This collection comes to life and movement thanks to the excellent goldsmith manufacture and the study of volumes.
The Best International Jewelery Collection: Chanel
The Flying Cloud collection has the merit of translating the memories of the young Coco Chanel into precious material. Sapphires, diamonds and precious metals refer to his trips on the Côte d’Azur, to sailors’ uniforms, to cruises on the Flying Cloud, the yacht that belonged to Hugh Grosvenor from which the collection takes its name.
The Best Jewelery Communication Campaign: Cartier
How would you go for love? it is a celebration of love in small episodes, which refers, with quality and film narrative, to a passionate romanticism, as involving as the precious Cartier.
The Best Jewelry Flagship Store: Tiffany, Milan
The new location of Tiffany celebrates the elegance of the brand in a historic building in Milan that overlooks Piazza del Duomo. Shining shop windows, custodians of iconic collections and extraordinary contemporary works of art, aim to enhance Tiffany & Co’s creations.
Lifetime Achievement Award: Elsa Peretti
The career award goes to a visionary designer who anticipated not only formal but also social changes and translated them into jewels that defined new feminine, courageous, elegant and independent identities.
Jewelery Corporate Social Responsibility: SeeMe
An award to the tenacity of Caterina Occhio for her untiring support to women victims of aggression in Tunisia and Turkey through a simple but powerful symbol: the heart, to combat every form of violence and restore dignity, hope and future to women.
The Best Communication New Media: VC & A
The creativity of Van Cleef & Arpels is emphasized in a dreamlike journey, L’Arche de Noé racontée par Van Cleef & Arpels – Multisensory Jewelery experience by Robert Wilson – Paris, Hong Kong, New York. A sensorial experience that combines the best goldsmith tradition with the new languages of contemporaneity.

Armadillo, disegnato da Massimiliano Bonoli per Mattia Cielo

Palmiero, collezione Underwater World Collection — Palmiero, Underwater World Collection ring

CHanel, Flying Cloud collection — Chanel, Flying Cloud collection

Cartier, campagna How far would you go for love?

Lo store di Tiffany in piazza Duomo, a Milano

Elsa Peretti in un abito Halston e con il suo bracciale rigido Bone, 1971

Collezione Arche de Noé di Van Cleef & Arpels, pappagalli

VicenzaOro is came back

Published on January 18, 2018

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VicenzaOro starts, between luxury and technology (with a bit of worldliness) ♦ ︎
VicenzaOro (19-24 January) is came back.Ieg group, that organizes the fair, defines it as “the biggest European show dedicated to jewelery and jewelery”. And, in fact, if we also consider the concomitant TGold, the numbers are there. More than a fair, in fact, word now that tastes a bit ‘old, VicenzaOro prefers to label itself as a business hub, a platform for jewelry deals, at the service of the 4500 companies involved, of which 35% foreign, with 96 thousand visitors expected from over 130 countries and 3800 top buyers hosted thanks to the help of the government, ie with the decisive contribution of the Ministry of Economic Development and ICE.
And the proof that VicenzaOro has been transformed into a format is its replication in other markets, such as Dubai. In fact, today the fair born in Vicenza organizes five salons in the world and is present at ten international events. In 2018, for example, beyond Vicenza will be in Hong Kong, Arezzo, Las Vegas, Dubai, Mumbai.
But VicenzaOro is also jewelry of all kinds, high, medium, low, for fashion, or components. And T.Gold is a salon dedicated to tools for jewelry production sector, in which Italy excels. In fact, T.Gold enjoys excellent health: this year the number of exhibitors has increased by more than 20% thanks to the entry of important names in the sector such as the British Durston and the German Hemerle + Meule. In total there are over 160 exhibiting companies, from 16 countries in the world, in particular from Italy, Germany, United States. Among the reasons of interest is the growth of the 3D printing segment and its solutions.
The prizes at the jewel
With the opening of VicenzaOro the Andrea Palladio International Jewelery Awards are back for the fifth edition, with the awarding of prizes to the excellence of luxury and top players of world jewelry that have stood out for their creativity, design, production, distribution , retail, communication, new media, career award and Corporate Social Responsibility. The latter fits into the strand of sustainable jewelery, to which VicenzaOro has also decided to dedicate an appointment with Cibjo, the world jewelery confederation.
To decree the winners, in the presence of the president of IEG, Lorenzo Cagnoni, the vice president, Matteo Marzotto, and the general manager, Corrado Facco, will be a jury composed by Franco Cologni, president of the Cologni dei Mestieri d’Arte Foundation, Clare Phillips , curator of the Department of Sculpture, Handicraft of iron, glass and ceramics of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Alba Cappellieri, Professor of Jewelery Design at the Polytechnic of Milan, Silvana Annichiarico, Director of the Triennale Design Museum.

indossato pasquale bruni 1 — Modella nel booth di Pasquale Bruni

The 2017 was a golden year for Italian jewelery

Published on January 13, 2018

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Laboratorio Garavelli, la scelta delle pietre

On the eve of VicenzaOro, the IEG Observatory on Gold and Jewelry photographs the situation: sales increase. And between Valenza, Arezzo and Vicenza wins … ♦ ︎
Countdown to VicenzaOro January (19-24 January). While the classic fair model is in full transformation, as evidenced by the original road undertaken by Fiera Vicenza, the uncertainties are still many. What will the VicenzaOro result really be? Expectations are positive, also because after a few difficult years for the jewelry world, due to the economic crisis, good data about consumption and spending trends can make even the goldsmith companies smile.
The data released by the Observatory on the gold and jewelery sector of the Italian Exhibition Group (the group that organizes VicenzaOro), indicate an increase in production and turnover for the first nine months of 2017. The average index of total turnover of the sector, specifies the analysis of the Observatory, increased by 6.2% in the three quarters of last year compared to the same period of 2016, by 2% at the national level and with a peak of 8.2% for sales abroad. Even better: for the production, the average index increased by 13% compared to the same period of 2016.
Export is flying
In absolute terms, exports of gold and jewelery made in Italy in September 2017 amounted to 5.2 billion euros (5.176 billion euros), equal to +13% in value, considering an average price of gold substantially similar to that of 2016. This exploit is explained by the restarting of consumption in India, Russia and the US. The last two, in particular, are very important for Made in Italy jewelry, which fits into this scenario with interesting rates, especially with regard to the US market. In the US, the trend in demand for jewelry and bijoux made in Italy in the first nine months of 2017 rose by 21% in value. It’s ok also for Europe, in contrast with the global trend. In France, Italian jewelery and jewelery exports rose by 44% in the first nine months, 14% in Germany and 22% in Spain. In Italy, Italian jewels report turnover increasing by more than 12%.
The Observatory has also quantified the different business between the poles of jewelery. Alessandria (Valenza) in the first nine months of 2017 recorded a turnover value of 1.5 billion euro, Arezzo an export of 1.4 billion, while Vicenza and the surrounding area is about 1 billion euro.

L'ingresso a VicenzaOro January 2017 — L’ingresso a VicenzaOro January 2017

Bia Tambelli, amazing Brazil

Published on January 12, 2018

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From Brazil a new trendy designer in the jewelry world: Bia Tambelli ♦ ︎
The clichés describe Brazil as the home of carnival, football and samba. Yet there is another aspect of Brazil that is less known, at least to the general public: jewelry design. The wide availability of colored stones, from emeralds to tourmalines, and the imagination of young jewelers in cities like San Paulo or Rio de Janeiro, have widened the proposal for innovations. An example is Bia Tambelli, 30, who joined the Design Room of VicenzaOro, the section of the fair reserved for the trendy authors. In short, she is a novelty, even if she is now a trendy signature in jewelry. It is no coincidence that she grew up in Minas Gerais, an area in Brazil where there are many stones mines (in particular the tourmaline), while she was formed as a designer in modern San Paulo, where she studied art. Her jewelery brand is recent. Indeed, very recent: in 2017 she founded high-end brands, Bia Tambelli Creations. In the notes that accompany her presentation, the objective of creating jewelry also unites uncommon conceptual goals: she wants, in fact, «to contribute to the spiritual growth of the individual through the energy and strength that the stones, inserted into architectures of lines and symbols full of meaning, radiate».
For the moment, jewels are made to order, waiting for a wider distribution. Prices, translated into euros: from around 1,400 for smaller pieces (such as Portal piercing) to around 40,000 euros for the most important pieces (such as the Arpia choker). Margherita Donato

VicenzaOro Design Room, who will go and who will not

Published on January 2, 2018

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Noor Fares, anello Flower of Life, pietra luna, oro giallo, pietre di colore e diamanti

Who is there, who is not there and who you must discovered among the 11 designers invited to VicenzaOro January in the Design Room ♦ ︎
Aida Bergsen, Akillis, Fernando Jorge, Bia Tambelli, Alissa jewelry, BebPop, Kellyxia Fine Jewelry, Magerit, Noor Jewelry, Netali Nissim, Qayten, Federica Rettore. There are 11 invited creators in the The Design Room district at the next VicenzaOro January 2018. The area reserved for small Maisons created by young, emerging designers and, possibly, with something more to say. Compared to last year, when this exhibition area was introduced, there are some confirmations, such as Federica Rettore, Netali Nissim, Magerit, Qayten and Fernando Jorge. The novelties, however, start with Aida Bergsen, which despite the Nordic name is based in Istanbul and is a designer-sculptor. Akillis is a Maison in Paris created by Caroline Gaspard, who describes herself as «une aventurière, audacieuse et determinée». Kellyxia, instead, is a Chinese company, based in Shanghai, also ignored by Google until now. Finally, Noor Jewelry is the brand by Noor Fares, a Lebanese designer who grew up in Paris and moved to London, already highly listed. In short, the Design Room includes well-established brands such as Fernando Jorge, Magerit, Qayten or Federica Rettore along with names that are literally to be discovered. Perhaps to increase curiosity. Lavinia Andorno

Akillis, bracciale Puzzle, in oro bianco e diamanti

VicenzaOro attracts jewelers from Baselworld

Published on December 15, 2017

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Modella allo stand di pasquale Bruni a VicenzaOro January 2016

VicenzaOro attracts more luxury brands (+ 10%) and nine brands from Baselworld. Here is the program for the next event ♦ ︎
There is no war between VicenzaOro and Baselworld. The two big European fairs dedicated to jewelery (the Swiss one in large part to watchmaking) march in different ways. No war, but healthy competition yes. And that is why among the organizers informally derives satisfaction for the migration of nine (for now) brands from the event of Basel to that of Vicenza, which will be held from 19 to 24 January 2018. The transfer of the brands is not officially announced or commented. But it is a fact.
Read also: Baselworld halves exhibitors
Official, however, is the program of the next event dedicated to jewelry and the ambitious agenda that the Italian Exhibition Group team (which includes Fiera Vicenza) has scheduled for 2018. The first appointment is as always, that of VicenzaOro. This will be followed by OroArezzo, since last year organized by IEG, the presences in Las Vegas, Mumbai (especially for the machines) and Dubai. We’ll talk about it at the time.
VicenzaOro January 2018. The first of the two events (the second one will be held from the 22nd to the 26th of September) is sold out, announced the general manager of the group, Corrado Facco. Which, however, added (unique harmony with Baselworld) that the goal is quality, brands selection. In short, no gigantism, but brand picking. This is also confirmed by the fact that the 2018 edition will occupy one less surface area compared to 2017: that is, 25,000 square meters compared to 29,000 last year. Little thing, all in all. And, on the other hand, the world is increasingly online, with consumption moving on the scale where the millennials are located. In short, it goes like this. This is also why Ieg’s executive vice president, Matteo Marzotto, emphasizes that we need to have a broader vision, not confined to a market niche. And we must frame the world of jewelry in that of fashion. It is no coincidence that VicenzaOro September will coincide with the Milan fashion week, to implement one of the many synergies promoted by IEG’s management, with the non-marginal support of the ICE (as confirmed by the president Michele Scannavini) and the Italian government.
But, now back in January: the fair in Vicenza will host over 1500 brands, of which 80% are already customers. Given that it is the same number of brands as the last edition, it follows that there was a 20% replacement, one fifth. It’s not a few. But with two important innovations: the first is that brands related to the luxury world increase by 10%. The second is that in January the technological-industrial aspect becomes more and more consistent.
Areas & signage. As in previous years the layout of the stands will be divided into homogeneous areas, marked by a color. At the moment, the presences indicate Icon (established brands, luxury) at 25%, Look (small jewelry, fashion trend) at 17%, while the lion’s share is Creation (private label companies) with 40% and, finally, Essence (gems, materials) at 18%.
Precious industry. In VicenzaOro is joined by TGold, a parallel event adjacent to VicenzaOro, dedicated to the world of jewelry processing machines. Also this was sold out and, Marzotto said, it will be necessary to add a tensile structure to accommodate companies in TGold: there are 161 (+ 20%) from 16 countries with Germany, USA and Italy representing the excellence of the sector.
Visions. If the small jewelry shops close, if the big brands are desperate because they can no longer reach the young, if the newspapers see an inexorable decline of the copies (and, therefore, even advertising on paper matters less and less), we must look forward . What will the future be? Promises to reveal it Visio.Next, an opening event organized by VicenzaOro on multi-channel distribution. Translated: reflections on why purchases are becoming more and more online, even those of jewelry. Will participate Claudia D’Arpizio, director of Bain & Company, Carlo Capasa, president of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Matteo Marzotto, in the dual role of executive vice president IEG and president of Dondup, Diego Nardin, CEO of Fope, Licia Mattioli, ad of Mattioli and vice president for the internationalization of Confindustria, Adi Al Fardan, founder of Adi Hasan Al Fardan Jewelery Trading. Spoiler: the trend will continue.
Finally, VicenzaOro will not give up the Andrea Palladio Awards nor the traditional appointment with TrendVision.

Da sinistra: Alba Cappellieri (docente al Politecnico di Milano e direttrice del Museo del Gioiello di Vicenza), Matteo Marzotto (vice presidente esecutivo di Italian Exhibition Group, Michele Scannavini (presidente Ice), Ivana Ciabatti (presidente Confindustria Federorafi), Gaetano Cavalieri (presidente di Cibjo) e Corrado Facco, direttore generale Ieg

Giovanni Ferraris doubles with Anastasia

Published on October 15, 2017

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Giovanni Ferraris, collezione Anastasia. Anello in oro rosa, rubini, diamanti

The transformable rings of the Anastasia collection by Giovanni Ferraris ♦ ︎
Anastasia was one of the daughters of the last Russian Tsar, who was said to have been mysteriously escaped from death. But it is also a name of Greek origin that has the meaning of resurrection. Choose which of these figures may have inspired the Anastasia collection by Giovanni Ferraris. The Maison of Valenza, after from success to Las Vegas Couture (we talked about it here) has relaunched at VicenzaOro this series of cocktail rings of great impact. Wonderful, sumptuous, finely crafted, exclusive in the choice of large faceted stones such as citrine quartz, tourmaline, topaz, which marry with gold trim and diamonds. Nice? Not only. The Anastasia collection rings are also ingenious and, like the mysterious Russian Princess, conceal a secret. Or, better, they hide a mechanism that allows them to double. The stem, in fact (as you can see in the video) can be worn on a single finger, or it can be opened to be tucked on two fingers simultaneously. Alessia Mongrando

Anello in oro bianco, diamanti, zaffiri blu, tanzanite

Anello in oro rosa, diamanti, zaffiri verdi, ametista verde

Giovanni Ferraris, collezione Anastasia. Anello in oro rosa, diamanti champagne, ametista verde. A sinistra, oro rosa, diamanti champagne, citrino

A sinistra, anello in oro rosa, diamanti neri, ametista verde. A destra, oro rosa, diamanti, topazio azzurro

Dada Arrigoni climbs the Duomo

Published on October 7, 2017

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Dada Arrigoni looks to the future without forgetting the past with the Duomo collection ♦
There are some people that do bizarre proposals and there are those who, on the contrary, don’t want forget the story. Their own story, but also that of your country. Dada Arrigoni, one of the most creative Italian designers, has chosen the second path: innovation does not mean abstruse. And here’s something really original, but at the same time related to tradition: the Duomo collection. Showed in VicenzaOr September, the Duomo collection was born in collaboration with Iranian artist Mahnaz Seyed Ekhtiary, in the design of a necklace-corset made of leather, white gold and diamonds for the Design Competition of the Lombardy Region. From there started the collection with necklaces, rings, bracelets and earrings that recall the shapes of the biforees of the cathedral of Milan.
“Working with Mahnaz was a pleasure, knowing how he thought, his work as an artist and designer, to see the path that followed for a new creation. He gave me the desire to go further and create more than one necklace, to explore other ideas and so this collection was born,” explains Dada Arrigoni.

La collezione Duomo presentata a VicenzaOro

Il gioiello-corsetto in oro, diamanti e cuoio

Mahnaz Seyed Ekhtiary (a sinistra) con Dada Arrigoni (immagine da Facebook)

The ethical jewels by Eden Diodati

Published on October 1, 2017

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Eden Diodati, Bracciale Kalifa e orecchini Edo Pendulum

Eden Diodati: Ethical jewelery that helps Rwanda women ♦ ︎
In VicenzaOro September’s leading theme was the sustainability and ethical correctness of the jewelery world. The gold used by jewelers must be pure not only from a mineral point of view but also from a moral point of view. That is why companies such as Eden Diodati occupy a special place. Jennifer Ewah, is a British-Nigerian designer. She is a lawyer, she studied at Oxford University, but also she followed her vocation at Central Saint Martins in London and at London College of Fashion. She forgot about robe and the courts when she discovered her passion for jewels. But also for the ethical aspects, rights and hopes of those who are socially marginalized. Jennifer then decided to launch a brand of sustainable jewelery: luxury, but ethically correct. The name of the brand has two origins: Eden refers to paradise, while Diodati is the name of a Italian-Swiss theologian (1576-1649), in exile from Lucca, who translated the Bible for Lutherans.
But what’s most important is the company’s business, which offers work to orphan women and widows in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The co-operative that was founded by two sisters for this activity provides work to over 5,000 survivors of genocide. Many of them have been HIV / AIDS sufferers after experiencing violence during the conflict in the 1990s.
From a humble start under a tree in a remote village, the nuns have taught about 20 women as beading cards or improving their abilities. In Italy, metal components are fabricated and finished before matching them with the golden Revelations of Rwanda. And the jewelery is now also sold online. Lavinia Andorno

Bracciale Delta Rain. Prezzo: 460 sterline

Orecchini Neo Warrior, rifiniti con placcatura in oro 24 carati e decorati con cristalli Swarovski. Prezzo: 330 sterline

Orecchini Tiwa, placcatura in oro 24 carati e decorati con cristalli Swarovski. Prezzo: 330 sterline

Orecchini Tiwa, placcatura in oro 24 carati e decorati con cristalli Swarovski. Prezzo: 525 sterline

A gold September for VicenzaOro

Published on September 28, 2017

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VicenzaOro is back to the golden 2007: it has increased visitors and buyers ♦ ︎
That the economic crisis, and consequently also for the goldsmith industry, is over? VicenzaOro’s budget seems to leave behind the questions of the eve. And, yes, it seems that everything went well, indeed, more than good. The numbers announced by Ieg, the organizer of the show are perhaps higher than expectations: the best result was achieved since 2007. VicenzaOro September saw among pavilions and booths 23,000 visitors (+ 20%), including 14,000 buyers (+ 22.7% compared to September 2016). Stable brands, 1,300, from 36 countries. It was also the goal for the investment by ICE (the State Export Institute), which has hosted at its expense 500 buyers selected from the major markets, and 800 gold managed directly by Ieg. In short, the formula of the Italian Exhibition Group works, and thegovernment support are a help.
“Vicenzaoro fully represents the innovative vision of Ieg. It is our most internationally product that promotes a range of excellence and is able to seat all the protagonists of the supply chain in a fruitful system optics at the same table. An ambassador event of the world’s best jewelery” commented Ieg’s Vice-President Matteo Marzotto. And Corrado Facco, general manager of the new fair group, who plans a Ipo for the next fall, has pointed out that the recovery is taking place despite the geopolitical situation being still not very easy in the world.
The least positive aspect is that the increase is mainly due to foreign countries, rather than from Italy. In short, the internal jewelry market remains not very lively. Instead, the most active buyers were those from Europe, particularly from Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Belgium and Spain, but also from Central and Eastern Europe. Turkey and Iran are also positive, stalling Middle East operators, modestly increasing America, China and Russia.

Laura Bicego e una prova gioielli nell'area di Nanis. ©Gioiellis.com — Laura Bicego e una prova gioielli nell’area di Nanis. ©Gioiellis.com

Vetrina di Casato a VicenzaOro. ©Gioiellis.com

VicenzaOro September, lo stand di Pasquale Bruni ©Gioiellis.com

Lo stato maggiore di Itaiian exhibition Group. Da sinistra, Corrado Facco (direttore generale), Lorenzo Cagnoni (presidente), Matteo Marzotto (vicepresidente)

Yvone Christa on the Moon

Published on September 25, 2017

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Collezione Crescent Moon. Prezzo: 455 euro

The new collection of the Yvone Christa brand presented at VicenzaOro September ♦ ︎
In VicenzaOro September, the Yvone Christa New York brand was inspired by the sky. The two Swedish designers, now transplanted to the States, have dedicated the new collection to the rising moon. The collection of pendants is called, in fact, Crescent Moon. And the jewels presented have the shape of the night planet. The half moons are made with the classic style of the American Maison, that is filigree work. The pieces are silver, with the addition of small pearls and semi-precious natural stones. A style that Yvonne Clamf and Christina Söderström learned in Rome, where they studied at the Design School. Today their boutique is in New York, where from Soho has moved to NoLita (North of Little Italy), the tricolor district, amongst chefs and artists, became very trendy. Crescent Moon collection prices from 300 to 455 euros. Lavinia Andorno

Orecchini della collezione Crescent Moon. Prezzo: 329 euro

Yvone Christa, orecchini della collezione Crescent Moon. Prezzo: 329 euro

Collezione Crescent Moon. Prezzo: 357 euro

Yvone Christa, orecchini della collezione Crescent Moon. Prezzo: 300 euro

Collezione Crescent Moon. Prezzo: 370 euro

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VicenzaOro, the magnificent eight of the Design Room

Who will be in the Design Room of VicenzaOro: Alessio Boschi makes his debut, comes Garavelli and … ♦ ︎

Goodbye Jck, VicenzaOro goes to the Couture Show

VicenzaOro moves in Las Vegas: leaves Jck and makes an agreement for the Couture Show ♦ ︎

VicenzaOro widens

With Ieg a Ceo for VicenzaOro

With VicenzaOro a hundred jewellers in Las Vegas

Alessa, love at first sight

Bia Tambelli, the Portal of sixth sense

Pesavento with Pixel and Geo

The VicenzaOro January figures

The 9 winners of the Palladio Awards

VicenzaOro is came back

The 2017 was a golden year for Italian jewelery

Bia Tambelli, amazing Brazil

VicenzaOro Design Room, who will go and who will not

VicenzaOro attracts jewelers from Baselworld

Giovanni Ferraris doubles with Anastasia

Dada Arrigoni climbs the Duomo

The ethical jewels by Eden Diodati

A gold September for VicenzaOro

Yvone Christa on the Moon