DESIGN NAME: Mouvant Collection
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Earrings and Ring
INSPIRATION: Mouvant Collection was inspired by some aspects of Futurism, such as the ideas of dynamism and materialization of the intangible presented by the Italian artist Umberto Boccioni. The designers aimed for the illusion of movement using static fragments to create a collection of jewelry with high perceptual value and timeless design.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The earrings and the ring of Mouvant Collection feature several gold fragments of different sizes, welded in such a way that achieves an illusion of motion and creates many different shapes, depending on the angle that it is visualized.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: N/A
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project was developed in São Paulo, Brasil, and it took around 3 months from the first roughs to the final pieces.
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Produced manually by cutting and welding cylindrical fragments of 18K yellow gold.
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Earrings:
17g / Dimensions: Width 23mm x Depth 15mm x Height 30mm
Rings:
8,6g / Dimensions: Width 15mm x Depth 25mm x Height 25mm
TAGS: gold, fragments, movement, ring, earrings, jewelry, design, futurism, handmade
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: N/A
CHALLENGE: One of the biggest challenges was to make the pieces comfortable, despite being made of several small fragments. Another major challenge in assembling each jewelry was welding each fragment in the correct position, preventing the high temperature to affect the other welds - otherwise it would cause the pieces to collapse.
ADDED DATE: 2013-09-20 16:41:46
TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Fabio Brazil and Henrique Murgel
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Photographer Erica Vighi
Image #2: Photographer Gigi Kassis, Mouvant Collection Concept, 2013
Image #3: Photographer Erica Vighi
Image #4: Photographer Erica Vighi
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