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![]() ![]() About Teong Yan Ni : She loves collecting sea-shells, outgoing, love art and craft works since young. Even though, art was her favorite subject in school, this hasn't brought her to university. With a myth thinking in her mind that artist can't survive in her country, she decided to take on Marketing major and graduated in Chartered Institute of Marketing from university. After 15 years of working in the corporate, she decided to have her mid-life career changed. Her passion reunited, and she started as a hobby, as a pearl lovers and therefore she enrolled with few classes such as beading as a beginner step. She went on seriously in building her new career after her designs was supported by friends and family. She took on more in-depth study on pearl and jewelry design. During the courses, she found out that she recapped with her artist's hand and coped with the art coursework very well. She felt so blessed to reunited again with her hidden talent. She is a person who loves nature. She always has some imagination and curiosity when she felt so good about nature, until she wanted to express it into jewelry form. She can get inspire by outdoor environment and her ideas can spikes anytime. She likes to perform irregular shape because this is her. She doesn't like rules, routine work, easily get bored with same task and bounded with a lot of restriction in life. She set-up her own designer studio emphasizing on jewelry designer services and custom-jewelry which she would like as custom jewelry wouldn't have much duplication. She likes creating and testing new design, and as much as challenges coming along, she learn a lot along the way too. She is serving niche market and people whom appreciate her work. From her current role, she enjoyed much everyday and she doesn't feel it is like a job. She has so much energy to feel motivated to work everyday until she got overwhelmed next day. Well, next day is another good day. What inspired her? Oprah Winfrey, Cally Kwong, Wallace Chan, Jimmy Choo and Zang Toi. Her dream is to get recognize internationally someday. Design is about emotional art of expression. It is so unique, unable to duplicate the moments, thus idea is very natural and origin, no right or wrong in designing, is all about design elements. I believed in expressing my art through jewelry and wearing the unique design piece of jewelry is not only an accessories but an expression. A good design can make a wearer feel engaged to the piece, therefore, confident, status, personality can be portrayed. ORGANIZATION: Juwelen Design NON-DESIGN OCCUPATION: Bank clerk (back-office) Finance, banking, insurance EDUCATION: 2002, Post-Graduate Diploma in e-Commerce and Marketing, Chartered Institute of Marketing, Sunway University, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia 2015, Jewelry Design and Pearl Graduate, Gemological Institute of America, Bangkok, Thailand. 2015, Jewelry Design by Matrix, Gemological Institute of Bangkok, Thailand. 2015, Jewelry Essentials, Gemological Institute of America, Online 2015, Pearl Threading, Gemological Australia Association, Melbourne, Australia. 2016, Jewelry Manufacturing Art, Jewellery & Gemological Science, Shah Alam, Malaysia. 2020, Diamond Essentials, Gemological Institute of America, Online 2024, Pearl Specialist, Cultured Pearl Association of America, Online EXPERIENCE: 2002 – 2002, Customer Service Representative, Johnson & Johnson Medical, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 2002 - 2004, Key Account Executive, Saggio, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 2004 - 2007, Dealer Sales, DiGi Telecommunication, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 2007 – 2007, Assistant Manager, E-Pay Malaysia, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. 2007 - 2010, Senior Executive, AmBank Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2010 - 2013, Relationship Manager, Citibank Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2013 - 2015, Assistant Vice President, CIMB Berhad, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2015 - Present, Founder/Chief Designer/Jeweler, Juwelen Design, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. PRIVATE EXHIBITIONS: 2017, "Art Beyond Fashion", Malaysia Fashion Week, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2019, “Ivy Teong Jewelry & Gem Event”, Kelab Golf Negara Subang, Selangor, Malaysia MIXED EXHIBITIONS: 2019, “A’ Design Winners Exhibition”, A’ Design Award & Competition, Museum Of Outstanding Design, Como, Italy. 2020, “Design The Future”, Interdesign Timisoara, Romania 2020, Muestra Virtual Conference, Panama 2021, Muestra Virtual Conference, Panama 2022, Muestra Virtual Conference, Panama, America 2023, Wedding KLPJ Wedding Fair, KLCC, Malaysia EVENTS: 2019, “Ivy Teong Jewelry & Gem Event”, Kelab Golf Negara Subang, Selangor, Malaysia AWARDS: “Chartered Institute of Marketing” 2000, Best Student Award, Sunway University Petaling Jaya “Blue Daisy Multifunctional Earrings” May 2019, Silver Award, A’Design Award and Competition, Italy “Blue Daisy Multifunctional Ring” May 2019, Bronze Award, A’Design Award and Competition, Italy “Blue Daisy Multifunctional Pendant” May 2019, Iron Award, A’Design Award and Competition, Italy June 2019, “Designer of the Day”, A’ Design Award & Competition, Italy “Sun, Earth, Moon Pendant” November 2019, Luster Award, International Pearl Design Competition, Cultured Pearl Association America, USA “M19 Historical Collection” June 2021, Silver Award, MUSE Design Awards, New York, USA “Purple Orchid Ring” May 2022, Iron Award, A’ Design Award & Competition, Italy PRESS APPEARANCES: 2017, "Kilauan Mutiara (Pearl Luster)", Berita Harian (Newspaper), Aura pages 1 - 2, March Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2019, "Expressing Art Through Jewelry", Malaysian SME, page 25, 19 Jan - 1 Feb, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2019, “A Blossom-ing Victory: Malaysian Jewelry Designer Carves Her Name in Italy”, Reuters.com, 29 July 19, London, UK. 2019, “Malaysian Jewelry Designer Carves Her Name in Italy”, Citizens Journal cj.my, 23 Aug 2019 2019, “Malaysian Designer”, Sin Chew Jit Poh, 9 Sep 19, Malaysia 2019, “Dazzling Daisies”, The Star, 18 Oct 19, KL 2019, “Events and Awards”, nationaljeweler.com, US, Nov 2019 2019, “Exclusive Interview Jewelry Designer Ivy Teong”, AFO Radio, 5 Nov 19, KL 2019, “Interview with Teong Yan Ni”, Designer.org, 14 Nov 19, Italy 2019, “Ivy Teong makes Malaysia Proud”, Malaysia SME, 23 Nov 19, KL 2019, “Feature”, Nanyang Siang Pau Newspaper, 10 Mar 2019 2020, “Mutiara Inspirasi Cakerawala”, Utusan Malaysia, 23 July 20, KL 2020, “Inspirasi bunga memikat rasa”, Utusan Malaysia, 29 July 20, KL 2021, “Interview with Ivy Teong”, museworld.com 2021, “Aksesori inspirasi pelitup muka menang anugerah di AS”, www.utusan.com.my 2021, “Successful People in Malaysia”, Britishpedia Publishing 2022, “Ivy Teong, Founder of Juwelen Design won A’ Design Award & Competition, Italy for Purple Orchid Ring”, Red Tomato, 21 July 22, KL 2022, “From Stall to High-End Jewellery”, China Press Newspaper, 15 Oct 22, KL 2022, “90 seconds with Jewellery Designer Ivy Teong”, Astro Radio, 29 Sep 22, KL 2022, “How It’s Made with Juwelen Design”, Astro Radio, 6 Oct 22, KL 2022, “Giving the Jewellery Industry a New Sparkle”, BFM Radio, 12 Oct 22, KL 2023, “Esteemed Winner at A’ Design Award & Competition”, bestdesignmalaysia.com 2023, “Childhood Dreams Do Come True”, Interview by www.domore.com, 18 Sep 23, KL ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS: None BOOKS: 2021, “Successful People in Malaysia”, Britishpedia Publishing, UK ACCOLADES: 2021, Associate, World Design Consortium, Italy LANGUAGE SKILLS: Cantonese, English, Mandarin, Bahasa Malaysia COMPUTER LITERACY: Microsoft Office Matrix COURSES, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS:: 2015, "References, Masters & Standard in Gemology", Gemological Institute of America, Bangkok, Thailand. 2015, Jewelry Design by Matrix, Gemological Institute of Thailand, Bangkok, Thailand. 2015, Pearl Threading, Gemological Australia Association, Melbourne, Australia. 2015, "Ruby & Spinel Treatment", GIA Alumni Association of America, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2016, Sapphire Expedition, GIA Alumni Association of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka. 2017, "Think of Pearls, Think of Japan", Japan Pearl Promotion Society, Hong Kong, China. 2017, "Synthetic Diamond & Its Identification", Malaysia International Jewelry Fair, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2017, Jade Market, 3rd Asia Alumni Conference, GIA Alumni Association of Taiwan, Taipei, Taiwan. 2018, "Colors & Pearls", Gemological Institute of America, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2018, "Step by step to Identify Diamond", Gemological Institute of Thailand, Singapore. 2018, "Ruby & Sapphire Treatment", Gemological Institute of Thailand, Singapore. 2019, “Introduction to Lab-Grown Diamond”, Gemological Institute of America, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. SYMPOSIUMS AND ACADEMIC CONFERENCES:: 2015, "Fluorence in Diamonds", "South Sea Pearl Farming", Sunstone Odyssey, 1st Asia Conference, GIA Alumni Association of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2016, "The Dozen Dominant Design Direction of Fine Jewelry", "Jewelry Trend & Design", "Material Innovation & Design Led Production Integration to Jewelry Hub AEC", "Dynamic Art, Dynamic Nature", "Intrapreneur vs Entrepreneur In Jewelry", The 5th International Gem & Jewelry Conference, Gemological Institute of Thailand, Pattaya, Thailand. MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS: 2019 - Present, Member, International Design Club, Italy 2019 - Present, Member, World Design Consortium, Italy 2019 - Present, Member, International Association of Designers, Italy 2019 - 2020, Business Networking Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2019 – 2024, Member, Kuala Lumpur Speakers Club, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2018 - 2021, Business Professional Woman Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2017 - 2020, International Gem Society, Massachusetts, USA 2016 – 2018 -Treasurer, Gemology Institute of America Alumni Association of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur 2015 – 2020 - Member, Gemology Institute of America Alumni Association of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia COLLECTIONS: None JURY MEMBERSHIPS: 2021, Jury, A’ Design Award & Competition, Italy HOBBIES: Hiking, rock climbing, spa, travelling, pickleball, gardening, yoga and movies WEB SITE: www.juwelendesign.com, www.juwelendesign.blogspot.com, https://ivyteong123.wixsite.com/website, https://ivyteong.blogspot.com/2019/04/blue-daisy.h tml PORTFOLIO URL: www.juwelendesign.com www.juwelendesign.blogspot.com, https://ivyteong123.wixsite.com/website, https://ivyteong.blogspot.com/2019/04/blue-daisy.h tml RSS URL: www.juwelendesign.com REGISTRATION DATE: 2016-12-04 14:24:06 COUNTRY/REGION: Malaysia ACCOUNT TYPE: Professional |
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Awards received by Teong Yan Ni
Runner-Up status designs by Teong Yan Ni
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Good design deserves great recognition. |
A' Design Award & Competition. |