Bronze Jewelry · 2018
Thonet Tribute Bracelet
- Bronze A' Design Award 2018 in Jewelry
- CLIENT: Camilla Marcondes Design
- Estimated Number of Design Views: 16,639
- Verification code 6682345D90 · Verify this award
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About Thonet Tribute Bracelet
Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Thonet's popular chairs, the bracelet uses this classic of the furniture design as its main inspiration. Mixing two materials as metal and wood, the piece was designed in contemporary style with an architectural print. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness of the piece
About the Bronze A' Design Award
Thonet Tribute Bracelet is a Bronze A' Design Award winner, a highly prestigious recognition granted to outstanding designs distinguished by creativity, ingenuity, and astuteness. Bronze winners are amply skillful and strikingly creative artifacts that authenticate the vast experience, imagination, and resourcefulness of their designers. Thonet Tribute Bracelet is expected to be a highly regarded, admired, and cherished object that is notably professional and innovative. This Bronze A' Design Award-winning design incorporates best practices in art, science, design, and technology, and is excellent for its attention to detail. Thonet Tribute Bracelet splendidly satisfies needs, touches desires, charms feelings, and appeals to curiosity.
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- Unique Properties
- The jewelry piece uses a great classic of the furniture design as its main headline. All the empty elements on metal sheet, the volume and the wood detail were designed aiming the balance of materials and light weightness.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- Dimensions (mm): Width 66 x Depth 55 x Height 60, Weight: 85g
- Tags
- Bracelet, Cuff, Thonet, Jewelry, Jewellery, Woven Cane, Web
- Production Technology
- Materials: Brass, wood, silver plated. The metals pieces are laser cut, bended into a cuff shape then plated separately. The thin wooden sheet is glued to the base metal and the top metal element is fixed by small rivets.
- Design Challenge
- The project had 2 big challenges. The first and the bigger one was to transform a multi layer braided fiber into a flat single metal sheet. Even being flated, the sheet had to look like the real woven cane web. The other challenge was how to fix the top metal sheet on the base one, since all the metal were plated and welding wasn't an option.
- Research
- The research was made using a real woven cane chair, measuring the entire braided pattern, sketching over it. After the vetorial drawing, many tests were made to determinate the size of the empty elements.
- Inspiration
- The 150th anniversary of Thonet's most popular design served as inspiration for the creation. The object of inspiration consists in handed woven cane seat and backrest and a wooden frame structure. The goal was to take the web pattern of the Thonet's chair, but using the metal as the main element of the jewelry.
- Project Duration
- The project started with its first sketches in September 2011 in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. After drafts, alterations and prototypes, the project was launched in March 2012.
- Operation Flow
- Body ornament worn on the wrist or lower forearm
- Image Credits
- Photographer: Ernane Pinho
