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Desire Ring by Apostolos Kleitsiotis Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Apostolos Kleitsiotis acknowledged for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Desire Ring by Apostolos Kleitsiotis, designed for Apostolos Jewellery, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category. The award was conferred within the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the Bronze A' Design Award Means
The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.
More About Desire Ring
Oxidized Sterling Silver with 18K yellow Gold set with Diamonds, designed and crafted by Apostolos Kleitsiotis. A jewellery with an organic, fluid and delicate form that feels comfortable on the hand. It belongs to a complete jewellery line and is an attempt to express the notion of passion, of love and fragility. The ring is true to Apostolos philosophy where the trace of the artist's hand must be evident; highlighting the uniqueness of the materials used in goldsmithing without trying to alter but rather harness their natural look.
About Apostolos Kleitsiotis
Apostolos has been designing and crafting fine jewellery since 1994. His creations bear the hallmark of originality, elegance and understated luxury. There is a constant effort on finding ways to visualise notions like love, affection, tenderness, passion. Apostolos applies innovative design using the most classic materials in goldsmithing like Gold, Silver and Diamonds. His creative philosophy is that the trace of the artist’s hand must be evident on the jewellery, highlighting the uniqueness of its materials, without trying to alter or disguise but rather harness their natural look.
Award Record
Apostolos Kleitsiotis is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Jewelry Design Award
The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international jewelry design competition recognizing good jewelry designs by best jewelry designers worldwide. It is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Typical entries include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. The awarded jewelry designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
Organized annually since 2008, A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The philanthropic mission of the A' Design Award is to advance society through good design, by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Nominations are peer reviewed and evaluated anonymously by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. Eligible laureates receive the A' Design Prize, which includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, uploading a work and receiving a preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. More information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/100604
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/100604
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!100604
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/269979
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://apostolosjewel.gr
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
Designers.Org
Via Leone Leoni 32, 22100 Como, Italy
press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Desire Ring
- Function
- Ring
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Dim Gray, Gray, Dark Slate Gray, Dark Gray and Silver
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Apostolos Jewellery
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Apostolos Kleitsiotis
- Country
- Greece
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #100604
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image No1, No3, No4, No5: Photographer, Dimitrios Papalamprou, 2020. Image No2: Photographer, Evangelos Kanaridis, 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Ring from sterling silver, 18K gold, diamonds, designed and crafted by Apostolos Kleitsiotis. The harsh and natural oxidized silver surface, characteristic of his technique, accentuates in a particular way the qualities of the material, resulting in a special dark crystalline look which competes with the diamonds glint and the discreet presence of yellow gold. A jewellery with an organic, fluid and delicate form that feels comfortable on the hand.
- Inspiration
- An Angel in the movie of Wim Wenders, Wings of Desire 1987, falls in love with a beautiful girl. He trades his immortality and his sacred wings for her. This story was the inspiration for the creation of a complete jewellery line with the name Wing of Desire. The Ring belongs to this line and is an attempt to express the notion of passion, of love and fragility through a sense of flutter.
- Challenge
- The technical challenge is the welding of gold on silver with flame, as the two metals have different melting points. The creative challenge is to design a fluid, three-dimensional shape that can be worn comfortably and to implement an innovative design using exclusively classic materials and techniques.
- Realization and Technology
- The prototype of this ring crafted by hand, according to the original design, using thin forged silver wire and heat for welding. The mould was then manufactured and cast in sterling silver. The metal was oxidized with the classic ancient method of the goldsmiths. Thin pieces of 18K Gold were welded to Silver with fire and great care on specific parts of the ring. Then diamonds were set on the ring and the final finish followed.
- Operation and Interaction
- A ring which gently embraces the finger.
- Project Duration and Location
- The prototype of this ring designed and crafted by the end of 2019 in Alexandroupoli, Greece.
- Specifications
- The materials of this jewellery are sterling silver, 18K gold and 18 diamonds of 0.216carat total. The dimensions of the ring are 22mm x 35mm x 40mm.
- Keywords
- Ring, Jewellery, Gold, Silver, Diamonds, Organic Shape, Fluid, Wing, Desire
