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The Roots Cufflinks by Tijana Stanimirovic Wins the A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Tijana Stanimirovic honored for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2019 - 2020 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 23, 2020 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that The Roots Cufflinks by Tijana Stanimirovic has been granted the A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category. The result belongs to 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
What the A' Design Award Means
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding The Roots Cufflinks
The Roots is a pair of cufflinks designed for daily wear and for social events. The cufflinks are made of 14 karat white gold and are set with a princess cut blue sapphire of 0.36 carats. Each piece measures about 15 by 15 millimetres and weighs 8.40 grams. The square form carries a traditional ornament inspired by carpets woven by women in the Balkans region. Surfaces are polished, sand blasted, coated with decorative dye or plated with black rhodium. The aim is to join inherited ornament with a simple modern shape.
About Tijana Stanimirovic
I am just a human, who grew up in a never-ending war zone. I achieved my highest pick by being a mother. Throw jewellery I am expressing my feelings, I want to speak to the world throw my jewellery. The most important thing in my life is family, the roots of the family, I wanted to present regardless war and hard living time for my ancestors, despite all they found the way to write a history by carpet weaving the ornaments that has a symbol.I think that my mission is to secure that ornaments and history that our grand grand mothers invent and to present it to the whole world, and keep them to live forever.
Award Record
Tijana Stanimirovic 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/102657
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/102657
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!102657
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/263458
Media Contact
Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- The Roots Cufflinks
- Function
- Cufflinks
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Linen, Dark Slate Gray, Silver, Light Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Tijana Stanimirovic
- Country
- Serbia
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2019 - 2020
- Design ID
- #102657
Credits
- Team
- Nikola Stanimirovic, Jelena Dinic and Boban Ristic.
- Image Credits
- all photos by Aleksandar Nakic
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Cufflinks are made of white gold and precious stones, with the stamp of the authentic ornament, the turtle, represents a special meaning and legacy, human values and principles, the whole beauty of human being, positive energy, joy and happiness, unity and syllable of the family guardians.The roots presents the field of the world, and the symbols, the symbols are people frosted all over the world, reunited and recognized to each other by shearing the same ideology. Cufflinks were made to connect centuries of people’s tradition into simply shaped modern design, a spirit’s identity, and it’s values by creating timeless jewelry collection.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration for this project came from past century. To be exact from the women who waved carpets on Balkans region. Every ornament that those women invented had a special meaning, the carpets has a whole story to tell to future generations. By modernized these ornament we have the connection with our ancestors. These cufflinks will protect and keep safe the owner from the invisible negative forces. And shows the identity of the person who wears it, as well as the respect of the roots of the nation. The powerful story telling is packed into minimalist cufflinks.
- Research
- By researching the luxury jewelry market, there is a big gap of meaning and jewelry talking. It is not just about the precious metal and precious stones, it has to be packed with the story-telling, and than it would became jewelry attention worth for. That is why this collection contains the story telling that moves hearts and leave big emotional impact . By reaching the humans attention nowadays . And jet it is unisex, comfortable, durable, and simply shaped.
- Challenge
- The most demanding part nowadays is to be original, but yet simple and with deep influence . The humans witness to modernization and globalization of the world, and sometimes they forget to respect true values and their own identities. Fortunately, they are getting aware of this and they patiently and successively came back to its values and cherish what they inherited from their ancestors. This is a global trend and it has believes that they should all keep up with the world, but also not forget who they are.
- Realization and Technology
- Cufflins creation began in the mind, and afterwords it became sketched by pencil of the very basic plain paper, and after throw technical drawings by Matrix it was 3 D modeled, printed, modeled and cast in 14 karat white gold. Some pieces were made from parts and cast separately, then assembled, and after enfolded the 3 x 3 mm princess cut Sapphire. Each piece was treated with different surface finishing: some were polished, some were sand blast treated, and some were covered with decorative UV jeweler dye, and some were plated with black rhodium.
- Operation and Interaction
- The cufflinks are unisex jewelry that contains traditional ornaments, yet packed in a modern design by using the very simply shapes of the square, which is suitable for everyday wearing, as well as all kinds of social events. And yet to reconnect the people who ware it with the very first light of life, the roots.
- Project Duration and Location
- The idea of creating this project ,was born in 2016. hearing of ”not just a label”. Later on it finds the way to become prestige, luxurious peace of jewelry, being original but yet staying memorable. The realization took time by making a lot of research about the ornaments in order to pick the symbols that send the right message, and it ended in February 2020. The collection was created in , Nis, Serbia. First time presented live in Magioni Fine Jewellery, Belgrade 07.03.2020.
- Specifications
- White gold 14 kt , 8,40 g, black rhodium, blue sapphire 0.36 ct dimensions : 15,04 mm x 14,97 mm x 2,50 mm , thickness : 1,20 mm technical drawing uploaded within the document file.
- Keywords
- Jewelry, Cuff, Carpet, Luxury ,design, sapphire,gold, values
