Press Release
Unity Ring by Alireza Merati Is Granted the Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Alireza Merati acknowledged for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 20, 2023 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category for Unity Ring by Alireza Merati, designed for Doreeh. The result belongs to the 2022 - 2023 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided 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.
The Bronze A' Design Award Explained
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.
About Unity Ring
Unity is a long-finger fashion ring made of 18 karat yellow gold. The design is inspired by the De Stijl movement, founded in 1917, and uses basic visual elements such as rectangles and cylinders to form a simple abstract composition. Rectangles of different sizes are repeated and aligned, some hollow and some filled, creating a rhythmic pattern and a sense of movement that guides the eye. The ring measures 20.80 by 18.76 millimeters and weighs 7.95 grams. A wax prototype was printed in three dimensions before casting.
About Alireza Merati
I was born in Iran on February 24, 1994. I received my bachelor's degree in 2017 after completing my studies in architecture at Islamic Azad University's Tehran Central Branch. I'm a graduate student in architecture at Tehran's Shahid Beheshti University. I've always been very interested in art and have been drawn to particular kinds of it at different times in my life, such as painting, drawing, and architectural design. In more recent years, though, I've developed a strong enthusiasm for jewelry creation.
Award Record
With this recognition, Alireza Merati is a winner of 2 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2019 - 2020 and the 2022 - 2023 editions of the A' Design Award & Competition.
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/147608
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/147608
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!147608
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/265980
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Unity Ring
- Function
- Ring
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Dark Khaki, Silver, Peru and Tan
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Doreeh
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Alireza Merati
- Country
- Iran
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2022 - 2023
- Design ID
- #147608
Credits
- Image Credits
- Alireza Merati, unity, 2021.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The unity ring is a long-finger fashion ring that would be worn partly for fashion or styling purposes and, can be eye-catching owing to its long, full face shape.
- Inspiration
- Impressed by the De Stijl movement founded in 1917 the designer of the Unity ring intended to use basic visual elements such as rectangles and cylinders to find a simple abstract composition through geometry and to form a coherent whole. Multiple rectangles with different sizes are repeated and aligned together, some arranged to be hollow and some to be filled, this will create a rhythmic pattern and convey a sense of movement and provides a path for the viewers eye to follow.
- Research
- Neo Plasticism relied on the most basic elements such as color, line, and form only in their purest, most fundamental state to convey universal and absolute truths, in other words Reducing art to pure components.
- Challenge
- The main challenge was to stay simple and not to over-deliver on the design, It was something I generally struggled with.
- Realization and Technology
- This project has been designed and developed in the 3D Matrix program. First, a 3d model was created and sent to a Projet wax 3D printer, then a prototype was printed with wax. After checking the size and visual aspects of the prototype, a plaster mold was created, and afterward, the ring got cast.
- Project Duration and Location
- The Unity ring was designed in December 2019 in Tehran/Iran.
- Specifications
- The unity ring is made of yellow gold (18k) and weighs 7.95 g in total, Length 20.80 x Width 18.76 mm.
- Keywords
- Ring, unity ring, Gold, Jewelry, minimalism, jewelry design, abstract art, neoplasticism
