Packaging Bejeweled Statement Jewelry by Nanxi Yang Wins the Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design

Nanxi Yang acknowledged for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Packaging Bejeweled Statement Jewelry by Nanxi Yang has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 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 scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

About the Bronze A' Design Award

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 Packaging Bejeweled Statement Jewelry

Packaging Bejeweled is inspired by the designer's observations and reflections on disposable packaging that is commonly discarded in daily life. The design aims to provoke audiences' thoughts about the connection and contrast between inexpensive disposable packaging and valuable jewelry. It suggests that even the most affordable materials can become beautiful when reimagined and creatively repurposed in jewelry. This concept allows plastic packaging to become an integral part of the jewelry. Wearers have the option to display and protect their cherished items inside the transparent casing.

About Nanxi Yang

Nanxi Yang, a jewelry designer from China, graduated from Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK. In her design study and application, she often thinks about the connection between jewelry and people and society, and tries to use non-traditional jewelry materials and non-traditional wearing ways to find breakthroughs in different dimensions. She hope to continue to innovate and look for interesting and sustainable designs in the jewelry field. Therefore, you can see some interesting material combinations in her design.

Award Record

This recognition makes Nanxi Yang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

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/165959
A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/165959
Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!165959
Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/361392

Media Contact

Giulia Ferrari, Press Office
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press@designers.org
+39 031 4491953

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project: Packaging Bejeweled Statement Jewelry
Function: Statement Jewelry
Category: Jewelry Design
Discipline: Fashion Design
Industry: Luxury and Fashion
Colors: Black, Lavender, Gray, Dark Slate Gray and Dark Gray
Images: 5

The Recognition

Laureate: Nanxi Yang
Country: China
Recognition: Bronze A' Design Award
Edition: 2024 - 2025
Design ID: #165959

Credits

Image Credits: Photographer Louise-threepainters studio, Packaging Bejeweled Necklace, 2024.; Photographer Louise-threepainters studio, Packaging Bejeweled Brooch Necklace, 2024.; Photographer Louise-threepainters studio, Packaging Bejeweled Transparent Brooch Necklace, 2024.; Photographer Louise-threepainters studio, Packaging Bejeweled Red Velvet Earrings and Ring, 2024.; Photographer Louise-threepainters studio, Packaging Bejeweled Royal Blue Earrings and Ring, 2024.

Design Details

Unique Properties: Packaging Bejeweled is inspired by the designer's observations on disposable packaging that is commonly discarded in daily life. Designers use cheap packaging instead of traditional jewelry production ways to explore the power of the combination of packaging and jewelry. It suggests that even the most affordable materials can become worthy of attention when reimagined and creatively repurposed. This concept allows plastic packaging to become an integral part of the jewelry. Wearers can choose to place their cherished items, such as old wedding rings or heirloom jewelry from their parents, inside the transparent casing.
Inspiration: I was inspired by the plastic packaging of eggs because I found that this transparent plastic packaging is a good way to protect the eggs inside from being damaged during transportation and display so that they can be stored longer. Therefore, I associate eggs with jewelry, both of which are precious treasures that need to be carefully protected. I am very interested in the connection and contrast between the two. Then I studied the disposable packaging of different supermarket products and the recycling process in factories.
Research: In my research, I focus on sustainable materials, especially in disposable packaging. I've found that many types of packaging in London supermarkets can be recycled and reused. Factories efficiently recycle plastic from domestic waste, which helps protect the environment and conserve natural resources. This led me to explore the many possibilities of sustainable materials and jewelry.. I discovered several London manufacturers that produce and recycle sustainable plastics like HDPE, resin, PVC, and PET. Resin, in particular, stands out for its good plasticity and transparency after polishing.
Challenge: Since this type of combination is a new attempt, it is necessary to test and evaluate the shape, weight, material, color, transparency, target customer during the design process. The final works it should show the beauty and elegance of jewelry when the wearer wears it. From a social point of view, this works it not only uses non-traditional jewelry materials and technologies, but also gives the low utilization value of disposable packaging a new utilizable value. Therefore, for the customer, The target demographic may be specific and need to be customized. This group need to consider about their age, work, occasion, etc.
Realization and Technology: The main materials are resin, recyclable printing materials, pearls, silver and gold. In the production process, firstly, each part is accurately modeled according to the hand-drawn drawing, then by using 3D printing technology, the factory prints out the model of different colors and materials. After polishing and electroplating, the various material parts are spliced to form the final work. each pearl or diamond is placed separately in the transparent 3D printing resin shell, so that the pearls and diamonds are no longer just connected by ropes or embedded on the metal.
Operation and Interaction: The necklace (the largest) is a combination of a necklace and a waist chain, which can be worn on the chest or behind the back, and is tightly and elegantly integrated with the body. A brooch necklace is a brooch and necklace dual-purpose jewelry, that can be used as a necklace, and can also be pinned to the clothes, showing different wearing angles. These two necklaces have been re-split, breaking the traditional way of connecting a string of pearls, and displaying the pearl chain and jewelry inside a transparent plastic shell, which becomes the main decorative part. The earrings are asymmetrical in design, and composed of two parts: an ear hanger and an ear needle.
Project Duration and Location: Packaging Bejeweled begins in London in April 2023, ends in London in June 2023 and be presented by Lethaby Gallery at Design Transform in London in October 2023.
Specifications: Necklace: 950mm x 170mm x 200mm Brooch necklace: 350mm x 100mm x 30mm Earrings: 165mm x 50mm x 35mm Ring: 70mm x 20mm x 35mm
Keywords: Jewelry, Sustainable, Contemporary, Innovative, Traditional and nontraditional, Pearl, Metal, Packaging, Wearable