Press Release
Zig Zag Contemporary Jewelry Line by Mayte Ossorio Domecq Receives the Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
The international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition recognizes Mayte Ossorio Domecq for jewelry design
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COMO, Italy, April 18, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has announced that Zig Zag Contemporary Jewelry Line by Mayte Ossorio Domecq, designed for Mayte Domecq, has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category. The result belongs to the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached 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.
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.
Regarding Zig Zag Contemporary Jewelry Line
From Straight to Curved: The Zig Zag Takes Shape. This applied research project explores the transformation of a straight line into a curve through cross-sections. The objective was to design a strong and visually striking necklace while minimizing material usage and optimizing structural efficiency. The methodology was based on direct experimentation, where different cutting and bending techniques were tested to achieve the desired flexibility and form
About Mayte Ossorio Domecq
I am in love with design in all its ways. I like objects madly, I believe above all in their history. I believe in beauty and functionality and that it is not necessary to buy raw materials for them to have value. I think that as designers, it is our duty to build networks where we can design new things through the revaluation of the remaining raw material of others and in the same way work revaluing the trades, generating work in the region. I believe in design as a powerful weapon of education and awareness.
Award Record
Mayte Ossorio Domecq is a winner of 3 A' Design Awards, including this recognition. The awards were granted between the 2021 - 2022 and the 2024 - 2025 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/171308
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/171308
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!171308
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/330211
- Further Information from the Laureate: https://bit.ly/4hf1YXU
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Zig Zag Contemporary Jewelry Line
- Function
- Contemporary Jewelry Line
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Black, White Smoke, Dark Slate Gray, Dim Gray and Rosy Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Mayte Domecq
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Mayte Ossorio Domecq
- Country
- Argentina
- Recognition
- Bronze A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #171308
Credits
- Image Credits
- Image #No 1 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino Model Sergio Calegoya Image #No 2 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino model Mayte Ossorio Domecq Image #No 3 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino Image #No 4 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino Image #No 5 : Photographer Edgardo Delfino
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- From straight to curved: the Zig Zag takes shape. Morphological transformation and body adaptation through transversal, equidistant, and rhythmic linear cuts. Each piece starts from double layered, overlapping leather rectangles that, through specific cuts, create distinct visual and functional rhythms depending on their placement, necklaces, bracelets, or earrings. This, along with the reuse of remnants, optimizes resources and maximizes material exploration.
- Inspiration
- When covering a notebook, rigid paper finds its flexibility through precise, cuts it folds, adapts, and embraces the shape without losing structure. That same principle guides the Zig Zag line. A firm lined rectangle transforms through strategic cuts that allow it to fall gracefully, as if the material were learning to move. Thus, what was once static becomes fluid, geometry adapts to the body, and air becomes part of the design.
- Research
- From straight to curved: the Zig Zag takes shape. This is an applied research project aimed at transforming a straight line into a curve through cross sections. The goal was to create a strong necklace while minimizing material use. The methodology involved direct experimentation with the material. The result was remarkable, not only was the design immediately accepted, but it also received a clearly positive response. It is sold in Germany, Turkey, and Argentina.
- Challenge
- For the Zig Zag line, the challenge was to create a bold necklace without relying on large leather surfaces, using mostly small remnants. The key was generating curvature after cutting, transforming a 22 cm x 6 cm rectangle, the one used for the bracelet, into a striking piece. Equidistant cuts were tested to determine how close they could get to the edge for flexibility without risking breakage. Unlike a single cut piece, this method required precision to maximize material use while ensuring structural integrity.
- Realization and Technology
- Double layer cowhide leather, bonded together. Manufacturing, handcrafted using hole punch tools. Cutting dies are used for all necklace bodies, shaping straight edges into curves through repetitive, equidistant transverse cuts. This method minimizes material use, ensures optimal body adaptation, maximizes efficiency, and creates unique differentiation between pieces through variations in the cuts.
- Operation and Interaction
- Designed for comfort and easy wear, these pieces can be put on without assistance. Ideal for daily use, they have the right weight to prevent strain. Their material ensures silent movement. Both necklaces and the bracelet feature metal cufflinks for secure fastening. The bracelet has two adjustable positions. The earrings use standard stainless steel posts that fit seamlessly into the earlobes.
- Project Duration and Location
- The proyect started in January 2019 with the bracelet, january 2022 and finished in July 2022, the hole line in Bs As Argentina.
- Specifications
- Double glued leather, in different colors and textures, pastel, metallic and basic. Earrings w 3mm d 20mm h 65 mm. Necklace mini w 3mm d 25mm h 480mm. Necklace big w 3mm d 60mm h 540mm. Necklace 8 w 3mm d 30mm h 900mm. Bracelet w 3mm d 60mm h 220mm. Packaging is custom cardboard with outer loop, brand label, card and heart.
- Keywords
- from straight to curve, morphological transformation, jewelry, sustainability, body adaptation
