Coral Fibulae manicarum ab Andrea Ragazzo

Opus Coral Fibulae manicarum a designatore Andrea Ragazzo est victor maxime honoratus praemii praestigiosissimi 2020 Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Certaminis Designatio Ornamentorum.

ArgentumOrnamenta· 2020

Coral Fibulae manicarum

a Andrea Ragazzo

Cliens: Ragazzo Design Studio

Victor praemii Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum in Categoria Ornamenta

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Designum

De Coral Fibulae manicarum

Corallium par fibularum manicarum est ad oras manicarum tunicae coniungendas confectum. Multae fibulae manicarum crassae gravesque sunt. Corallium autem traditionem Italicam simplicitatis atque reverentiae erga formas organicas sequitur. Forma aperta et pervia leviorem speciem praebet, dum textura interior aspera contrarietatem addit. Unaquaeque fibula manuum manu ex argento sterlingo per fusionem cerae perditae fabricatur. Singula opera poliuntur et platino vel auro roseo obducuntur ut nitor servetur. Petiolus planus, pinnae similis, rotationem impedit et fibulas facile induendas exuendasque reddit.

Agnitio

De Praemium A' Design Award Argenteum

Coral Fibulae manicarum victor est Praemii A' Design Award Argenteum, honoris eximie amplissimi formis summi generis, pulchris et conspicuis dati. Victores Argenti opera valde splendida et creandi ingenio praedita sunt, quae praestantem peritiam, talentum et acumen auctorum suorum ostendunt. Exspectatur Coral Fibulae manicarum opus mirabile, exemplare, valde professionale et penitus novum fore. Haec forma Argento victa inventum notabile et admiratum est, quod ad fines artis, scientiae, formandi rationis et technologiae promovendos confert. Coral Fibulae manicarum creatio est, quam multi invident, quae cupiditates excitat, sensus bonos affert et admirationem miraculumque movet.

Post Designum

Fasciculus Nuntii

Merita, sodales gregis et singula technica a designatore praebita.

Proprietates Singulares: These cufflinks are designed in the best tradition of Italian love for simplicity and respect for organic shapes. They are featuring a unique see-through look, which creates lightness, while the rough inner texture creates added contrast.

Each cufflink is hand made from Sterling Silver. To keep its shine, they are individually polished and either Platinum or Rose Gold plated. The flat, fin-like stem prevents them from rotating while making it easy to put on and take off.
Dimensiones et Involucrum: Sterling Silver with Rhodium plating and Rose Gold plating, ∅20 x 22mm
Notulae: Cufflinks, Men's Accessories, Sterling Silver, Gold Plated, Italian Design, Luxury Accessories, Men's Fashion, Modern Design
Technologia Productionis: The cufflinks are made by lost wax casting, which is commonplace in jewelry making. All files were created in Creo 4.0 and rendered in Keyshot to get an accurate representation of the final design before production. A Makerbot 3D-printer was also used, to get preliminary parts made in PLA. These were used to fine-tune the look and size.
Provocatio Designandi: There was not much of a research challenge for this project since cufflinks have been around for a very long time. Also in terms of manufacturing and materials, the choice to use Sterling Silver and Lost Casting were straight forward. A high-quality material was necessary, and therefore, only silver or gold would have been appropriate. Using pure gold would set a too high selling price. Therefore the choice to use Sterling Silver and gold plate them.
Investigatio: During the initial phase of the design, several directions were taken, including designs featuring enamel. The enamel was placed in the inner part of the cufflinks, creating contrast and making the design feel alive. The idea came from the underside of a starfish, which reveals an inner color, different from the outer skin. It makes it more vulnerable and fragile, enhancing its lightness even more. Unfortunately, it was not possible from a technical point of view, since reaching the inner surface was very difficult and time-consuming.
Inspiratio: Cufflinks in itself are meant to hold the cuffs of a shirt together. The tighter, the better. They can be bulky and overloaded, usually made of expensive materials to show the status of its wearer. The inspiration was to create something opposite to that. Something that still made of a single, pure material and which replicated lightness. Something that even when holding the cuffs, would so not by weight, but by its structural integrity.
Duratio Operis: The project started in September 2018 and the first production of three SKU's (Rose Gold, Silver, Gun Metal) arrived in Hong Kong around March 2019.
Cursus Operationis: There are several types of cufflinks - Whale Back, Bullet Back, Chain Link, Ball Return, ... The Coral Cufflinks come as Fixed Backing design, which usually is a little harder to put on. Due to the slim design and functional shape; however, this is not the case. These cufflinks slide easily into the cuffs cuts, keeping them tightly together.
Patentes: Copyrights belong to Ragazzo Ltd., Hong Kong, 2019
Agnitiones Imaginum: #1: Maxime Chambigneulle, 2019
#2: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#3: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#4: Andrea Ragazzo, 2019
#5: Maxime Chambigneulle, 2019