When jewelry meets architecture, wonderful designs and amazing similarities

Jewelry design and architecture, there are so many similarities. It's not a coincidence that the star architect, Zaha Hadid, designed also a lot of jewelry. In this blog, it is all about the nobility of creating quality. Norman Foster, a star architect of many buildings, including the Apple Headquarters, said this about it: ''it's not just about money, time and creative energy, but about how you use your resources wisely. Jewelry that reminds us of architecture. Architecture that resembles elements of a ring, bracelet or necklace. Come and discover jaw-dropping gorgeous designs and amaze yourself about the similarities between the two worlds: Architecture and Jewelry!

 

Zaha Hadid bracelets for Caspita and her designs for an amazing yacht by Blohm & Voss

 

Architecture and purpose

Perhaps I told you before, but I adore watching Ted Talks. I tend to start my day with at least one Ted Talk of some sort. There are a lot of architects and talks about the future of our cities etc. on their channel. They inspire me! Lucky for us, the days of brutal buildings in just concrete are over, we are creating much more intelligent buildings today. More green, more light, more sustainability from energy to the whole life cycle of the building itself. I love Norman Foster and Mad Architects, but adore Zaha Hadid and think that architecture can have a huge impact on our well-being. Our longing for an experience and our need to connect, interact and create our own tribes. 

Jewelry Design and Inspiration

How lovely would it be to hear more about the jewelry designers themselves, when you buy their jewelry? To hear what they had in mind, but even more: why they created it for you. What were they thinking, when they thought of you? It is not just their inspiration that is interesting, but far more; why should you want to wear it? Is their a symbolism behind it that resonates with the wearer of the jewelry? Does it stand for something that you love? Or is it simply unique? I would like jewelry designers to talk more about the people wearing their jewelry. Thinking more, perhaps, about the people who will want to wear the pieces. I like them to really connect with the clients, with the tribe that loves their jewelry. It happens too little still. Unlike an architect, a jewelry designer can much easier connect with you. 

Jewelry and Architecture, so much in common!

This blog is also about inspiration. About looking at jewelry with new eyes. About creating something so beautiful, that you start to look at jewelry, once again, differently. Enjoy! And do tell me what you love! 

If you love this, you might check out one of our most succesful jewelry posts ever called Architectural Rings, how to wear cities on your finger.

 

Zaha Hadid bracelet for House of Aziz & Walid Mouzamar. Norman Foster designed this house at Manchester Hospital, for cancer patients

Zaha Hadid for Georg Jensen and Natalie Kerigan ring

Steyn Studios in South Africa and ring by Tabitha Sowden

 

Rings are by one of my favorite designers Sevan Bicakci, the amazing architecture is the San Carlo Church in Lugano, Switzerland and the ring with beautiful amethysts is by Rodney Rayner

F&F Tower created by Pinzon Lozano & Asociados. Sarah Herriot Rings and the elusive Cobra Towers 

Ruiyin Lin bracelet and earrings. Roberto Coin silver jewelry collection called Fifth Season

Roberto Coin Martellato Fantasia, middle: Radul Shishkov and far right above: Schmuck-werk, the Cliff ring. Under: Roberto Coin Fifth Season, Roberto Coin Groumette Collection and Sarah Herriot Ring

Zaha Hadid, Rein Vollenga bracelets and the staircase called An Oddity is by LdS

The Gherkin in London, created by Norman Foster. Bracelet Peggy Bannenberg called the Circle of Sunshine. Rings are both by Stefania Lucchetti and the necklace is by Olivia Terrell

Love the movement of Palmiero Design's jewelry!

Clara Ho created a very surprising ring and the beautiful earrings are by Nora Fok and are made with nylon

Monomer jewelry

Rings are by Monomer and George Horneman

Stunning architectural designs for the Monomer collection of rings

It's not always about throwing away the old and create something totally new, but often old and new materials look incredibly beautiful together. The rings here are by Maud Traon

Ring by Lynne MacLachlan and the amazing Skyfall House is by Marentes & Partners

The necklace is by Ilias Lalaounis and the magnificent building is by Moshe Safdie, called the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore

Door Edelsmeden and Vera Garcia rings. The building is an award-winning reindeer observation post in Norway Tverrfjellhytta Pavilion by SNØHETTA & KNUT BJØRGUM

de Grisogono Allegra Rings and the Guangzhou Opera House china. Zara Hadid

Chow Tai Fook necklace and the Groninger Museum

Bia Vasscondellos and Achim Gersmann Rings

Emma Ware Earrings and ring by Jenny Wu

Audemars Piquet building by BIG Architects

Laraqui Bringer Architects made this tree inspired building and the rings are by Iris Bodemer and Daniela Villegas

Antonio Bernardo jewelry, look at those similiraties!

Big jewelry trend

One more thing about this type of jewelry that might just give you that last little push to embrace it :-) It is already a trend, but it will grow much bigger in the future. It's a slightly eclectic but also an intelligent way to look at jewelry. Often less frivolous, but as we all tend to value our thinking and our intellect more and more as a resource in work and of course education, it might just as well be that this trend will grow even bigger than we expect right now. Or even appeal to all those who thought of jewelry being too superficial for their own good. Or never liked jewelry because it sometimes seems to be ''how big is your diamond''. Well, if that was your way of thinking, you might find that the architectural approach is much more suited for your lifestyle. Either way, I...the person who loves to wear silly animals and crazy colorful jewelry...love this style of jewelry too! Many of the pieces featured in this article are definitely jewelry that I would wear without any doubt. Hoping, as always, that by creating posts like these, I convince you somehow to always keep a very open mind towards jewelry (and everything else that matters in life)! 

 

 

Achim Gersman, Bia Vassconcellos, Clara Ho, Door Edelsmeden, George Horneman, Ilias Lalaounis, Lynne MacLachlan, Maud Traon, Monomer, Natalie Kernigan, Nora Fok, Peggy Bannenburg, Rein Vollenga, Roberto Coin, Rodney Rayner, Ruiyin Lin, Sarah Herriot, Sevan Bicakci, Stefania Lucchetti, Zaha Hadid