Platinum Jewellery 2D

This year’s platinum category seeks to explore jewellery designs that exploit the interplay of open structure, space and form.

Design a Brooch, Pendant, Earwear or Ring using structures in platinum as the primary element to create and define form, volume and presence.

The aim is to achieve a distinctive statement of wearable art that captures space, light, shadow, even illusion, and illustrates the benefit and value of structural concepts into intimate and innovative personal adornment.  

Designs must move beyond solid forms and explore how open and hollow shapes can be used to create volume, transparency, and dynamic silhouettes. We encourage research into different areas of work that best demonstrate this interplay, such as:

• Architects: Edoardo Tresoldi, Santiago Calatrava, Shigeru Ban, Félix Candela & Heinz Isler

• Structures:  Bridges, hardware, chandeliers, bones and stems, etc.

Consider concepts of grids, lattices, trusses, arches, and woven forms, etc.

Also consider production methods of wirework, laser cutting, fold forming, electroforming and 3D printing, etc.

The design direction needs to play to platinum’s strength in creating a strong structural integrity sensitive to platinum’s weight, and emphasise platinum’s brilliance with high polish, capturing and exploiting light, reflections, illusion and striking aesthetics.

All designs must incorporate the following:  

• Platinum must be the main stakeholder (at least two-thirds) of your design.

• Natural diamonds, pearls or other gems and materials can be incorporated to enhance your platinum designs. 

• Designs should successfully translate into manufacture and keep the finished gramme weights within familiar margins for platinum jewellery, i.e., that they are able to be competitive in the platinum jewellery market.

• Imaginative and creative outcomes, showing innovation and aesthetic appeal 

• Practical and functional solutions 

• Suitability of proposed materials, processes and methods of manufacture 

• Highest standards of presentation and visual communication, including inspiration source, design development leading to the final design 

• Appropriate inclusion of all details as laid out in the brief

• Designs are to be presented on one side only and mounted on card, foam board or equivalent backing board

• Design submissions – one A3 Board (maximum)

• Where appropriate, designs should include a 1.1 scaled drawing

• Designs can be created by hand or using CAD or in combination

• Summary/description integrated within your design

• Names should only be visible on the back of the entry 

Following the Awards ceremony, and from their considerable experience in Platinum Jewellery worldwide, PGI, through their global consumer marketing and educational programmes will offer advice and guidance to the award winners about the market of Platinum Jewellery.