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Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker af Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker af Gerda Liudvinaviciute er en højt anset vinder af den meget prestigefyldte 2021 A' Design Award i Sølv i konkurrencekategorien Smykkedesign.


SølvSmykker· 2021

Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker

af Gerda Liudvinaviciute

Klient: Celsius 273

Vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv i kategorien Smykker

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Om Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker

Eastern Blocks er en betonsmykkekollektion inspireret af østeuropæiske betonblokke. Kollektionen omfatter halskæder og øreringe, der følger formerne på præfabrikerede boligbyggerier. Beton anvendes, fordi materialet er let, ikke-allergifremkaldende og ikke let at knuse. Hvert stykke begynder som en tredimensionel tegning, efterfulgt af prototyper og silikoneforme til støbning. De færdige betondele samles derefter med sølv og læder. Kollektionen inviterer til et friskt blik på den østeuropæiske arkitektoniske arv.

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Om A' Design Award i Sølv

Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker er vinder af A' Design Award i Sølv, en usædvanligt prestigefyldt anerkendelse, der tildeles designs i topklasse, som er pragtfulde og imponerende. Sølvvinderne er enormt geniale og overordentlig kreative værker, der illustrerer deres designeres fremragende ekspertise, talent og skarpsindighed. Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker forventes at være et vidunderligt udstillingsværk, der er bemærkelsesværdigt professionelt og dybt innovativt. Dette design, der har vundet A' Design Award i Sølv, er en højst bemærkelsesværdig, beundret opfindelse, som gavner og flytter grænserne for kunst, videnskab, design og teknologi. Eastern Blocks Betonsmykker er en skabelse, som mange misunder, og som vækker begær, bringer positive følelser og antænder forundring og undren.

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Credits, teammedlemmer og tekniske detaljer leveret af designeren.

Unikke Egenskaber
This design is wearable architecture. Concrete material and brutalist design with the story behind makes these accessories more than wearable - it's an educational, fashionable manifesto about architectural heritage and society.
Dimensioner & Emballage
Necklaces approx.17.5 cm x 15.5 cm and other 18x11 thickness 0.5- 1 cm. Earrings 4x2 cm concrete detail and optional 5-9 cm silver wire long. Other earrings 14.5x2 cm.
Tags
concrete jewelry, architectural jewelry, eastern european, blockhouses, brutalist jewelry, soviet architecture, brutalist architecture, jewelry artist, jewelry designer,
Produktionsteknologi
I chose concrete material - light, non-allergenic, and less fragile to create an ode of a brutalist dystopia. First of all, I designed 3d drawings, made prototypes, and then, started to create molds for concrete details with silicon. When the concrete pieces were finished, I started metalworking with silver and leather materials.
Designudfordring
To find a form, which would be understandable, that it's blockhouse jewelry, but minimalist, aesthetic and impressive.
Forskning
I made monitoring of the architecture and society attitude of Eastern European houses. My objective was to find a way, how to talk about post-Soviet society and Eastern European architecture heritage in fashion accessories. The main point is to start a discussion with locals' minds about this unique architecture and spread this wearable message. In this collection, I question people’s attitudes towards Soviet heritage and invite you to take a fresh look at Soviet architecture and society's illusions.
Inspiration
The collection was inspired by Eastern European panel blockhouses as an iconic modern community symbol. Shapes of panel buildings and us - people, who live in individuality fiction, because the truth is that only a few centimeters between the walls separate us and our individuality is just fiction in this world.
Projektvarighed
This project started as an idea 2018 but I finished this collection 2020.
Driftsflow
Wearable jewelry made of concrete. Light, strong, and non - allergic material make jewelry more comfortable and wearable. This technology and design give a chance to wear architecture in real form and material as a piece of jewelry.
Teammedlemmer
Designer and artist Gerda Liudvinaviciute (artist name CELSIUS 273).
Billedkreditering
Photographer: Ieva Rudzionyte Model: Paulina Judzinskyte, Make up and hair: Indrija Kneize
Video credits:
ColorTaste
Model: Gabija Rostovskyte

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