Press Release
Purple Orchid Ring by Yan Ni Teong Receives the A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Yan Ni Teong recognized for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 29, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Purple Orchid Ring by Yan Ni Teong, designed for Juwelen Design, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 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 evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
More About Purple Orchid Ring
This project created from a sense of an Orchid garden. The overall design looks refreshing, vibrant and lively. It is an adjustable size ring with various shapes of Amethyst in the flower petals. The combination of colors is contrast yet attractive with purple and off-white. It consists of duo gems, Amethyst and Pearl and another Pearl with a little butterfly on it. When you wear it on, it looks like a flower and bud floating in between two fingers which contain nature feeling and momentum of movement.
About Yan Ni Teong
She loves collecting sea-shells, outgoing, love art and craft works since young. Even though, art was her favorite subject in school, this hasn't brought her to university. With a myth thinking in her mind that artist can't survive in her country, she decided to take on Marketing major and graduated in Chartered Institute of Marketing from university. After 15 years of working in the corporate, she decided to have her mid-life career changed. Her passion reunited, and she started as a hobby, as a pearl lovers and therefore she enrolled with few classes such as beading as a beginner step. She went on seriously in building her new career after her designs was supported by friends and family.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yan Ni Teong a winner of 4 A' Design Awards. The awards were granted between the 2018 - 2019 and the 2021 - 2022 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://desingers.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://desingers.org/134718
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/134718
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!134718
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/173844
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://www.juwelendesign.com
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Purple Orchid Ring
- Function
- Ring
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Dark Slate Blue, Rebecca Purple, Slate Gray, Midnight Blue and Light Gray
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Juwelen Design
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yan Ni Teong
- Country
- Malaysia
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #134718
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- This project created from a sense of an Orchid garden. It is an adjustable size ring with various shapes of Amethyst in the flower petals. The unique part is there is a duo main gems, apart from Amethyst there is a Pearl in the middle and another Pearl with a little butterfly on it. When you wear it on it looks like a flower and bud floating in between 2 fingers. It is also adjustable size to make it flexible to wear in index or ring finger.
- Inspiration
- The inspiration was from my balcony which hosting a mini garden consists of various flowers and plants. Orchids are the most favorite and popular flower in our country Malaysia with hot and humid weather all year round. It was one day a moment I was sitting resting enjoying my plants and conveniently plug the blooming purple orchid. I spent some time to study the flower, petal, stem, color, pattern and I would want express my creativity and innovation into a jewelry.
- Research
- Study many types of purple orchids, patterns and colors
- Challenge
- The creative challenge part is to put together the different shapes of stones into the flower petals also to balance the size of the ring with the design I want to portray
- Realization and Technology
- This hand fabricated ring is made of Sterling Silver Rhodium plated set with Amethyst and Pearl with different cuts such as Marquise, Oval, Emerald and Round.
- Operation and Interaction
- The keyframe for this project is the adjustable function, apart from size factors, thickness of the metal and practicality matters too
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in April 2019 and finished in July 2019
- Specifications
- Weight 6.99gm Ring Size US 5 Width 31mm Length 29mm
- Keywords
- purple orchid, flower ring, amethyst ring, pearl ring, jewelry designer ring