Press Release
Dunhuang Jewelry by Zhiyan Huang Is Granted the Golden A' Design Award in Jewelry Design
Zhiyan Huang acknowledged for jewelry design by the international grand jury of the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 25, 2025 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Jewelry Design category for Dunhuang Jewelry by Zhiyan Huang, designed for Liang Xing. The award was conferred within the 2024 - 2025 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
The Golden A' Design Award Explained
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
About Dunhuang Jewelry
Liang Xing uses the industry' s cutting edge digital technologies, like jewelry modeling and high-precision 3D printing. The Dunhuang series are working on now is based on Cave 320 Mogao Grottoes. The design team of Liang Xing expresses the ribbon on the flying asparas of Dunhuang in a way that captures the dynamic beauty of the ribbon and the charm of Dunhuang art with refined curves. The craftsmanship of jewelry reflects the fusion of digital enablement and intangible cultural heritage skills.
About Zhiyan Huang
Zhiyan Huang is a designer/visual artist working in the field of editorial design and contemporary art. Based in New York, she previously worked as a designer at HvA Design Studio. Zhiyan received an MFA in graphic design from the Yale School of Art and a BFA in communication design from Parsons, The New School. Currently, she is the founder of the Chinese jewelry brand Liang Xing 两行 / Harmonies and works as a collaborative artist at Harvard FAS CAMLab.
Award Record
This recognition makes Zhiyan Huang a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
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. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to jewelry designers, jewelry brands, jewelers and goldsmiths from all countries. Entries typically include rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches and pendants. Awarded jewelry designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/jewelry
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission 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. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated 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. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates 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, the upload of a work and the 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. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/165277
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/165277
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!165277
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/360228
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Dunhuang Jewelry
- Function
- Jewelry
- Category
- Jewelry Design
- Discipline
- Fashion Design
- Industry
- Luxury and Fashion
- Colors
- Black, Tan, Dark Slate Gray, Rosy Brown and Saddle Brown
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Liang Xing
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Zhiyan Huang
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2024 - 2025
- Design ID
- #165277
Credits
- Image Credits
- Copyright, Liangxing (两行), 2024. Photographer, Fei Liu, Dunhuang, 2024. Sound (Video), 声无哀乐, "飞升" , 2020.
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- The Liang Xing brand combines traditional Chinese culture with contemporary design concepts. The current Dunhuang collection draws inspiration from Chinese filigree inlay craftsmanship and incorporates the image of flying asparas from Cave 320 of the Mogao Caves in its jewelry design. In the jewelry-making process, Liang Xing combines digital technology with intangible cultural heritage. The team employs high-precision 3D modeling alongside traditional manual filigree inlay techniques to craft the shapes and patterns of their jewelry. Unlike many current jewelry brands, Liang Xing approaches each design with an artistic and archaeological mindset.
- Inspiration
- The Dunhuang jewelry collection by Liang Xing translates the visual elements of the Dunhuang Mogao Cave 217 and Cave 320, China, into wearable jewelry. It was inspired by the ribbons and flying figures in Tang Dynasty murals in Dunhuang, China.
- Research
- The design aesthetic logic of the Liangxing has three keywords: implicit, elegant, and historic. The brand wishes to combine China's intangible cultural heritage with Chinese history. The Dunhuang series Liang Xing is working on now is based on Cave 320 Mogao Grottoes. Cave 320 is one of the representative caves of the Prime Tang Dynasty, and it’s got a lot of classic images of flying apsaras. Take the “Black Flying Apsaras” (Flying Apsaras Scattering Flowers) on the south wall, for example. It has been described by the Dunhuang Academy as “the most beautiful flying asparas in Dunhuang murals”.
- Challenge
- The art of filigree inlay in China was primarily utilized on flat surfaces. In the Dunhuang collection, the jewelry shapes are all three-dimensional, making it challenging to incorporate filigree inlay patterns into the designs. After conducting three-dimensional testing, Liang Xing integrated the filigree pattern into the three-dimensional surfaces of the jewelry to enhance its overall design. All jewelry in Liangxing is crafted with full three-dimensional construction and is guaranteed to look appealing from any angle.
- Realization and Technology
- The overall shape of the jewelry uses jewelry-level 3D printing and modeling techniques. The jewelry pattern incorporates one of China's intangible cultural heritages, the eight masterpieces of Beijing, the filigree inlay art.
- Operation and Interaction
- Liang Xing believes that jewelry not only decorates the body but also serves as a vehicle to evoke cultural memories. The design language of the Dunhuang series is inspired by the Buddhist visual culture of China's Tang Dynasty. Liang Xing emphasizes a verifiable visual expression, and while offering jewelry products, we also share a rich history that spans centuries.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in December 2023 in Beijing and finished in October 2024 in Beijing. The Dunhuang Collection was shown in Beijing Fashion Week in September 2024. The Dunhuang collection was displayed at the Diplomatic Shop in February 2025 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China.
- Specifications
- Material: silver with gold and sea pearls. Size: Ribbon Earrings: 30 mm x 25 mm x 65 mm; Buddha Flower Earrings: 20 mm x 20 mm x 20 mm; Bracelet: 70 mm x 95 mm x 15 mm; Ring: 20 mm x 20 mm x 10 mm;
- Keywords
- Implicit, Elegant, Historic, Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), Tang Dynasty of China, Buddhism and Visual Culture in China.
