Synovial Collection Jewelry Collection by Andrea Torrone |
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| DESIGN NAME: Synovial Collection PRIMARY FUNCTION: Jewelry Collection INSPIRATION: The project focuses on jewels seen as the response to a need of more genuine interactions caused by the extreme digitalization of human actions. Studying movements and manipulability brought to the main inspiration, the Synovial joints. They are the most common joints in the human body, which rapresentation in simple models is used to explain what movement a specific joint permits to the bones. The intuitivity of the movements that these shapes communicate turned out to be the key of project. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Synovial Collection consist of three necklaces and bracelets and aspire to introduce new levels of interaction between user and product. The designed magnetic closure allows to play with the components creating different configurations and making the jewels close to the user. The collection rides the rise of affordable jewelry through the use of simple materials in favor of a tactile and visual experience guided by contrasts and textures that encourage an ironic interpretation of the jewels. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: Thanks to the magnetic properties of the closure components, the necklaces and the bracelets of the collection are characterized by the possibility of playing and fidgeting with the jewels in order to generate simple movements (scrolling, orbital and pivot rotation) and to obtain different configurations personalizing the jewels. All the beads can be separated from the wire and can be substituted choosing a variant different in texture and color. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in October 2017 and ended in January 2018. The entire development process was carried forward during the Final Synthesis course at Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy. |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: Each item of the collection has half of the components realized in Cellulose Acetate, a biopolymer that allows great texture variability, and produced through milling process (the closure components in Acetate also contain a Neodimium magnet). The other half is made of ferromagnetic Iron alloy produced through centrifugal casting process followed by electroplating treatment. This processes fit with industrial mass production and guarantee low equipment costs and advantageous cycle times. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: Necklaces: 180mm x 180mm x 25mm WxDxH Bracelets: 80mm x 80mm x 15 mm WxDxH TAGS: Jewelry, Jewellery, Fashion, Affordable, Interaction, Contemporary Jewelry, Interactive jewels, Collection, Jewels collection RESEARCH ABSTRACT: A depth data research has been carried out to analyze trends of the jewelry market. The established goal was to find possible innovation areas left unexplored, looking to design products for the future. The research has been conducted through the reading of official reports and of themed papers. The resulting trends and aspects that drove the project development are the growth of the affordable luxury sector and the need in a gamification process to offer a pleasant experience for consumers. CHALLENGE: The challenge faced in this project was to reconsider the classical idea of jewels proposing a possibility of innovation in the way of use of jewels. At the same time it was challenging and stimulating how to improve the connection between users and their jewels introducing the idea of playability and fidgeting in the world of jewelry. ADDED DATE: 2018-09-14 15:35:04 TEAM MEMBERS (1) : IMAGE CREDITS: #1 : Creator Andrea Torrone, Synovial Collection, 2018 #2 : Creator Andrea Torrone, Synovial Collection, 2018 #3 : Photographer Elena Ukolova, Synovial Collection, 2018 #4 : Photographer Elena Ukolova, Synovial Collection, 2018 #5 : Photographer Elena Ukolova, Synovial Collection, 2018 PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Andrea Torrone, 2018 |
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NAME: Andrea Torrone PROFILE: Born in Milan, Andrea Torrone started his journey in the world of design pushed by his strong attitude and need in drawing. Enthusiast to discover an experimental and concrete approach to study he’s graduated in Product Design and is now studying Digital Interaction Design. In the process of design he learned that he likes to transform ideas into more understandable and tangible entities. Open to collaborations in order to make products friendly and customers happier. |
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Synovial Collection Jewelry Collection by Andrea Torrone is Winner in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category, 2018 - 2019.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Andrea Torrone. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Andrea Torrone. |
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