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View Larger Image and Additional Photos of Asuka SaitoAbout Asuka Saito : Asuka Saito is an award-winning jewelry designer, founder of Asuka Jewelry (formerly three x seven Jewelry), and owner and CEO of Miseki Jewelry.
Japanese-rooted and based in San Francisco, she draws inspiration from the natural beauty and cultural depth of Japan, seamlessly blending traditional aesthetics with modern artistry in her designs.
She holds qualifications as a GIA Applied Jewelry Professional and a CPAA Pearl Specialist, bringing a deep respect for materials, craftsmanship, and meaning to every piece she creates.
With a strong passion for the emotional and visual power of color, Asuka is also a certified color consultant, applying her expertise to create harmony, balance, and subtle expression within her jewelry.
Through her work, Asuka seeks to create timeless connections—jewelry that quietly accompanies life’s moments and carries stories across generations.
Asuka Saito
EDUCATION:
2020, Sustainable Fashion, Copenhagen Business School
2020, CPAA Pearl Specialist
2016, Fabrication, Revere Academy of Jewelry Arts, USA.
2012, Applied Jewelry Professional, GIA, USA.
2012, Jewelry Essentials, GIA, USA.
2012, Diamond Essentials, GIA, USA.
2012, Colored Stone Essentials, GIA, USA.
EXPERIENCE:
Asuka Jewelry, San Francisco, CA/USA
three x seven Jewelry, San Francisco, CA/USA
Miseki Jewelry, San Francisco, CA/USA.
AT Creations, LLC, San Francisco, CA/USA.
MIXED EXHIBITIONS:
2019, Hebei Design Center Exhibition Hebei Industrial Design Innovation Center, Hebei, China.
2019, Hebei International Industrial Design Week Rongcheng Civil Sports Center, Hebei, China.
2019, Shenzhen International Industrial Design Week Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Shenzhen, China.
2019, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference The Lalit Mumbai, Mumbai, India.
2019, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference The Lalit New Delhi, New Delhi, India.
2019, A' Winners' Exhibition at "MOOD" Ex Chiesa di San Francesco, Como, Italy.
2018, Costume Jewelry Award Winner's Exhibition, Karato 71, Tokyo/JAPAN
2018, Hebei Design Week Exhibition Rongcheng Citizens Sports Center, Heibei/CHINA
2018, Shenzhen International Industrial Design Week Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, Shenzhen/CHINA
2018, Hebei Design Center Exhibition Hebei Industrial Design Innovation Center, Heibei/CHINA
2018, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference The Lalit, New Delhi/INDIA
2018, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference The Lalit, Mumbai/INDIA
2018, "MOOD" Ex Chiesa di San Francesco, Como/ITALY
2017, Shenzhen International Industrial Design Fair, Shenzhen/CHINA
2017, 40 x 40 Exhibition Budapest Projekt Galéria, Budapest/HUNGARY
2017, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference The Lalit Mumbai/INDIA
2017, "MOOD" Ex Chiesa di San Francesco, Como/ITALY
2016, Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing Conference Hotel Lalit Exposition Center, New Delhi/INDIA.
2016, Shenzhen International Industrial Design Fair 2016, Shenzhen/CHINA.
2016, The Festival of Architecture and Interior Designing, Mumbai/INDIA.
2016, Bologna Design Week, Bologna/ITALY.
2016,A' Winners' Exhibition,Cube Design Museum, Museumplein, Kerkrade/NETHERLANDS.
2016,The Exhibition of Winning Designs, "MOOD"Ex-Chiesa di San Francesco, Como/ITALY.
2016, "Waste in Bloom", The Pancakes & Booze Art Show, 111 Minna Gallery, San Francisco, CA/USA
2016, "Waste in Bloom", Group Art Show, The International Hostel, San Francisco, CA/USA
2015, "Tiny Oasis", 100 Creators Exhibition/Creative Life, 30th Anniversary TOKYO DESIGN WEEK, Meiji-Jingu Gaien Mae, Tokyo/JAPAN
2015, "Nature-scape Terrarium Ring", Handmade Exhibition, Magazine Land, Art Imagine Gallery, Tokyo/JAPAN
2015, "Dancing Feather - Terrarium Jewelry" ,Flower Couture x BARE Magazine, BARE flea market: The Berkeley Trading Post, Berkeley, CA/USA.
2015, "Nature-scape Terrarium Jewelry", RAW SF Fashion Show, Ruby Skye, San Francisco, CA/USA.
EVENTS:
2026, "59th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2025, "58th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2024, "57th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2019, "52st Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2018, "51st Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2017, "50th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2016, "49th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2015, "48th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2014, "47th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program", Jewelry Designer/Presenter, Sundance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
AWARDS:
2019, A' Design Award in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category A' Design Award & Competition, Milan/Italy.
2018, Special Honorable Mention Award, Costume Jewelry Design Award, Toyko/JAPAN
2018, Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category A' Design Award & Competition, Milan/Italy.
2017, Honorable Mention Award in Jewelry of Fashion Design Category, International Design Awards, Los Angeles/USA.
2017, Bronze A' Design Award in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category A' Design Award & Competition, Milan/Italy.
2016, Gold Medal Prize, Fire Mountain Gem & Beads' Jewelry-making Contest featuring Swarovski Crystal, USA.
2016, A' Design Award in Jewelry, Eyewear and Watch Design Category A' Design Award & Competition, Milan/Italy.
2016, Finalist, Fire Mountain Gem & Beads' Jewelry-making Contest, Gemstone and Glass, USA.
2015, Gold Medal Prize and Grand Prize Trendsetter Award, Fire Mountain Gem & Beads' Jewelry-making Contest featuring Swarovski Crystal, USA.
2015, New Designer Award, COSJWE, JAPAN.
PRESS APPEARANCES:
2024, "British Vogue", Jewellery Designer Profile, Pages 132, May Issue, UK
2024, "British Vogue", Jewellery Designer Profile, Pages 99, May, UK
2024, "British GQ", GQ Lookbook, Global Creativity Awards Issue, Pages 176, April/May, UK
2024, "British Vogue", Jewellery Designer Profile, Pages 132, April Issue, UK
2024, "British GQ", GQ Shops: Ultimate Gift Guide, British GQ Online, April, UK
2024, "Vanity Fair UK", Works Like A Charm, Page 96, April, UK
2024, "British Vogue", Jewellery Designer Profile, Pages 147, March Issue, UK
2019, Design Interviews, http://www.designinterviews.com/design.php?ID=7209
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2019, Design Mag, http://www.designmag.org/design.phpID=72091
2019, design meeting, http://www.designmeeting.net/article.php?ID=12064
2018, Designer Highlight of the Day, https://competition.adesignaward.com/designerhighl
ight.phpID=141602&K=e39c49e4
2018, DesignPRWire, https://competition.adesignaward.com/designerinter
view.php?profile=141602
2018, Degital Artist Magazine, http://www.digitalartistmagazine.com/article.php?I
D=31066
2018, By Design Magazine, http://www.bydesignmagazine.com/article.php?ID=773
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2018, Like Design, http://www.likedesign.org/article.phpID=26284
2018, World Designers Day, http://www.worlddesignersday.com/article.php?ID=10
994
2018, Designer Wise, http://www.designerwise.com/article.php?ID=17676
2018, Design Articles, http://www.designarticles.org/article.php?ID=10246
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2018, Magnificent Designers, http://www.magnificentdesigners.com/article.php?ID
=24800
2018, Salone del Designer, http://www.salonedeldesigner.com/design.php?ID=671
78
2018, Design Interviews, http://www.design-interviews.com/design.php?ID=671
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2018, Design Magazine, http://www.designmag.org/design.php?ID=67178
2017, Designer's List, http://www.listdesigners.com/article.php?ID=332661
2017, Design Legends, http://www.design-legends.com/legendary-designer.p
hp?ID=141602
2017, Designs Prize, http://designsprize.com/article.php?ID=2787
2017, World Designers Day, http://www.worlddesignersday.com/article.php?ID=72
93
2017, Which Design, http://whichdesign.org/article.php?ID=3888
2017, Design Publication, http://design-publication.com/article.php?ID=10199
2017, Design Headlines, http://design-headlines.com/article.php?ID=9442
2017, Design Trophy, http://designtrophy.org/article.php?ID=9540
2017, For Design Magazine, http://fordesignmagazine.com/article.php?ID=7092
2017, Claim Magazine, http://claimmagazine.com/article.php?ID=69692
2016, Jewelry Stringing Magazine, Back Cover, Fall issue, USA.
2016, Design Interviews, http://www.design-interviews.com/design.php?ID=451
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2016, The Magazine for Design, http://magazinefordesign.com/article.php?ID=4834
2016, Salone del Designer, http://www.salonedeldesigner.com/ design.php?ID=45115
2016, meet design, http://meetdesign.org/article.php?ID=2163
2016, Design Magazine, http://www.designmag.org/design.php?ID=45115
2016, Jewelry Maker's Newsletter, Fire Mountain Gems & Beads, May, USA.
2016, 49th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program, 24hr K-POP TV Channel 32-6, April, San Francisco, Silicon Valley Bay Area, CA/USA.
2016, 49th NCCBF Queen Program Guide, April, Sandance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2016, dpi Magazine, http://www.dpimag.com/, January, Melbourne, VIC/AUSTRALIA.
2015, Going Places Magazine, Malaysia Airlines in-flight magazine, page 24, November, MALAYSIA.
2015, niusnews 妞新聞, http://www.niusnews.com/=P1maaab1, November, TAIWAN.
2015, Artarius media, http://artarius.com/nature-scape-jewelry-series-by
-asuka-saito/, September, Nevada/USA.
2015, TOKYO DESIGN WEEK ALL RECORDS, Tokyo Design Week, October, Tokyo/JAPAN.
2015, Style & Art, http://stylenart.com/nature-scape-jewelry-lets-you
-carry-a-tiny-oasis/
2015, newsFlow24, http://www.newsflow24.com/raise-a-tiny-oasis-with-
the-characterscape-jewellery-sequence-via-asuka-sa
ito-d9yr
2015, ATELIER, http://atelierdeveil.com/blog/2015/9/10/nature-sca
pe-jewelry-lets-you-carry-a-tiny-oasis-by-asuka-sa
ito, September, Pistoia/ITALY.
2015, Beautiful Lands, http://beautifullands.com/posts/blooming-flavors-f
rom-asuka-jewelry#.Vs9ZTJMrJE4
2015, designboom, http://www.designboom.com/art/nature-scape-jewelry
-series-asuka-saito-blooming-flavors-09-10-2015/, September, Milan/Italy.
2015, Design Taxi, http://designtaxi.com/news/379654/Whimsical-Jewelr
y-Features-Real-BeautifulFlowers-Encased-In-Tiny-G
lass-Orbs/
2015, NYLON Japan, August, JAPAN.
2015, Magazineland, August, Tokyo/JAPAN.
2015, BARE Magazine, http://www.baremagazine.org/april-showers
2015, Bored Panda, http://www.boredpanda.com/nature-scape-terrarium-r
ing-blooming-flavors/
2015, Awesome Inventions, http://www.awesomeinventions.com/nature-inspired-j
ewelry-oasis/, Online Magazine, London/UK.
2015, The WorldNews Network, http://wn.com/blooming_flavors, February
2015, 48th Northern California Cherry Blossom Festival Queen Program, 24hr K-POP TV Channel 32-6, April, San Francisco, Silicon Valley Bay Area, CA/USA.
2015, 48th NCCBF Queen Program Guide, April, Sandance Kabuki Cinemas, San Francisco, CA/USA.
2015, J Weekly, April, SAN FRANCISCO, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA/USA.
LANGUAGE SKILLS:
English (Advanced), Japanese (Native)
COMPUTER LITERACY:
Photoshop, Advanced.
MS Word/Office, Advanced.
MEMBERSHIPS & ASSOCIATIONS:
World Design Consortium
International Association of Designers
International Design Club
JURY MEMBERSHIPS:
2024, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2023, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2022, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2021, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2020, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2019, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2018, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
2017, A' Design Award & Competition, COMO/ITALY
WEB SITE:
https://threexseven.style/
PORTFOLIO URL:
https://threexseven.style/
REGISTRATION DATE:
2014-08-29 15:04:59
COUNTRY/REGION:
United States of America
ACCOUNT TYPE:
Professional
Awards received by Asuka Saito
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Phoenix in Bloom Necklace A' Design Award Winner for Jewelry Design Category in 2015 Asuka Saito for Blooming Flavors Asuka Jewelry |
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Zen Garden Necklace A' Design Award Winner for Jewelry Design Category in 2018 Asuka Saito for Asuka Saito |
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Musubi Head Jewelry Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Jewelry Design Category in 2016 Asuka Saito for Asuka Saito |
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Raindrops Pendant Bronze A' Design Award Winner for Jewelry Design Category in 2017 Asuka Saito for Asuka Jewelry |
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