Independent designers will look for inspiration from an element, something, etc. And then deduce various designs. This is also the soul and core of the independent designer brand which is different from the general brand.
Let me introduce a very talented post-90s beauty designer-An Xu.
Before I met her, I knew a lot about her: her works were published in the authoritative fashion magazine VOGUE, and her works were loved by many stars such as Sandra, Jane Zhang and Crystal.
At first, I thought she was a sophisticated and mature designer, but I didn't expect to find out that she was a beauty after 90 years after meeting. After graduating from Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, he founded the personal jewelry brand ANNXU with the same name, 20 17.
Generally, the first series of products of many independent designers are very immature and difficult to be welcomed by the market. But she unexpectedly won the love and praise of many stars.
The first series is called "Prettywomen", and children's shoes who like movies will know that the English name of the famous pretty woman is "Prettywomen". She extracted the characteristics of the girl image in the film and became the first source of inspiration for the series design.
The source of inspiration and design draft are only the first step of design, and many combinations of different materials will produce all kinds of unexpected difficulties in the production process. Take the mirror design of jewelry we saw, which seems simple, but it will toss back and forth during the polishing process.
There are not many products in the first series of "Prettywomen". It took about half a year to make samples and make editions, but it finally paid off. Being loved by many stars is also the best reward for her efforts.
I made a video for ANNXU, through which you can learn about her inspiration and design process.
Plant-based modeling design
Bionic decorations made of plants are close to nature in shape, giving people vivid visual experience, or the beauty of plants can be improved and sublimated by patterning and abstracting plant shapes or artistic treatment of some parts of plants. This kind of design prototypes are mostly presented in the form of gold pendants and K-gold pendants, such as peony-shaped gold pendants and clover-shaped pendants. The following one is designed with sunflower as the prototype, which slightly simplifies the shape of plants and uses some elements in jewelry design, so that people can know the origin of design and some implications of design at a glance.
Animal modeling design
Bionic ornaments with animal shapes are mostly designed with the instantaneous dynamic trend of animals as patterns, or some parts of animals are enlarged and abstracted, giving personalized expressions cartoon images and enjoying childlike interest. 12 Zodiac is a typical design representative. The design of family portrait series gold bars is based on the zodiac, and the expressions and shapes are cartoon, which makes the gold bars have stronger ornamental value and stronger implication. Gifts and collections are the best choices.
Font design
This design is based on characters of different historical times and sexes or virtual characters in fairy tales. Most of the ornaments are based on ancient women, Buddha statues, Notre Dame and Guanyin, which are exquisite and vivid. Solemn, giving people spiritual enjoyment. This design of Princess Sissi is based on the graceful dances of the princess, and frames the beautiful and moving moments of the princess, such as the moment when the skirt dances, the moment when the feet dance, and so on.
Auspicious pattern styling design
This design is based on auspicious patterns, such as real animals or imaginary animals, some specific decorative patterns, or specific artistic figures. Auspicious patterns often have obvious national and local characteristics, and are symbols of good luck and avoiding evil spirits. Dragon and phoenix bracelet is a kind of gold jewelry with many auspicious patterns. Bracelets can be used to carve various auspicious group cases, which means a happy marriage and happiness.
Geometric pattern styling design
Geometric points, lines, surfaces, triangles, rectangles, circles, etc. The organic combination of these figures can not only simplify the abstraction of specific things, but also give people a clear idea from the specific details of things. This kind of modeling organically combines the original beauty with the modern beauty, giving people a sense of avant-garde and simplicity. Polished bead bracelets like this are made of round shapes and different surface treatment techniques.
Lifestyle styling design
Design usually takes daily necessities, life contents and landscape customs as the modeling of ornaments. We can start with realism and abstraction to make things in life artistic, so that ornaments often have a strong sense of life interest and times, which makes people love life and open up the future. The design of this wishful abacus is based on the prototype of the abacus in life, and with some auspicious textures, it has a sense of design and fashion.
Different design prototypes can bring different inspiration and vitality to jewelry design. Many high-end customized products are also based on someone or something in life. Designers outline the desired shape through brush strokes, which also represents a special meaning.
Jewelry has various shapes and novel styles. There are zodiac signs, profound blessings and happiness, diamonds, petals, memorials, longevity locks, and so on.
Personally, I think China is an ancient country with a long history and culture and the classical heritage created by our ancestors! The most classic oriental culture in the world!
I heard about the beauty and importance of jewelry when I was very young. It represents a person's solemn and decorative beauty!
The cohesion and universal wearing of jewelry should be popular in the Tang Dynasty, right? The Tang Dynasty was a very developed and prosperous period in history. It has created a lot of motivation and creativity, so I think all kinds of transformation can not be separated from the heritage of our ancestors, right?
A few days ago, the American "Saul Bell Award" Jewelry Design Award announced the winners of 20 16 and their works. Since it is a design award, the avant-garde design of natural jewelry will make people shine.
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Queen's ring
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Enamel, lapis lazuli, diamond brooch
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Pendant and brooch dual-purpose (built-in "smug" mechanism)
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Pendant, brooch dual-purpose
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Cloisonne enamel crystal necklace
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Galaxy brooch
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Necklace: made of unpurified placer gold and seasonal crystal.
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necklace
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Silver necklace
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Unique decorations
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Mace (made of gold, silver, copper and branches, painted with enamel and inlaid with diamonds, garnet, topaz, topaz, amber and zircon)
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Necklace pendants (moonstone, diamond pendants)
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Pearl colorful necklace
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Topaz necklace
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Non-traditional necklace (made of bicycle and motorcycle tires and coffee capsules). )
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Unconventional necklace
However, the stunning design in the eyes of the judges may not be recognized by everyone. What do you think of this group of award-winning works? Are they good or not? Please leave a message and talk to the appraiser.
Design inspiration ①: Daily information collection photos, postcards, everything you see on the Internet and pictures cut from magazines can be collected and stored in an old book. Make a collection like this, and you will soon find your own design direction. Continue to increase your collection and see your inspiration. ...
Design inspiration source 2: Determine the style You can find inspiration by determining your favorite style, because people are often very sensitive and persistent about what they like. So whether it's ...
Source of design inspiration ③: Book-the power of knowledge. A wonderful source of information and inspiration is a book. But these books are not necessarily about jewelry.
You can refer to some websites or books that specialize in collecting jewelry information and trend information. You can look at it online. After all, there is a lot of information on the internet now!
Found in nature
I am glad to answer this question about design. First of all, when you choose jewelry, you will definitely look at the style, your preferences, the clothes you wear when you wear it, and the occasion you wear it. 1. Stylistically, the design source lies in today's fashion elements, national styles, eastern and western cultures, ancient traditions, or natural styles, from plants, animals, architecture, signs and the combination of dynamic and static.
2. In terms of preferences, some people like simple style, and some popular elements of the season are applied to the design. Simple style can express some connotations, and simple monotony has connotations.
3. Clothing, national costumes. Jewelry design has added ethnic elements. Party participation, design elements are fashionable, classic and luxurious style.
So I think most of the design comes from life, from nature, and does not belong to the wild and unconstrained style.
I am glad to be able to answer this question. Next, let's talk about where the design of jewelry originated!
Choosing jewelry to see the design, in fact, to put it bluntly, is to like it at first sight, and then feel very design-oriented. So where does this sense of design come from?