How to find jewelry design inspiration?

Contemporary jewelry designers try to use their works to convey their ideas. Jewelry is no longer just a decoration, but a carrier of culture. Jewelry design is more about showing their ideas. They turn inspiration into jewelry, show people their ideas and convey their feelings. Any theme in contemporary jewelry design can become the theme of your creation. How should we find our inspiration?

Step 1: Diverse thinking through the theme

When designing, you must remember what your theme is. This theme may be an object, a matter, or a problem.

For example, Hairui Winston New York Collection New York Metropolitan Series reproduces the image, vitality and characteristics of the bustling city of New York, which has become the Sunset Series depicting the romantic afterglow of the metropolis.

The admirable spiral architecture outline of Guggenheim Museum of Fine Arts in Guggenheim, outlined with diamonds; Or the dazzling light of NightLIFE series in the night sky will never stop; The Rivers series painted with blue sapphire, and the emerald lawn of the Central Park series in the Central Park, as well as the Hairi Winston New York Metropolitan Series, use the color of gemstones to perfectly interpret the prosperity and vitality of New York, the world metropolis.

Step 2: divergent thinking

Take a certain sub-content as the starting point to develop the divergent thinking of this specific content. Based on different sub-content, the direction and thinking of divergence are also different. We can continue to explore new elements through this jumping thinking.

Cartier Paris Nouvelle Vague series of Paris New Wave is like a harmonious and melodious hymn with clear layers, which is intended to show the different details, the changes of colors, the moving temperament and the inner charm.

With "Paris" as the starting point, some designers have integrated the Espielle "children's interest" of the Duileries Palace in Paris into the jewelry design, some have taken the "luxury" of the Paris Opera House as the creative inspiration, and some have also added frankness and interest in fashion and fashion with the help of the unique romantic style and fantasy temperament of Paris, which is the different perspective of divergent thinking.

Step 3: Add keywords to the direction of divergence

We need to add keywords to the specific thinking content of these generous words to guide our thinking. For example, what is the background or deep meaning of this theme. Who are the participants of this theme, who may be the potential audience, and what are the characteristics of this theme.

For example, the Bulgari Italian Garden series is inspired by the beautiful and harmonious geometry of the fence and the flower bed in the Italian garden. The great art of Italian gardens sprouted in the Renaissance. Raphael, Michelangelo and other architectural designers, painters and sculptors launched endless imagination, reshaped the outline of ancient buildings in accordance with human traditions, and reinterpreted the concept of "beauty" through nature and art. The idea of injecting nature into art has become the source of inspiration for the Italian garden's high grade jewelry series, and the exquisite architectural shape and flowers of the garden can be vividly displayed in the jewelry.

Step 4: Sort out information and think, and gradually develop into a concept

Through mindmap, we can help you find deep concepts. For example, whether there is a connection between this topic and other things, what is the connection between them, what is the time development line of this topic, and where to show what problems or emotions. This mode of thinking can help you find the connection between ideas and themes. In the process of establishing this connection, the connection with the subject is often the concept you need to find. At this time, we need to re-integrate our ideas and re-think what we want to express.

Therefore, jewelry design is not a conclusion that can be drawn directly from the selection of inspiration sources, but from the determination of a theme, concept or story, and after extensive initial research (including information search, collection and sorting), Then, from the perspective of jewelry design, the process of in-depth investigation (including shape and structure, selected materials, surface texture decoration, color, function, details, emotional tone, core concepts, etc.).

Inspired by painting, Kirsty Pearson integrates his narrative style into concepts, materials and abstract expressions.

Author Nicole Schuster is inspired by industrial architecture and organic nature.

When your brain capacity is insufficient, stop scratching your ears and cheeks. YC recommends you several professional and practical design websites to supplement the dry inspiration library!

klimt 02

Website：https://klimt02.net/jewellers

It is mainly to release the information of jewelry related exhibitions or college graduation design exhibitions, including the works of relatively mature designers.

Jewel Book

Website：wdl.org/en/

Support online reading of high-definition jewelry-related e-books in various fields around the world, mostly foreign works, and the content can be downloaded as high-definition pictures.

Jewespan

Website:https://www.jewelspan.com/

It contains the works of more than 200 individual jewelry artists, and provides links to jewelry education, photography books and other information.

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