Twenty-First Century Jewellery Designers /anglais - Hardcover

This is an absolutely gorgeous book in the quality of the photography, the graphic design, and the sumptuous pieces included that make anyone who loves jewelry want to swoon. You should seriously consider adding it your library. Association for the Study of Jewelry and Related Arts, October 2013 A wonderful look at the high-end contemporary jewelers creating pieces today. In contrast to most of the compendium books on contemporary jewelers, this volume focuses on those using top-quality gemstones and metals such as Michelle Ong, Hemmerle, and Wallance Chan, whose dynamic ring is on the cover. These are the potential Cartiers, Fouquets, and Laliques of the future and it is well worth becoming familiar with their work. -- Sarah Davis American Society of Jewelry Historians Newsletter, Winter 2013 This remarkably illustrated coffee table book prominently displays more than 540 jewelry pieces from 25 of today's important designers...this luxurious book provides a great source of inspiration for all jewelry scholars, collectors, and professionals at large for envisioning the future trends of the industry. The quality of the photos is an exceptional asset to that end. -- Delphine Leblanc Gemological Institute of America, January 2014

21st-Century Jewelery Designers: An Inspired Style is a stunning survey of the contemporary jewelery that's being designed and created across the world today. From the great JAR, to James de Givenchy and Nicholas Varney in the West, and Michelle Ong, Wallace Chan and Bhagat in the East, 21st-Century Jewelery Designers: An Inspired Style is an exploration into the designers' worlds, helping the reader to discover the jewels that great jewelery artists are creating now. Interviews with each designer featured reveal their inspirations and passions, their favorite materials, designing processes, and how their personalities influence their designs. Designers include: JAR (France); Kaoru Kay Akihara (Japan); Walid Akkad (Lebanon/France); Lorenz Baumer (France); Bhagat (India); Sevan BicakA i (Turkey); Luz Camino (Spain); Wallace Chan (China); Edmond Chin for Etcetera (China); Lydia Courteille (France); Michele della Valle (Italy/Switzerland); Patrice Fabre (France); James de Givenchy for Taffin (USA); Vincente Gracia (Spain); Hemmerle (Germany); Anna Hu (USA/Taiwan); Michelle Ong for Carnet (China); Suzanne Syz (Switzerland); Nicholas Varney (USA); Stephen Webster (UK); Dickson Yewn for Yewn Heritage (China); Rami Abboud (Lebanon); Tomasz Donocik (UK); LaMouche (China/France); 10 Royale (France).