We here at Lup HQ just love all things high-maintenance--men, clients, hair....okay, not really, but we do love the concept of high-maintenance design! Herein lie some of our favorites:
Iclandic product designer Hafsteinn Juliusson has taken conceptual jewelry design to the next level with his Growing Jewelry Project. They come in several styles, but all feature Icelandic moss that needs water and sunlight. Why create such high maintenance jewelry? The designer explains, "The collection of this hand jewelry is designed for people in metropolitan cities and is an experiment in drawing nature toward man, as nature being the presupposition of life."
Another product designer stretching the definition of jewelry is German designer, Jennifer Flume. Her PICTURINGS and PICTUCHARMS literally allow memories to be worn on the body. Different souvenirs can be combined to like charms on a bracelet or fanned out in a ring.
Marie-Pierre Flori de Pulcini's pieces look more traditional, but they are every bit as interactive. Her sterling silver and sunset topaz ring is wrapped onto the finger.
Not all product designers are just driven by art. Japanese designer Ryoji Takahashi designed his Info Jewelry to help blind people enjoy the fifth sense of a meal. A ring and earpiece work together to help one see without sight by adding distinguishable sound to objects that can’t be identified by sound.
What other innovations have you seen in the name of wearable art?
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