Podcast: Articial Intelligems

The concept of “Artificial Intelligems” delves into the artistic possibilities and potential dangers of machine learning in the modern jewelry industry. By collaborating with self-teaching algorithms, novel forms of adornment are emerging within the realm of the physical and digital. This approach challenges and reconsiders human-centered design, materiality, value, and authorship, potentially perpetuating them further. […]

Podcast: Jewelry Connoisseur

An observant and deliberate painter, Vermeer produced only 36 known works in his lifetime, while many of his contemporaries completed hundreds. Like his peers, he mostly depicted scenes of ordinary life, later called “genre” painting, often of women at daily tasks. Notable examples include Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window (c. 1657) and […]

Simply Brilliant

Simply put, jewelry of the 1960s and 1970s was revolutionary. If the 1950s were demure and controlled, the 1960s became an era of youthful rebellion and radical cultural change – and a new style of jewelry was part of that zeitgeist. Rock and roll, the Vietnam War, the Kennedy assassinations, the civil rights and women’s […]

Luxury Jewelry and Digital Natives

Luxury jewelry is on an upward tick, even with the Covid-19 pandemic hit from the past months, surpassing sales for leather goods and luxury handbags. Recommerce across luxury second hand sites like Vestiaire Collective is also gaining momentum, but how is luxury jewelry making waves with the Gen Z cohort? While luxury handbag sales move […]

All the City Feels

Exquisite and exhilarating, jewelry creations from the major metropolises of the world all have that endearing je ne sais quoi. Jewelry created in large cities dating back to classical antiquity and advancing well into the 20th century were on display as part of Schmuckmuseum Pforzheim’s exhibition entitled “The Feel of the City – Jewelry from […]