Jewelry and gemstone design: Advancing with “stones” and creating designs that are also favored by Generation Z
Overview
The gentle beauty of jade embodies the profound historical and cultural heritage of the Chinese nation. We often say, ‘A gentleman is like jade’ and ‘It is better to have a broken jade than to have a whole tile’, which all embody the spirit of jade. Therefore, ancient people also created many auspicious totems to be used on jade, which made many young people feel that jade was too traditional and only older people could wear it. With the development of the times and economy, jade requires new creative designs. Below, the editor briefly analyzes a wave of jade jewelry that young people also like.
Breakthrough in Traditional Themes
On the basis of traditional jade themes, personalized design and inlay are used to attract the preferences of young people, such as traditional jade themed gourds, goldfish, Ping An Wu Pai, Fu Dou, etc. By changing the style and theme, jade jewelry is no longer so “traditional”. While conveying traditional cultural meanings, it also incorporates the aesthetic preferences of young people and new design languages and directions. It will become a new trend and direction.
Modern design techniques incorporate precious metals
Due to the fact that young people from Generation Z and the millennial generation are more focused on showcasing their individuality, they do not consider investment preservation factors too much and often prefer to attract others’ attention through inlaid jewelry. Integrating modern design techniques into precious metals to enhance the design sense of jade itself. Just like SHE YEE carving jade into the shape of clouds and adding K-yellow strokes, it further enhances young people’s emphasis on jewelry design direction.
Modern design techniques integrated with Caibao
On the basis of inlaid jade and precious metals, colorful gemstones are also incorporated to make the entire design more colorful and in line with the aesthetic style of Generation Z. Caibao can be used as a decoration or enhance the overall color sense of the design. Just like the palace shape above the Make Make jade and the addition of red gemstones, it instantly enhances the beauty of a single green color.
The fusion of cartoon characters
The first impression that jade gives to the public is too traditional and “old-fashioned”. To express this material with new designs, such as cartoon images, young consumer groups can pay attention to it and break through traditional design forms as much as possible, incorporating modern and fashionable elements that young people prefer in their designs. The editor believes that there is a trend in the overall environment now. The jewelry art market is gradually shifting towards light luxury and consumer level, and designers should also implement their designs into the category of consumer level products.
Integration of China-Chic elements
Through jade, enamel and some China-Chic elements, it fully demonstrates the breadth and depth of Chinese traditional culture. The transition from wearing styles to wearing culture is also a major characteristic of Generation Z. In this fast-paced era, there are wave after wave of popular accessories and trendy culture. The only thing that remains unchanged is culture, so China-Chic fever will continue to spread in the future.
