We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Anne Dumont about their original and creative Adaptable Jewelry design work. Anne Dumont is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original adaptable jewelry works.
Anne Dumont ("AD") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Gravity Adaptable Jewelry. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
AD : I want to create adaptable jewelry based on simply technique to create the most possible open concept. After the development of Jewel Box, I want to reach it using a most basic and universal principle of modularity. In this collection, I'm using the gravity, an universal resource and the threading, a technique very old and basic technique.
AD : To cevelop a concept of modularity based on fundamental techniques and resources.
AD : I'm looking for a company for the industrialization and the commercialization of this concept. I imagine it with precious stones.
AD : This is my own inspiration, dreaming only to create a new concept of adaptable jewelry. This choice of modularity technique is the consequence of a lot of previous criteria for the technique I was looking for.
AD : I want to sell or lease the production rights (I want to continue to work as designer, to continue to develop this concept and also to develop other concept of adaptable jewelry - Currently I'm developing an other concept, named Mosaic, I'll present it next year to this competition)
AD : I think that being civil engineer and at the same time having no classical knowledge in jewelry, when I have dreams of jewels or concepts, I'll find other ways to achieve it that somebody with all the jewellery knowledge.
AD : I do not think. Perhaps unconsciously?
AD : People liking classis jewlry and precious materials, pearls, stones.
AD : - A very open concept of adaptable jewelry, based on very basic principles, perhaps the art of simplicity? - Light and delicate design
AD : The concept being vased on the gravity, the name was logic ...
AD : No design tool. Rof the beginning, I'm using only the pen and the sheet. After I 'm doing prototypes in my small studio.
AD : Princess dreams with engineer technique!
AD : I collaborate with Serge Flecijn who is attorney. For the technical and design points, I'm alone.
AD : For Gravity, the technology is really the base of the concept, the point on which all the concept is developed. All the Gravity concept depend on the choice of the technology used for the modularity (I'm now developing an other concept of adaptable jewelry, Mosaic : it is based on a other technology, so the design is completely different)
AD : My design is influenced by a physical and geometry thinking : which metal designs allows the threading and at the same time allows that when wear the jewel stay on the right way without losing pieces? Also the design has to be asthetically pleasant.
AD : Design for a designer is easy and pleasure, but the communication and the marketing to let discover the design, it is really difficult! Also, it is very expensive!
AD : I want to sell or lease the production rights. For this, I've to show Gravity. So I'm participating at awards hoping some prices and some publications in the press.
AD : With a great surprise, I discover that I've always new ideas, it never stop!
AD : First, I developped Jewel Box : this concept is based on the use of toys building bricks for it's modularity, a technique old of about 50 years. Second, I developped Gravity : this concept is based on the threading, a technique old about thousands of years. Actually I'm developing a third concept, Mosaic which will be the third part of this trilogy. To discover next year ...
