It’s no secret that Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London is a veritable coolhunting breeding ground, having churned out some of the most influential tastemakers in art, fashion, and innovation of our current era. It should then come as no surprise that a thesis project at this prestigious university can easily turn into a full flegded (and buyable) production, such as in the case of Tokyo-born designer Maiko Takeda. Takeda’s recent showing of shadow inspired jewelry is viewable at her website http://maikotakeda.com
According to the mission statement of her thesis:
“The collection questions whether shadows might obtain a [...]

With the rampant urbanization of our society, is a little patch of green becoming just as valuable as precious materials like diamonds and gold? Icelandic designer Hafsteinn Juliusson raises that question with his evocative line of “living” accessories called Growing Jewelry. The series of rings containing live moss ask us to rethink our modern definitions of luxury and our relationships to the physical objects that populate our lives. These rings require the same kind of care as any plant, becoming more vibrant and “valuable” as their owners allow them flourish. The retail environment resembles the minimalist design of a greenhouse, repurposing [...]

This weekend at the Renegade Craft Fair in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we spotted an interesting line of jewelry generated from rapid prototyping technology. Named Nervous System, the pieces were created by Jessica Rosenkrantz and Jesse Louis-Rosenburg — both former students at MIT (appropriately enough) who studied in the fields of Architecture, Biology and Mathematics.

The jewelry — completely constructed using 3d printing technology, and titled with names such as lamina, dendrite and radiolaria — take inspiration from organic structures. Many of their pieces are generated from algorithmic processes and even allow you to customize your own pieces of jewelry through their website.

MAKE is now selling a do-it-yourself kit that’s a combination mood ring and lie detector. The “Truth Wristband” is a piece of jewelry that monitors your internal state, and broadcasts it to the world via color changing lights. The video below shows it in action.
They explain:
A wearable device that dynamically reflects your psycho-emotional response to the world, promoting internal states to be externalized and made into interactive forms of expression. Measuring the galvanic skin response (a marker of emotional arousal commonly used in lie detector tests), this device’s lights turn from blue to red as the wearer becomes aroused. Ask [...]

The Sound Advice Project creates custom bracelets of any sound’s waveform. Although the project is aimed at parents who want to make anti-drug message bracelets for their kids, the concept seems full of interesting possibilities.
[via Gizmodo]