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Passion Topaz Inspiration Brochure
Passion Topaz Inspiration Brochure
Passion Topaz Inspiration Brochure
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Passion
TOPAZ
inspired by colour
inspired by shape
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10 colours & cuts
24 Overvi ew
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28 the competition
30 the jury
37 A Day In The Life: Diary Of A Passion Topaz
Design Competition Judge
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40 the »passion deluxe« category
42 the 3 winners
49 Additional must-sees
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60 the »passion basic« category
62 the 3 winners
69 Additional must-sees
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78 accessories & eyewear
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88 configurated designs
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96 IMPRINT
97 offices & contacts
Passion
Topaz Inspired by a passion for colour and an enduring attraction to both innovation and
the beauty of gemstones, ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements created the
Passion Topaz genuine gemstone collection to bring additional colour and a touch
of something special to design. Precision-cut especially for the luxury market,
the Passion Topaz gemstone collection is enhanced by an environmentally friendly
patented permanent colouration process that makes genuine Topaz available in
a broad spectrum of colours durable enough for everyday wear.
The Passion Topaz collection reflects quality and the wearers’ enthusiasm for fine
jewellery, fusing the look of luxury with the colourfulness of high fashion to create
a collection of beautifully enhanced genuine Topaz gemstones in a vibrant range of
colours that includes bright Turquoise Blue, deep Infinite Blue, vivid Paraiba,
dramatic Blazing Red, cheerful Poppy, romantic Pink, earthy Khaki, sweet Honey,
delicate Baby Pink, and tropical Rainforest.
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A Genuine
Love Affair
filled with a Passion
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Trilight Cut
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Sqround Cut
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Oval Star Cut
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Marquise Star Cut
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Pear Star Cut
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Heart Cut
Octagon Cut
white
baby pink
rainforest
turquoise blue
pink
honey
paraiba
rainforest
blazing red
poppy
khaki ice blue
The ENLIGHTENEDTM – Swarovski Elements
Passion Topaz
JEWELLERY
DesigN
Competition Gifted jewellery designers and up-and-coming creators of eyewear from around the
world merged their talents to add a glimmer of glamour to everyday occasions and to
infuse luxury with a fresh new elegance in the ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements
PASSION Topaz DESIGN COMPETITION. Participants were asked to submit designs
using the ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements Passion Topaz genuine gemstone
collection as a key element.
The competition was split into two distinctive categories: Basic Passion, fine jewellery
designed with enduring style that would be as suitable for wearing in the office as
for a night out on the town, and Passion DeLuxe, encompassing more experimental
designs suitable for those occasions of extravagance when luxury is an imperative.
The response was overwhelming!
Enthusiastic members of the online community submitted some 25,000 responses to
the more than 3,000 designs we received. Winners were announced at BASELWORLD
2009, the world’s leading jewellery and watch fair, in Basel, Switzerland.
When ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements decided 11:00 a.m. All have arrived, and we can start! This is fabulous,
to launch a design competition based on our Passion the wealth of top-notch designs have me a little worried about
Topaz genuine gemstone collection, we hardly foresaw whether we will be able to stay on schedule. At first it takes us a
what an amazing catalyst for creativity we were intro- while to settle on the designs, but the more we look at the vari-
ducing in the Web 2.0 technology. ous creative ideas, the more routine the process becomes and
the faster we are able to judge the designs. Some are absolutely
We caught our first glimpse of the vast possibilities the remarkable in terms of both the thought behind them and their
Internet holds when we launched our Watch Design com- quality, while others are lacking in both areas (which in the
petition in early 2008. Now we took it a step further, in- end makes judging them a lot easier).
viting prospective designers of jewellery and bejewelled
eyewear to join the online platform www.enlightened- 1:00 p.m. Lunchtime has arrived! Having made it through
jewellery-design-competition.com. The results were un- half of the designs, we head out for a well-deserved bite to
believable: the broad range and incredible beauty of our eat. We have been wonderfully provided for by our hosts, our
genuine Passion Topaz stone colour assortment proved colleagues from the Daniel Swarovski Paris office, who have
truly inspiring for designers. coordinated everything, from the room itself to the bulletin
boards, post-it notes, drinks, tasty (brain!) food and absolutely
The vast number and fascinating diversity of the designs delicious chocolates!
submitted to the contest made the evaluation process a
real challenge. To get things started, our creative and mar- 3:00 p.m. We reach a major milestone, chosing the best 25 to
keting teams narrowed the initial 966 freely created design 30 sketches from the categories of Basic Passion and Passion
submissions down to the 250 best jewellery ideas for EN- DeLuxe. Having Patrick and Lesley with us is a huge help – as
LIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements Passion Topaz. jewellery designers, they are great at identifying any produc-
tion difficulties the jewellery design might entail. This kind of
On a beautiful Thursday in late January, the jurors – lead- information is so useful when judging designs! The selected
ing jewellery figure Patrick Mauboussin, London-based sketches are now arranged on one huge bulletin board. In the
jewellery designer Lesley Vik Waddell, Nathalie Colin, meantime, we are equipped with post-its in different colours,
Creative Director for Swarovski, luxury media special- and now set out to pick the three most favourable designs in
ist Yaffa Assouline, Russian-born design student Eugen each category.
Dirksen, winner of the ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski
Elements Watch Design Contest and I – met in Paris to 4:30 p.m. And the winners are… It is astounding how unani-
evaluate the designs submitted for the two categories “Ba- mously we agree on the winners and runners-up! The only
sic Passion” and “Passion DeLuxe” on the basis of their thing we fail to immediately agree upon is the order of the sec-
creativity and innovative use of the ENLIGHTENED™ – ond and third runners-up in the Passion DeLuxe category, but
Swarovski Elements genuine Passion Topaz assortment. when we re-vote on these two designs alone, we agree immedi-
ately. We are all so pleased that enough time still remains for
Diary Entry 27.1.2009: us to pose for some additional group photos in the dazzlingly
white conference room, which really makes for a fun setting
10:00 a.m. We arrange the 250 pre-selected designs in such a way when the mood is relaxed.
that the jury members have an immediate overview. The entire
conference room of the beautiful Swarovski office, located on We all are thrilled about the results and look forward to
Rue St. Honoré, resembles a huge collage of inspirations taken the next ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements design
from a page of a jewellery designers sketch book. Wow! competition!
The first jury members arrive to find us still in the process of
hanging some of the designs on the walls and pinning the others
to bulletin boards.
36 passion topaz / Inspirations Inspirations / passion topaz 37
passion
deluxe
Envision experimental designs that express a powerful passion for colour -
pure, luxurious colour - and a flair for precision-cut innovation. The goal?
To tap into the immense creative energy of these extremely diverse
materials, whose vast range of available colours, subtle nuances, and
extraordinary effectiveness perfectly embodies the precision, innovativeness
and ability to inspire that are hallmarks of the Swarovski brand.
The result? Jewellery creations destined to take luxury to the next level.
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Jittrakarn Bunterngpiboon
TITLE
Material
“Bloom”
Pink Gold, ENLIGHTENEDTM – Swarovski Elements Passion Topaz
description “The stamens of the bloom ring, decorated with ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski
Elements Passion Topaz, are able to revolve inside the ring, allowing the wearer to
enjoy the lively, colourful movement of the stones.”
Emotion
Enthusiasm
Honesty
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Puneet Jodhka
TITLE
Material
description
“Entangled”
18 kt. Yellow Gold, Passion Topaz gemstones set in bezel settings,
black nylon wire mesh
“In my room I saw the tangled wires of my laptop, the charger for my mobile phone, etc.
and thought “what a mess.” Nevertheless, it made a beautiful pattern. That gave me the
idea to create an attractive pattern out of messy wires. My design suggests that even messy
things can be portrayed beautifully. There is beauty in everything and everywhere.”
Sense
of Life
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Isabelle Lopes
TITLE
Material
description
“Expansion”
Passion Topaz Colour Range, Honey, Poppy, Rainforest, Pink, Ice Blue and Khaki
“Forty elements (twenty at the top and twenty at the bottom) are each assembled and
articulated in three points to create a round shape which can expand or shrink from a
“metal flower” to a wide, open necklace. I hoped to achieve a transformable necklace as
a challenge to myself. Younger I have always been fascinated by my grandmothers’s
tablemat which used a similar expanding system wiwth articulated pieces.
After the mechanism was thought through I wanted the parts to look “technical” like the
elements of a watch’s movement or any precise mechanism but also “joyful” by using
bright colour topaz shades.”
passion
deluxe
selection of
the top designs
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01 Megha Sharma “Nature Speaks” 02 Sarawut Malayamal “Untitled” 03 Hema Malani “Elixir” 04 Catherine Wu “Intricacy” 05 Paula Angélica Guzmán “Once
upon a time … RAPUNZEL” 06 Chonlakarn Charnsamut “Untouchable Nature” 07 Tusheeta Elizabeth David “Jewel of the Sea” 08 Isabelle Lopes “Blooming”
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09 Payal Gaurav Sanghvi “Glow with Bow”
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12 Barry Lau “Brilliant” 13 Meghna Jagadish Bag “Evolution” 14 Meghna Jagadish Bag “Blossom In Me” 15 Neha Dhawan “Dew Drop Pendant” 16 Roli Singh “ Indian
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Princess” 17 Isabelle Lopes “Holy” 18 Isabelle Lopes “Hollow”
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19 Isabelle Lopes “Dew” 20 Zhenzhou Pan “Untitled” 21 Isabelle Lopes “Ode To Spring” 22 Liu Lixian “The Door of the Universe” 23 Xavier Edson “Volve” 24 Devyn
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Downing “Spiral Earrings” 25 Isabelle Lopes “Spread”
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26 Barry Lau “Melting point of ICE” 27 Isabelle Lopes “Ode To Spring”
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Isabelle Lopes
TITLE
Material
description
“Tie”
Stainless Steel cables ended by Passion Topaz beads and a matching ring
pavé set with round Passion Topaz Turquoise Blue.
“A pavé ring holds cables together, by moving it up and down it frees the cables to spread
and creates uniques shapes. My inspiration? I would say the way a Tie can be adjusted
and also the elasticity of metal cables which creates great curves in any position.
Actually, I thought of a“Tie” when I was trying to make pieces from the ENLIGHTENEDTM –
Swarovski Elements Passion Topaz beads, which for me are a great ending
to pins or cables, the concept came by itself.”
Colourful
Mysterious
Long-Standing
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TITLE
Material
“Samsara”
18kt. Gold, ENLIGHTENEDTM – Swarovski Elements various Passion Topaz
Colours, Electroplated Black Gold
description “Samsara is associated with the “6 reincarnations”(Heaven, Human being, God, animals,
Devil and Hell). It is believed that all things have life, if it does not to seek “relief”, it will
never be in the “6 reincarnation”. Life and death is one continual phase, without having
to stop. Buddhism regards this as the truth of life. The design, just like 6 reincarnations, has
six lights to project into the universe, rotating like wheels without end.”
Contrasts Love
Belonging Vitality
Togetherness Ambition
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Réka Nyilas
TITLE
Material
description
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Matte Metal, on one side decorated with Passion Topaz gemstones
“This ring was inspired by human relations and the fact, that every story
in life has two sides.”
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Devindh Baburam
TITLE
Material
description
“Cupids Wayward Arrows”
18kt. Yellow Gold with assorted Passion Topaz
“When I read the brief the word ‘passion’ stood out. I associated this
with love, and cupid seemed an obvious choice as a theme..”
passion
basic
selection of
the top designs
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01 Eliza Wing Shan Mok “Element” 02 Bhartia Pallavi “Adagio” 03 Kittiyaporn Chuwarahawong “Japanese Fish” 04 Liu Lixian “Fortunately - The heart” 05 May Cheng
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for Miracle “The immortal butterfly” 06 Yijun Zhang “1+1=1” 07 Tacia Mota “Destiny” 08 Nidhi Bhola “Unfold Passion”
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09 Devyn Francis Downing “Tulip Pendant” 10 Marcial Ahsayane Montoya “Modular Ring” 11+12 José Eduardo Valadares Bahia “Neobarrocco”
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13 Puneet Jodhka “Moving Colours” 14 Vito Vatinno “Centipede Mytology Today” 15 Wiwat Chantarakosol “Untitled” 16 + 17 Kristina Moersdorf “Puzzle”
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18+19 Davide Dante Valerio “Shirin” 20 Anica Dimitrijevic “Universe Ring” 21 Miriam Liébana Yeste “Highlighting” 22 Isabelle Lopes “Metamorphosis” 23 Silvio
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Pimparel “Love Drop”
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24 Fyn Chang “Decision Ring” 25 Kenneth Kin Yao Ho “Caché” 26 Petar Vukovic “Untitled” 27+28 Péter Zsolt Koren “Lotus” 29+30 Pallavi Dudeja Foley “My Maze”
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31 Henrique Lana “Dorsal Ring” 32+33 Nazila Mohammad-Gholizadeh “Rotatable necklace – Replaceable necklace”
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02 Salar Vakili
03 Eliza Wing Shan Mok
04 Pekka Salokannel
05 Wallace Barros
6 06 Thu Hang LE THI
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07 Lohit HS
08 Winna Marie Stames
09 Kanyarat Siricharuwong
10 Isabelle Lopes
11 Ploy Lumthong
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12 Bhawna Vij
13 Bikash Paul
14 Laura Leticia Bahamón Peña
15 Nidhi Bhola
16 Michelle Marques de Moraes
17 Eliza Wing Shan Mok
18 Kavan Solanki
The top five designs submitted for this category were awarded a
ENLIGHTENED™ – Swarovski Elements CZ Mint Innovation USB data
storage device valued at 150 euros. Enjoy these striking statements of
fantasy. Be inspired by eyecatching colours and exciting details.
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