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| Origems
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| Bluematrix
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| Mysticglam
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| i-Romance
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Gem Visions 2008
09.08.2007
Over the past five years, Gem Visions has grown to be a widely-acclaimed and highly valued design and marketing tool, inspirational and invaluable to the industry.
For 2008, Gem Visions celebrates the essence of jewelry, reaching back to the very origins of jewels as wondrous miracles of nature and magical objects, revitalizing the classics and reveling in connoisseurship and superb craftsmanship.
With its key word of Essential, Gem Visions 2008 tracks two distinct directions: a new streamlined severity, a new Shaker-style Puritanism, strengthening the current return to classics; and on the other hand, romance, a continually evolving trend that now heads more towards the richness of history and heritage, magic and mystery. The all embracing organic mega trend, the preoccupation with the planet will continue to be strong throughout 2008, while romance takes a new turn by teaming up with a playful, high-tech theme.
The four design directions identified for 2008 are:
Origems, Bluematrix, Mysticglam and i-Romance
Each theme is then divided into three key looks.
ORIGEMS: Essential Luxury - My Organic Gem
Developing the trend for sensual minimalism first identified in Gem Visions 2005, Origems introduces a sense of the primeval in its timelessly simple and organic shapes and forms. Its key looks are Random Beauty, influenced by the chaos and random irregularities in nature, Fossilized Treasures, richly encrusted and embellished, and Sensual Curves, distilling organic motifs and ideas to their purest, linear essence. The color palette is earth toned heightened by the iridescent whites of sand and pearl.
BLUEMATRIX: Architectural Stones - My Urban Gem
Influenced by sharp, contemporary architecture, particularly by the skyscraper, Blue Matrix renews the classics and expresses a strong industrial, mechanical spirit. Key looks are Ultra-stretched Jewelry, building jewels like miniature towers or totems, Gem Grids, linear and geometric, unbalanced by intriguing irregularities, and Heavy Metal, giving us energetic clusters of geometric forms. A casual, cold palette revolves around a range of blues shading to gray.
MYSTICGLAM: Severe Opulence - My Mystic Gem
Mystical motifs emerge from the past to deliver heavily decorated, opulent and exquisitely crafted masterpieces with a strong Gothic flavor and a touch of medieval-magic. The three key looks here are Dark Beauty, theatrical, oversized jewels of princely magnificence, Masterpieces, grand, confident, Renaissance flavored statement jewels, with a rich heritage, and Secret Signs, that diverts the spirituality of charms and amulets towards the dark arts of the occult. Color schemes are dark and intense, the colors of velvet and brocade.
i-ROMANCE: Digital Touch - My Fusion Gem
Modern Romanticism, a key theme throughout the four new directions for 2008, becomes graphic, influenced by computer technology, with a youthful, fast-moving vitality. Here, key looks are Blossom Dreams, beautiful and fresh floral mixes, stylized, figurative and abstract, Boudoir Pearls, a contemporary take on old-fashioned romance and hyper-femininity, inspired by lace and lingerie, and Playful Luxury, fun, figurative and energetic, in which high-tech playfulness meets luxury, drawing inspiration from surrealistic images. The color palette, alive with extreme hues, introduces a new, unexpected mix of tender and bitter.
INNOVATIONS
The lavish Gem Visions 2008 book suggests the most suitable gems for each of the four trends, and introduces the season’s new hot gem products, including the new warm, golden Passion Topaz Honey, the intriguing, organic Spiral cut in White Topaz, and the luxuriously glinting, metallic Marcasite jewelmesh, Swarovski's spectacularly fluid, sensual gem-fabric. New amongst the company's created stones are the vibrant new Mint Green in Cubic Zirconia, and the new cuts, the asymmetric Bizarre Square, and the soft, floral Petal Cut.
Gem Visions exclusive, in-depth and forward-looking information will once again provide a valuable resource for the jewelry industry. Let Gem Visions be your muse for 2008, and use this ultimate jewelry style guide to inspire, innovate and stimulate your imagination.
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