JNA launches diamond, platinum, and pearl design competition

The JNA Jewellery Design Competition has officially kicked off The contest is organized by UBM Asia’s flagship jewellery publication, JNA, and was launched at a seminar at the June edition of the Hong Kong Jewellery & Gem Fair on June 21. Submissions are invited across three categories (dancing stone, platinum, and Tahitian pearl), each of which features a corresponding theme ‘Fashion tech’ is the theme of the dancing stone category.

‘Platinum attitude’ is the requirement for platinum pieces, while Tahitian pearl entries must demonstrate ‘asymmetric perfection.’ “There’s no telling the shape of a Tahitian pearl before it’s taken out of the oyster It can be round, oval, drop, button, circled, or baroque,” said Rebecca Cheng, chief operation officer of Rio Pearl, in a seminar she delivered at the launch “Yet, there is beauty in a pearl’s asymmetry, where perfection lies not in a full circle but in the character and dynamism fancy. Source