Saskia Diez adds chains to face masks to make them feel "more like wearing an accessory"
German jewellery designer Saskia Diez has created face masks with detachable chains plated in silver and gold. More
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Projects from PXL-MAD School of Arts treat jewellery as "critical artefacts and cultural symbols"
Students from the PXL-MAD School of Arts merged traditional craft techniques and new manufacturing technologies to create the eight jewellery collections featured in this VDF school show. More
Jewellery
Jewellery
002-Slim Cuff by Nyyukin
VDF products fair: the 002-Slim Cuffs by jewellery brand Nyyukin are intended to offer wearers a timeless design while also encouraging them "to be playful or experimental". More
Aniela Fidler envisions shop where sentimental objects are transformed into diamonds
London College of Fashion graduate Aniela Fidler questions the role of emotion in economic value with her conceptual Diamond Makers Lab, which would make diamonds from meaningful objects such as Notre Dame ash or a mother's cake. More
Collections from Lucerne School of Art and Design students stretch the definition of jewellery
Ornamental hearing aids and a brassiere for breast cancer sufferers are among the unorthodox jewellery designs shared by Lucerne School of Art and Design students as part of their VDF school show. More
Erin Considine creates jewellery that looks "semi-liquid" using recycled sterling silver
Brooklyn designer Erin Considine has created jewellery from scraps of silver found in her studio and letting "the metal flow" to make organic shapes. More
Sara Sallam's Orwell jewellery thwarts invasive tracking technology
Brooklyn-based designer Sara Sallam has imagined a collection of jewellery and accessories to protect the wearer from tech-enabled surveillance without concealing their features. More
Mourning Jewellery by Aeternum
Aeternum's range of Mourning jewellery is designed to offer people who are grieving a death "something to hold in times of sorrow". More
Kollar necklace by Wilfried Mayer
Kollar is a leather choker by Wilfried Mayer, which is designed to look like a high mandarin shirt collar complete with a mother-of-pearl button on the front. More
Vanity Vague ring by Petra Zimmermann
Austrian jewellery artist Petra Zimmermann has captured black silk fabric inside acrylic to create the outsized body of her Vanity Vague ring. More
Jewellery
Jewellery
Giga statement earrings by Nmarra
VDF products fair: bold, graphic lines define these Giga earrings by Scottish jewellery brand Nmarra, which are made from polished brass. More
Jewellery
Jewellery
Folding Strength earrings by Mi Ding
VDF products fair: Folding Strength is a pair of bronze origami earrings designed by UK architect Mi Ding. More
Pope launches eRosary wearable technology that tracks worshippers' prayers
The Click to Pray eRosary from the Vatican is a wearable technology bracelet featuring a crucifix interface that tracks the user's worship and syncs with a smartphone app. More
Jony Ive and Marc Newson's all-diamond ring revealed
Pictures have been revealed of the ring made by Apple's departing design chief Jony Ive and his frequent collaborator, renowned designer Marc Newson, from a single enormous diamond. More
Ewa Nowak's anti-AI mask protects wearers from mass surveillance
Polish designer Ewa Nowak has developed a mask that makes the wearer's face undetectable to facial recognition algorithms used in public surveillance cameras. More
Max Machaidze creates "wearable sculptures" from salvaged Soviet and American objects
Tbilisi designer Max Machaidze has created a range of jewellery made up of found objects including pom-poms, skateboard wheels and industrial ceramics from Soviet-era machinery. More
Unbound Babes disguises vibrating sex toy as ring
Palma by Unbound Babes is a waterproof sex toy disguised as piece of jewellery that can twist, tilt and be tapped to produce different vibrations. More
Contraceptive jewellery offers alternative method of birth control
Contraceptives and other drugs could be administered through an earring, using a method invented by researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology. More
Motiv ring will be able to make payments and verify identity with a heartbeat
US tech company Motiv has revealed its smart ring will soon use its wearer's unique heartbeat to verify their identity and make payments. More
Jony Ive and Marc Newson design all-diamond ring
Apple design head Jonathan Ive and renowned designer Marc Newson are creating a ring entirely from a single diamond for sale at a charity auction. More