Ataraxia
Combining with fashion and advanced technology, the project aims to create jewelry pieces which can make the old Gothic elements into a new style, discussing the potential of the traditional in the contemporary context. With the interest in the way how Gothic vibes influences audience, the project also tries to provoke unique individual experience through playful interaction, exploring the relationship between design and wearers. Synthetic gemstones, as a lower eco-imprint material, were cut into unusually flat surfaces to cast their colors onto the skin to enhance the interaction.
Ataraxia Jewelry Collection by Yilan Liu was highlighted as a creative example of fashion design by the A' Design Awards. Ataraxia Jewelry Collection earned the Golden A' Design Award in Jewelry Design in 2020. The A' Jewelry Design Award is an international, meritocratic, just and fair design competition that rewards superior design of rings, necklaces, bracelets, earrings, brooches, pendants, cufflinks, anklets and more.
