We had the distinct pleasure to interview award winning designer Zoi Roupakia about their original and creative Artistic Jewelry design work. Zoi Roupakia is an award-winning fashion designer, that makes our world a better place with their original artistic jewelry works.
Zoi Roupakia ("ZR") answered Design Interview ("DI") questions about their award-winning work Phaino Artistic Jewelry. Interview questions prepared by Frank Scott.
ZR : My collection is inspired by my minimalistic art that reveals the depth of human interaction, feelings and thoughts. My artworks have been a quest to find the meaning of things; when removing the noise, just a few lines are more than enough to describe a thought or an idea. The human mind is fully capable of connecting minimalistic sketches to concepts and feelings. I found this fascinating and I wanted to give my artworks a more physical touchable form. Thus, I moved to 3D printed jewelry as a form of wearable conceptual art.
ZR : My main focus was to combine art, fashion, and technology in a form that is aesthetically beautiful, retains the artistic value, the feeling or the concept of the artwork and is technologically achievable. There is a controversy surrounding the use of technology and whether it kills or not creativity nowadays, but for me, technology is what turns ideas into tangible possibilities, and it can drive creation. The jewelry collection managed to balance all the above.
ZR : To promote it further to the market. I love when I see my designs being worn by people who pay attention to the meaning behind the piece of jewelry they are wearing, or when the pieces are given as gifts because they convey particular messages.
ZR : Many months, as the jewelry designs were based on my ongoing art project.
ZR : By inspiration. Inspiration is triggered by everything in my life, my experiences, the things I read, and feel and think, from discussions with friends to news, cultural explorations, or social and political matters. I want to create pieces that have some meaning when people wear them, that carry meaningful symbols.
ZR : The pieces of jewelry are produced by a 3D printing company. I sell the jewelry through my website and I would like to collaborate with shops and extend my market reach.
ZR : They are modern independent people with elegant aesthetics and sensitivity, and a particular interest in art.
ZR : The name of the collection Phaino is a Greek transliteration. It means to show, bring to light, reveal and become evident.
ZR : I used drawing and 3D modeling applications.
ZR : It is the product of my own work.
ZR : It is my first product design work so it was a challenge for me to see the process and what I can achieve.
