Giulio Iacchetti: Kalikon

Kalikon, the mechanical jewel by Maison 203 designed by Giulio Iacchetti – presented for the first time at Maison et Object – revolves all around a joint.

Giulio Iacchetti, Kalikon, Maison 203
Kalikon by Maison 203, the new line of jewels designed by Giulio Iacchetti and presented for the first time at Maison et Object Paris, is inspired by the quick wit of the most ordinary and day-to-day objects.
The project is based on a simple yet unexpected mechanism that reveals hidden intelligence which, through 3D-print, shapes aesthetics and function, geometry and movement, fashion and mechanics.
Giulio Iacchetti, Kalikon, Maison 203
Giulio Iacchetti, Kalikon, Maison 203

Kalikon intrinsically carries out the production process that is typical of 3D print, i.e. it synchronously generates all the elements of the object without the need for final assembly: from here the idea of a chain of elements – made of hollow rings – that are created already linked by spherical joints, to generate an extremely flexible structure whose sole fixed point lies in the mechanics of the jewel.

In fact, the thin slit on the external circumference of each ring becomes the track on which the joint that connects the various elements slides: a real mobile pivot that allows each element to turn, run up and overturn while al the other links are always connected to one another. The functional and mechanical features thus turn into a supple ornament that adapts to the shapes of the body.

The collection, made of sintered nylon, comprises two necklaces, a long necklace, two earrigs and a ring, and is available in powder pink, powder blue, sage green, jungle green, night blue and black. Each necklace has a hook to regulate the length: it fastens to the holes of two adjacent rings and, in the case of the necklace it becomes and additional mobile element, capable of changing the shape based on the point where it is hooked.

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