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Papers by Roberta Bernabei
The paper analyses pedagogical methods for incorporating computer aided design and manufacture in... more The paper analyses pedagogical methods for incorporating computer aided design and manufacture into higher education jewellery design based on surveying five European universities: Birmingham City University (UK) Loughborough University (UK), Polytechnic of Milan (I), Kolding Design School (DK), Eindhoven University of Technology (NL). It seeks to identify strengths and weaknesses in contemporary teaching practices; highlighting innovative methods that nurture design problem solving, technical competence, exploration of new materials and dynamic form generation. Investigations concern possible teaching strategies for instructing students in the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD), through software such as Rhino3D, JewelCAD, Illustrator and Maya. Alongside modes of teaching Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) including subtractive and additive technologies such as 3D Printing and CNC milling, alongside planar production through laser cutting and digital photo-etching. Abstract CAD-CAM, jewellery design
In the last decade, social media has had a considerable impact on Studio Jewellery, particularly ... more In the last decade, social media has had a considerable impact on Studio Jewellery, particularly in terms of its promotion and dissemination. Equally, thanks to the efforts of bloggers and websites like Klimt02, the public can remain constantly aware of global developments in exhibitions, conferences, prizes, information on jewellers and technological developments. Furthermore, passive consumption can quickly become active through participation in collective forums on various jewellery related discussions. Notwithstanding the innumerable possibilities for digital communication, the need to encounter jewellery physically and emotionally in real life persists; as do exchanges with the objecthood of jewellery, its makers and wearers. The value of this physical interaction might be perceived to be of increasing importance given the virtual expansion of the digital world. Meeting this haptic need is a continuous offer of exhibitions, conferences, symposia and jewellery fairs.
The paper analyses the consequences of computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) on the aut... more The paper analyses the consequences of computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) on the authorship and ownership of contemporary jewellery. It identifies the ramifications for jewellery design and contemporary jewellery through an examination of the respective roles of the jewellery designer, contemporary jeweller and consumer. The latter focuses on the extent to which individual members of the public can become virtual craftspeople. It therefore aims to ascertain if and how the act of creating jewellery has been democratised through digital manufacture and delivery. A complementary investigation seeks to establish how far CAD/CAM has enabled contemporary jewellers to democratise the consumption of artistic jewellery through a reduction in production costs.
Analyses chart CAD’s gradual shift from exclusive use by expert technicians to generic deployment by amateurs manipulating user-friendly and intuitive software. They determine how its unification through web delivery in apps by companies such as Nervous Systems, effectively converts consumers into designers. Parallel investigations explore the work of jewellery artists such as Ted Noten and Christoph Zellweger who have exploited CAD/CAM to mass produce works that democratise consumption through lower purchase prices.
The presentation concludes by summarising the key differences and similarities between the artistic use of CAD/CAM in jewellery, with those of its more commercial and design orientated counterparts. It determines the relative shifts over time in both parties respective roles since the inception of digital technologies, identifying convergences and divergences. Finally, it assesses the relative merits of both approaches in terms of democratising ownership and authorship, as well as the consequences for aesthetic integrity.
Book Reviews by Roberta Bernabei
Books by Roberta Bernabei
This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery ... more This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery design. Through guided conversations with the major designers of today, Roberta Bernabei reveals the creative, conceptual and technical working practices that underpin the aesthetic of each practitioner's work. In addition, the dialogues shed new light on these jewellers' inspiration and their ideas about functionality and the human body.
In the book, each interview is supported by photographs, a detailed bibliography and an appendix that locates the jewellers' work in galleries, museums as well as online. Major jewellery artists present include: Giampaolo Babetto, Gijs Bakker, Otto Künzli, Ruudt Peters, Mario Pinton and Tone Vigeland, alongside members of the emergent generation: Ted Noten, Annamaria Zanella and Christoph Zellweger. Book published by Bloomsbury (ex Berg) in 2011.
The paper analyses pedagogical methods for incorporating computer aided design and manufacture in... more The paper analyses pedagogical methods for incorporating computer aided design and manufacture into higher education jewellery design based on surveying five European universities: Birmingham City University (UK) Loughborough University (UK), Polytechnic of Milan (I), Kolding Design School (DK), Eindhoven University of Technology (NL). It seeks to identify strengths and weaknesses in contemporary teaching practices; highlighting innovative methods that nurture design problem solving, technical competence, exploration of new materials and dynamic form generation. Investigations concern possible teaching strategies for instructing students in the use of Computer Aided Design (CAD), through software such as Rhino3D, JewelCAD, Illustrator and Maya. Alongside modes of teaching Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) including subtractive and additive technologies such as 3D Printing and CNC milling, alongside planar production through laser cutting and digital photo-etching. Abstract CAD-CAM, jewellery design
In the last decade, social media has had a considerable impact on Studio Jewellery, particularly ... more In the last decade, social media has had a considerable impact on Studio Jewellery, particularly in terms of its promotion and dissemination. Equally, thanks to the efforts of bloggers and websites like Klimt02, the public can remain constantly aware of global developments in exhibitions, conferences, prizes, information on jewellers and technological developments. Furthermore, passive consumption can quickly become active through participation in collective forums on various jewellery related discussions. Notwithstanding the innumerable possibilities for digital communication, the need to encounter jewellery physically and emotionally in real life persists; as do exchanges with the objecthood of jewellery, its makers and wearers. The value of this physical interaction might be perceived to be of increasing importance given the virtual expansion of the digital world. Meeting this haptic need is a continuous offer of exhibitions, conferences, symposia and jewellery fairs.
The paper analyses the consequences of computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) on the aut... more The paper analyses the consequences of computer-aided design and manufacture (CAD/CAM) on the authorship and ownership of contemporary jewellery. It identifies the ramifications for jewellery design and contemporary jewellery through an examination of the respective roles of the jewellery designer, contemporary jeweller and consumer. The latter focuses on the extent to which individual members of the public can become virtual craftspeople. It therefore aims to ascertain if and how the act of creating jewellery has been democratised through digital manufacture and delivery. A complementary investigation seeks to establish how far CAD/CAM has enabled contemporary jewellers to democratise the consumption of artistic jewellery through a reduction in production costs.
Analyses chart CAD’s gradual shift from exclusive use by expert technicians to generic deployment by amateurs manipulating user-friendly and intuitive software. They determine how its unification through web delivery in apps by companies such as Nervous Systems, effectively converts consumers into designers. Parallel investigations explore the work of jewellery artists such as Ted Noten and Christoph Zellweger who have exploited CAD/CAM to mass produce works that democratise consumption through lower purchase prices.
The presentation concludes by summarising the key differences and similarities between the artistic use of CAD/CAM in jewellery, with those of its more commercial and design orientated counterparts. It determines the relative shifts over time in both parties respective roles since the inception of digital technologies, identifying convergences and divergences. Finally, it assesses the relative merits of both approaches in terms of democratising ownership and authorship, as well as the consequences for aesthetic integrity.
This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery ... more This book offers an essential reference for anyone interested in contemporary European jewellery design. Through guided conversations with the major designers of today, Roberta Bernabei reveals the creative, conceptual and technical working practices that underpin the aesthetic of each practitioner's work. In addition, the dialogues shed new light on these jewellers' inspiration and their ideas about functionality and the human body.
In the book, each interview is supported by photographs, a detailed bibliography and an appendix that locates the jewellers' work in galleries, museums as well as online. Major jewellery artists present include: Giampaolo Babetto, Gijs Bakker, Otto Künzli, Ruudt Peters, Mario Pinton and Tone Vigeland, alongside members of the emergent generation: Ted Noten, Annamaria Zanella and Christoph Zellweger. Book published by Bloomsbury (ex Berg) in 2011.