Luxury Jewelry Design & TASCHEN Publication
Client: Eliantte (luxury jewelry atelier)
Project: Custom jewelry design for high-profile hip-hop and entertainment clients
Role: Designer, Luxury Brand Development
Duration: 5 Years
The Takeaway
Jewelry and logos share the same discipline — communicating identity in a single glance, at every scale. The medium changes. The core skill doesn't.
The Impact
Two original designs published in ICE COLD: A Hip-Hop Jewelry History (TASCHEN, 2023), which became an exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History."
“Two of the chains I designed were featured in ICE COLD: A Hip-Hop Jewelry History, published by TASCHEN in 2023“
The Challenge
High-profile artists need their public identity made into a single wearable object. The piece will be photographed thousands of times, worn on stage, recognized across a room. It has to be exactly right — and the client rarely speaks design language.
The Approach
Every commission started with research before it started with drawing. I studied the artist's aesthetic, cultural moment, and where they were in their career. From there I translated vague direction into production-ready design — interpreting "move this over" as a mirroring and recomposition decision, not a literal instruction. As trust built, my role expanded from executing briefs to shaping them: suggesting materials, diamond types, and structural approaches on one-of-a-kind pieces.
The Work
Hand-drawn from thumbnail to final. Up to five sketches per commission, narrowed to two directions for presentation. Clients included Lil Wayne, Travis Scott, The Weeknd, Hailey Bieber, City Girls, Rich the Kid, Young Dolph, DJ Mustard, and Roddy Ricch.
