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Jewelry that sparks conversations and curiosity.
OLA is a distinctive jewelry label that blends elements of modern and minimalist design.
The jewelry is produced by 3D printing technologies, allowing unexpected shapes and the use of innovative materials. Designer Ina Suffeleers draws inspiration from modern
architecture, simple shapes and 20th century art movements such as Bauhaus. Before launching OLA Jewelry in 2013, Ina worked as a marketing professional in the technology
industry.
Machine made. Finished by hand.
Every OLA jewelry piece starts with a creative design on paper. That idea becomes a computer file that embarks on a journey through a 3D printer. The most advanced 3D printing technology is used to produce the jewelry. Each OLA design comes in colored, silver and gold finishes. OLA Jewelry is printed from polyamide nylon and stainless steel powder, one layer at a time, until the jewelry piece is completely formed. The nylon is colored and treated with a protective finish. The steel jewelry is polished and plated with a layer of silver or gold.
The 3D printing process leaves a subtle texture on the surface making the look quite unique. Each design is available in black, blue, gold or silver. Every OLA piece is polished for comfort and finished by hand.
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Joëlle Van de Voorde is the Belgian accessory and jewel designer who created the label in 1999.
She studied Monumental Sculpture at the “Royal Academy of Fine Arts” before setting her eyes on jewelry making. In 2001, she opened her showroom in Brussels and she soon began exporting her collection world- wide, to France, Italy, England, New Zealand, Australia, USA, Japan…
She has won several awards and consolidated her love for the contemporary art with her talent to create a range of pieces recognizable by its original design and its subtle mix of colors.
ET LE BIJOU CREA LA FEMME develops a new collection twice a year, which are presented during PARIS FASHION WEEK. Always embracing innovation, the label had acquired its own and unique style over the year
11, rue Emile Bouilliot Brussels 1050 Belgium
Veroniek Dutré
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Als juweelontwerper, goudsmid en edelsteenzetter ontwerp en vervaardig ik alle sieraden van begin tot einde. De juwelen/objecten zijn volledig hand vervaardigd in mijn atelier in Boutersem (gelegen tussen Leuven en Tienen).
Sieraden met gevoel voor minimalisme, geometrie en een strakke, abstracte stilering.
Ik haal inspiratie uit mijn scheikundige achtergrond, uit architectuur of natuur, maar vertaal deze steeds naar de puurste vormen.
’21 – Non-toxische grafiek, Academie Regio Tienen
’19 – ’20 Edelsteenkunde (Gemmologie), ACAM, Antwerpen
’18 – ’19 Juweelontwerper, Syntra, Tongeren
’16 – ’18 Edelsteenzetter, Syntra, Tongeren
’15 – ’18 Juwelier/goudsmid, Syntra, Tongeren
’14 – ’14 3D modelleren en -printen, CVO, Leuven
’10 – ’13 Edelsmeedkunst, Jaar 4-5, Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Sint-Truiden
’09 – ’10 Print Design, VDAB, Haasrode
’07 – ’09 Edelsmeedkunst, Jaar 2-3, Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Sint-Truiden
’05 – ’06 Dessin de modèle vivant, Ecoles d’Art de la ville de Lyon, France
’05 – ’06 Cours de Dessin chez Hélène Gillet, Lyon, France
’04 – ’05 Edelsmeedkunst, Jaar 1, Academie Beeldende Kunsten, Sint-Truiden
’02 – ’04 Ontwerpen van sieraden, Syntra, Hasselt
’92 – ’01 Klassieke gitaar, Stedelijk Conservatorium Leuven
’91 – ’97 Doctor in de Toegepaste Wetenschappen, KU Leuven
’86 – ’91 Burgerlijk Ingenieur Scheikunde, KU Leuven
AWARDS
2018
Jewelry Award. Jaarlijkse wedstrijd waaraan verschillende vakopleidingen deelnemen. Elke opleiding selecteert intern de beste eindwerken die door een externe jury beoordeeld worden.
Mijn eindwerk van de opleiding Juwelier/goudsmid aan Syntra Tongeren, was samen met 20 andere eindwerken tentoongesteld op de expo Jewelry Award. Mijn eindwerk bestaat uit een trio van broches met als titel ‘Barok: een architecturale reductie’. De vergulde broche (zie 2 grote foto’s in het artikel van Prestige Magazine) was genomineerd voor de wedstrijd, en bezorgde me de Prijs van het Vakmanschap / Award for best craftsmanship.
Prestige Magazine (Ars Nobilis jg. 2018 ed. 4) publiceerde een artikel over de Jewelry Award 2018.
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About Us
Sigrid Hermans was during 4 years a fashion stylist for the flemish television network VTM.
In 2006 Sigrid starts together with her colleague and friend Laurence Mupagasi children’s fashion boutique Parachute in Mortsel, near Antwerp.
After a warm and successfull cooperation of 10 years Sigrid writes a new chapter of Parachute in taking over 100% of the business.
Parachute more than ever has remained true to its status, setting latest trends and offering quality kids and teens fashion brands chosen with great passion, style and love
OPENING HOURS
Monday: Closed
Tuesday – Saturday: 10.30-12.30 / 13.30-18.00
Sundays – Holidays: Closed
Pieter Reypenslei 23 Mortsel 2640 Belgium
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100 % Made In Belgium.
Established in 2008, TAMAWA owes its clear identity to the Bakelite ball, used as the core material and component for all the products in its collection. It all started when designer Hubert Verstraeten met with Belgian snooker ball manufacturer SALUC, set in the region of Tournai in Belgium. From then on, SALUC would supply Aramith (Phenolic resin) to the designer who first started by self-producing two watches, followed by the design of a whole jewellery line, which inspired the name of the company – ‘TAMAWA’, meaning in Japanese; “ball on steel ring”.
Japanese inspiration
Tamawa Ball LampIn order to open up to wider creative possibilities, TAMAWA quickly decided to call upon emerging design talents such as Big Game, Belgian designers Sylvain Willenz and Alain Berteau, the artist Yann Lestrat, jeweller and silversmith Nedda El-Asmar. By bringing its own understanding and by translating in its on way the concept of the ‘mono-form / mono-material’ of the Bakelite ball, each designer has enriched the collection with unique items- Nedda El-Asmar, in creating memory form jewellery, Big Game with the BALL LAMP, Alain Berteau with a USB key and Pepper and salt mills and Sylvain Willenz with his coat-stand LOCK, wall hooks PIFF and suspension lighting RAY.
With an impeccable technical quality (shine & durability), in a wide range of up-lifting colours (white, blue, yellow, purple, black, orange, red and pink, all official snooker colours), the playful nature of the products goes far beyond the snooker ball rooms, all being as much of a reference to the iconic ‘Hang It All’ of Charles & Ray Eames than a playful approach to objects with its infinite colour combination.
In a very short time, TAMAWA acquired a legitimate Producer status.TAMAWA focuses on a method of production integrated to the company’s infrastructure, stock capacities and manufacturing facilities, all allowing creative as well as logistical flexibility. Surprisingly, the sphere allows never-ending ideas. However, TAMAWA’s challenge is to make sure it always maintains a coherent collection, with its particular attention to aesthetics and its interest for clever engineering. Design manufacturer 100 % Made in Belgium Collaborations with emerging designers With this very focus, TAMAWA can provide high quality objects at affordable production costs, enabling Belgian production and the use of a majority of European components. It is a real pleasure for TAMAWA’s Designers to come to the workshop and work on their ideas, to experiment on their project, going through different phases of the manufacturing process; from milling, drilling, high pressure-assembly, fine-tuning and testing to the final product.
Working with graphic design agency DONUTS.Brussels based graphic designers DONUTS were chosen to implement the brand’s identity. DONUTS created the TAMAWA logo, product packaging, brochures and the graphic identity of the website. All the advertising material put forward the idea of the sphere form and colours, in tune with the unique identity of the brand. Their aesthetic and their approach are in keeping with TAMAWA’s reality. It only takes a look at the introduction video on the website (“2 spheres, 8 colours, 64 rings”) to understand the tactile and versatile qualities of the brand’s collection.
TW27 & TW35 watches by Hubert Verstraeten.Tamawa Small Watch TW27
Watches are the emblematic pieces of the collection. TAMAWA’s watches are discernable illustrations of the brand’s values, demonstrating a real know-how of clockwork that only a few manufacturers can craft today. Composed of a spherical dial, a Bakelite ball and of a double bracelet, their design is the perfect reflection of the TAMAWA universe.
Tamawa LOCK
LOCK coat-stand by Sylvain Willenz.
LOCK is a reinterpretation of the archetypal coat-stand. Inspired by COATED, a former coat-stand project, Willenz developed LOCK, a simple and effective solution comprising a Bakelite ball and 3 sticks. The particularity of this coatstand lies in the simplicity of its elements and how they are put together. The 3 wooden poles are inserted through a cleverly machined Bakelite ball, which maintains them together thanks to a sole screw discreetly located under the ball . The softness of natural wood contrasting with the glossy Bakelite ball results in a joyful and playful item for the home.
Salt& Pepper Mills S&P 57 and S&P 76 by Alain Berteau.Tamawa S&P Mill
These two models of salt and pepper mills are composed of 2 and 3 Bakelite balls in order to reflect their method of use. Both designs use a unique system called Crushgrind (its material and its sturdiness allow to crush both pepper and salt with ease). S&P 57 and S&P 76 are playful and elegant seasoning items for the kitchen and the dining table
Piff by Sylvain WillenzTamawa Wall Hooks
PIFF is a family of 3 versatile wall-hooks. There is no use of glue; only pressure has been used to assemble all parts together. The PIFF wall-hooks are available in 4 colour ways. In All Black, all Red and in 2 colour mixes. Very easy to mount to the wall. Each PIFF comes with a special strong screw and a wall-plug.
Tamawa Ray Light
RAY pendant lighting by Sylvain Willenz
With RAY suspension light, Sylvain Willenz explores Tubular-Lighting once again, a few years following his personal project INNERTUBE (a rubber lightshade kept in shape with a circular TL). TL Lighting is rarely used in domestic environments. RAY makes use of TAMAWA’s specialized production techniques, expertise and understanding of Bakelite balls, consequently creating a domestic lighting fixture with a refined technical solution; an original and colour ful alternative to common TL connectors.
Ball Lamp by Big GameTamawa Ball Lamp
The idea to create a lamps as first object for the Tamawa home collection came very naturally. Big Game has the habit of stripping its objects of their,original function, creating the pretext for a new design. The Ball Lamp is a white glass globe resting on a ball the same size of bakelite, a confrontation of two different materials re into the work dhybridation, familiar ground and source dinspiration favorite of the trio. With the play of light that accentuates leffet juxtaposition of the two forms of spherical homothetic, the language is at once simple, delicate dunes while having strong visual presence.
Jewelry collection by Hubert Verstraeten
The TAMAWA jewelry collection plays on the beauty of the surface of the bakelite beads, which is reduced to its purest form of the jewel. The mini colored
bakelite beads can be used in diverse ways as they can be adjusted on watches, earrings, cufflinks and rings. For example, when forming part of a necklace, the beads follow the movements of the body harmoniously as they shift on a stainless steel base resembling that of a crescent moon or a smiley. Available in various sizes, the jewel becomes a landscape for open and innovative experimentation. They can be made up of one bead, two beads, three beads or more seamlessly assembled on a timeless string of pearls. Oversized as regards the traditional accessory, the beads may be worn on the fingers, wrist and body combining their smooth asymmetric design with originality for presentation in a pure classic style. Always combined with stainless steel, these accessories unite style and fashion with innovative design and are available in a rich palate of colors such as red, yellow, blue, orange, violet, rose, black and white. Assembled and intertwined seductively, TAMAWA plays on the contrasts, harmonies and beauty of the ideal object. Encrusted gemstones such as amethyst,
topaz, smoky quartz or diamonds serve only to enhance the discrete elegance of this collection. Luxury in Technicolor opens the door to many other possible variations of a similar theme using all the bead colors and gemstones. Glossy and glamorous, these micro Bakelite beads are like pearls, offering a way to customize your own jewelry box, with a personal touch and in a contemporary style.
rue des Vétérinaires 42 D mod. 02, Bât. 3 Brussels 1070 Belgium
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Our History
Since 1948, when Armand Frohmann founded Frohmann jewelers in the beating heart of the diamond center in Antwerp, our brand and products are reknown for the outstanding quality of jewelery manufactured in the traditional way, with a little creative twist.
At Christies and Sotheby’s you will find pieces from the collection that are acclaimed worldwide for their high quality and precision; also are we proud to have many royal families as clients of Frohmann.
In 2005 Frohmann was acquired by Group Finkelstein ( est . 1896 ) that with its international reputation is, among other things, renown for the unique quality and purity of diamonds both raw and cut.
Today the Frohmann brand is led by Philippe Finkelstein who mixes his high knowledge of craftmanship with an innovative touch unseen till today.
Our Philosophy
Brands such as Piaget, Cartier, and Baume & Mercier trust Frohmann since decades for the distribution of their watch-collections. Recently, Philippe has won the trust of Chanel as well. We invite you to discover the collection in our shop in Antwerp.
Prestige and respect of the traditional craftsmanship is our highest standard and you will feel that beginning by our personalized service till the smallest details of our products and collections.
Technologically we keep up to date and were are very allert when it comes to design and production.
Our Products
For our jewelery you can count on over 40 years of knowledge of Charles Gaertner and Philippe Finkelstein and their experience when it comes to treat every stone and every element with honor and respect of the tradition of manufacturing. This is why we can proudly say we create with experience, passion and prestige.
With a beating heart for watches since 7 generations (or since 1790) in the Finkelstein-family, Philippe stands out with his unique knowledge of ancient and modern timepieces from all over the world.
Please feel free to contact Philippe for questions about estimations, restaurations, acquisitions of old jewelery and timepieces of all ages. Nowhere else will you come across such a know-how and professionalism as in Maison Frohmann.
Our Boutique
Our store combines prestige and discretion. We would be pleased to welcome you after taking an appointement, so that we can offer you the time and the service only you deserve.
But don’t worry, appointements are not mandatory; In case you are in Antwerp for a day, don’t hesitate to visit us without appointement, our team will be pleased to help you!
Pelikaanstraat 54 Antwerp 2018
ICON
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A WAYWARD VISION IN FASHION
ICON has been housing an international selection of upcoming to established designers for over fifteen years and stands for a personal and obstinate selection. Surprising with new designers every season, great attention is given to the unique & own identity of all in-store designers. From clothing to jewellery, shoes & bags, each piece is chosen with special care.
Place du nouveau marché aux grains 5 Nieuwe Graanmarkt 5 Brussels 1000
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Antwerp based fashion store editing the finest Belgian and international collections since more than 30 year
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ANTWERP
Mon 11.00–18.30
Tue 11.00–18.30
Wed 11.00–18.30
Thu 11.00–18.30
Fri 11.00–18.30
Sat 11.00–18.30
Sun Closed
KNOKKE
Mon 10.30–13.00/14.00–18.30
Tue Closed
Wed Closed
Thu Closed
Fri 10.30–13.00/14.00–18.30
Sat 10.30–18.30
Sun 11.00–18.30
Summer and holidays open every day, check our monthly calendar.
Lombardenstraat 2 2000 Antwerpen Belgium
E Antoine Bréartstraat 15 Knokke 8300 Belgium
Sabine Herman
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Le souvenir d’un grand-père orfèvre a nourri mon imagination. Une formation en bijouterie contemporaine à Anvers a ouvert la voie tout en me confortant dans mes choix. Dès ses débuts la galerie s’est voulue une vitrine du bijou d’aujourd’hui, un laboratoire créatif, où cohabitent pièces uniques et séries limitées.
Chaque créateur traduit son époque dans un langage qui lui est propre. Je laisse la matière me guider et aime m’exprimer à travers elle en étant à son écoute.
Formes de nos jours et de toujours, mes bijoux puisent leur force dans leur simplicité.
Penser les choses et leur donner forme… Quand une idée se voit ainsi matérialisée et qu’elle prend vie sur le corps, la magie opère.
Hectare Galerie 86 Rue Faider (Châtelain – Bailli) Ixelles 1050 Belgium
Karla Mertens
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Karla Mertens
Karla Mertens grew up among the stones and jewels in her parents’ jewellery store. She went to Antwerp to follow ahigher education as a Jewellery Designer and Goldsmith in the Sint-Lukas Pavilion. (Karel de Grote Hogeschool). In 1996 she started her own unique business with a workshop atelier in the heart of Leuven. She had already developeda broad interest in stones, architecture, alternative healing and mysticism, but in the beginning her focus was mainly on aesthetic classic and design jewellery.
Gradually, she follows her passions and finds the unquenchable courage to walk her own path. Inspired by her long journeys and the special people she meets / encounters along the way, she immerses herself over the years in the wonderful world of crystals and energetic healing such as Reiki. She follows additional courses on the power of gemstones, sacred geometry and symbols. Apart from this, she continues to receive technical training, which means that multiple techniques shape her designs.
The cumulative effort of all this has made Karla Mertens into the jewellery designer she is today. Pure and inspiring. Her intuition is her greatest strength. Nature, sacred symbols & geometry, many derived from ancient cultures and traditions, remain her biggest inspiration. From her own workshop, she makes her pieces by hand. She combines elegant design with the powerful energies of the stones- and metals. How Karla Mertens works, is to connect the scientific, creative and energetic, sacred worlds; and to divert them into one.
Amerikalaan 15 Leuven 3000 Belgium