You may have noticed that Opulent Ethics have been missing this past week. That is because we were lucky enough to visit Inhorgenta, a jewellery trade fair in Munich
Inhorgenta is a fabulous show with halls dedicated to design, commercial jewellery, technology, watches and gems but the general consensus seemed to be that what was on show this year was not as innovative as 2010.
There were many return visitors to the show as well as new designers who are just beginning their careers. For Opulent Ethics the most exciting hall was the design hall which was full of less commercial pieces and some students work.
For us here at Opulent Ethics, the stars of Inhorgenta definitely included:
Silvereira whose Eira range included some beautiful ethnic patterned earrings.
Scenario's Eira Collection wooden earrings
William Cheshire’s Libertine pendants stood out from the crowd.
William Cheshire Libertine Pendant
And Ferran Iglesias used some very distinctive shapes in his work.
Atelier Ferran Iglesias' laserwelded Arracade Earrings
The more commercial hall was, once again, overpowered by Chamilia and Pandora, whose stands had turned into mini cities and were more imposing and less friendly and inviting than last year. Ti Sento also had a large presence. It was interesting to learn that Pandora actually started out as 1 small stand at Inhorgenta and is now the main player.
Whilst there, we attended some of the Trend and Branding talks which were interesting but not as informative or relevant to the jewellery industry as those at IJL last summer. We were also disappointed to see that there were no talks or debates concerning ethics whatsoever.
Opulent Ethics are now trying to use our Inhorgenta inspiration to come up with our next new range. Wish us luck!
That’s all for now….
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