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Leica Rings Made Of Precious Metal Still Cheaper Than Real Thing

The wedding band is a time-honoured tradition since marketers first convinced us we needed them in the late 1940s. Nowadays, they’re ubiquitous and for the most part undifferentiated.

May 26, 2011
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A Wrench Necklace

The makers of this necklace say it’s a “Honeycomb pendant with cord”. But we all know what we’re looking at: a set of four wrenches that hangs around your neck. It fits 8, 10, 12 and 14mm bolts. And in my opinion, $US55 for a set of four wrenches and a necklace is a pretty good bargain. [Blend Creations]

May 10, 2011
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Old Tech Reincarnated As New Bling

Where does technology go when it dies? If it’s lucky, designer Paola Mirai snaps it up and incorporates it into her Cirkuita collection, a mix of jewellery that combines circuits and transistors and other gear ephemera with a material called orotransparente to create wearable pins, rings and baubles. Beats the junkyard afterlife, that’s for sure. [Paola Mirai via Sullepunte via Design Milk]

April 24, 2011
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Emoticon Rings Put Your Feelings On Your Fingers

Chao & Eero Jewel from Finland made these hilarious emoticon rings that show happy faces, smiling eyes and other forms of emoticons in ring form. Nothing like expressing your feelings right on your sleeve, er, finger these days, right? Though I do wish I could get a stone face or cry face ring for those darker days (they don’t promote such negativity).

News

This Is What Real Buried Treasure Looks Like

An Austrian man who has been identified as just Andreas K. is one lucky bastard. While digging around in his yard back in 2007, he managed to find a treasure trove of jewellery and ornaments buried 650 years ago.

January 5, 2011
Mobile

The Ultimate Jewellery For The iPhone Fanboy

Gizmodo AU

What do you get the Apple Fanboy who has everything? Why not a ring styled after the iPhone 4?

December 2, 2010

Golden Security Hat Pin, For The Ironic Hip-Hopster In None Of Us

For just $US700 – or $US550 without diamonds – you can be the shame-filled owner of jewellery that emulates a security dongle. Runner up headlines: “Max Steiner x Winona Rider”, “M.C. Minnie Pearl”, “Don’t Worry I Still Shoplifted The Hat”. [Coolhunting]

September 17, 2010

I’d Like My Ring Samurai Style

Despite a lifelong fascination with the pinkie ring and a brief flirtation with a Livestrong bracelet, I’ve never actually worn jewellery. I might have to revise that stance, though, for this ring forged by samurai swordmaking technique.

August 31, 2010

Proudly Show Off Your Inner Maths Nerd With The Pi Necklace

The Pi Necklace lists the first 100 decimal places of everyone’s favourite irrational number, pi. It’s the perfect accessory for Pi Day, or any other day, for that matter. [RGB Laboratory via Craziest Gadgets]

August 20, 2010

How To Make Your Own Engagement Ring

Matt Katz is the fiance every DIY girl dreams of. Here he explains how he painstakingly constructed a gorgeous engagement ring: bending the band, setting the gem and polishing it all off. Think of it as “I Do-It-Yourself”.

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