The function of the heart

Designer Frank Tjepkema has expanded on earlier concepts of overlapping logos in his new Clockwork Love collection.

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Frank Tjepkema
Frank Tjepkema is the founder of Tjep. design studio in Amsterdam whose expertise includes interior, architectural, product, visual and jewellery design.
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Renowned for his iconic Bling Bling pendant of overlapping logos, designer Frank Tjepkema has expanded on this concept in his new Clockwork Love collection. Here the heart is the starting point and through the liberal use of symbolic references, the collection of pendants link up to such themes as fragility, passion, uncertainty and desire – the layers are both literal and figurative. Conceived as pendants, the various sizes challenge the function of jewellery being for a person or for an interior space.

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