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The function of the heart

Posted on March 26th 2010

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


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.

Frank Tjepkema

After studying at the Technical University of Delft for two years, Frank Tjepkema graduated in 1996 from the Design Academy Eindhoven. Following this he obtained an MA degree in 1998 from the Sandberg Institute in Amsterdam.

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