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Jewelry designer Mauri Pioppo has joined Ana Martins Showroom in New York City. In a gala celebration that launched Pioppo’s debut with the firm, noted jazz musician Brian Newman performed live on the scene and then escorted attendees to the Oak Room at the Plaza for a private show.
The Jewelry Information Center (JIC) announced the winners of its Gems Among Us essay contest, which pays tribute to people who make the world a better place. Breast cancer survivor and advocate Carlene Sperry of Maine won grand prize; she was nominated in an essay written by her husband, Mitchell Sperry. As part of the contest, Jewelers of America (JA) retail members signed up as Participating Retailers, promoting the contest to their community. Republic Jewelry and
Collectibles of Auburn, Maine, was the retailer who referred the winning essay. The entries of the ten finalists were posted online at JIC.org/gemcontest and the winner was determined by the votes of visitors to the site. The Sperrys’ prizes included a $5,000 jewelry shopping spree, courtesy of GE Money and a trip for two to the Aventura Spa Palace Resort in Riviera Maya, Mexico, courtesy of Cosmopolitan magazine. The retailer won a trip for two to Las Vegas during the 2011 jewelry shows, also courtesy of GE Money.
Renowned for its museum design watches, Movado Group will launch its new collection Bold with a multimedia campaign and relaunch of Movado.com. The campaign was created by Movado and Tag Creative, a New York–based agency. Working with the digital music site Yormo.com, the two firms held a contest to discover a new musical artist who talent that who would reflect the style of Bold for the new campaign. The winning song, “Hot Lil Thang” by Sergi Q, of San Francisco, California, and first runner-up “Gravity,” by
Katie Cole of Australia, will be used in spots that will air on both cable and network television and will also appear on The New York Times website and the iPad editions of GQ, Wired and The New Yorker magazines.
The fascination with Cartier, one of the world’s most prominent jewelers, never ceases. Its rich history is well chronicled in museums and by books, the most recent of which is Cartier at Prague Castle — The Power of Style. This new volume on the famed jeweler is based on a 2010 Cartier exhibition at Prague Castle. Both the exhibit and the book highlight more than 360 pieces from the chronology of the House of Cartier. The exhibition was comprised of pieces from the Cartier Collection, an archive of over 1,300 pieces of jewelry that detail the changing designs and techniques of the firm from its beginning. With texts by Eva Eisler, Rony Plesl, Pierre Rainero and Pascale Lepeu, the 320-page tome, published by Flammarion, features 450 images and will be available in late January.
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