The new generation of contemporary jewellery

Building on his previous expérience Cédric Chevalley, a talented and inventiv creator, was able to bring the ring mood to life. This refined transformation of the modern jewel, which he markets under his own label "cbijoux", is at the same time realisation of a radical esthetics, carrier of individual imagination and an original means of expression.

Everything started with an idea that emerged between Lausanne and Paris during a very little exciting train journey. This simple but ground breakingly innovative idea captured Cédric’s attention immediately and he decided to realise it: create a ring with a very minimalist esthetic but countless possibilities to personalise it. Once the first sketches were scribbled as original prototype in his notebook the different stages quickly followed each other because this jewel in the making imposed itself with such obviousness that the project was only waiting to become real.

Certain answers to several technical constraints had still to be optimised. That has today been achieved and the ring comes to live under the name "mood".

At first sight, it represents a structure with clear and balanced characteristics. Its pure character is emphasised by a very modern play with the opposites between two materials, a peculiar meeting between the force of steel and the delicacy of glass.

And this is how "mood" protects its secret : through a skillful technical procedure, that allows to change the jewel endlessly. A simple movement and the central ring can be changed according to your moods and desires. Only one ring, but countless possibilities.

mood: distinctive signs

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Intended for women as well as men in its basic version, the ring can however accomadate materials of different kinds or carry ornaments that give him a feminin or masculin touch.


GENESIS

« The design and the principle of interchangeability of mood came to my mind after several years of creating jewellery as an obvious result of my research because through this concept the owner of a mood can live with it and make it evolve with his personality, finally a piece of jewellery that can adapt itself to the personality of its owner and accompany him through his walk of life. »

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STRUCTURE & TECHNICAL SECRET

This particular architecture gives the owner of the ring a great liberty, as he can easily change the look of his jewellery in changing the "add/on". In order to extend the potential of mood yet even further, rings in different colours and materials are available. Pour élargir encore les potentialités de mood, des anneaux réalisés dans plusieurs couleurs et matériaux sont disponibles.

Comme dans d'autres créations de Cédric, une prouesse technique rend possible l'esthétique originale. Dans le cas de mood, le défi était de taille ; le système ingénieux d'interchangeabilité a d'ailleurs fait l'objet d'une demande formelle de brevet.


CIRCULARITY & MOVEMENT

The ring which sits on the steel structure invites to tactile pleasures; the fingers begin to play, explore the different textures and accompany the perpetual motion of the add/on.