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BRAND - Maiko Nagayama Jewellery

About the Brand

Maiko Nagayama Jewellery

MAIKO NAGAYAMA is the pioneering, adventurous, design-led London based fine jewellery brandMAIKO NAGAYAMA is one of the British fine jewellery brand that bringing a new sense of identity to fine jewellery. Our jewellery pieces has been worn by many celebrities in Japan and been featured in many magazines including BRITISH VOGUE (MAIKO NAGAYAMA has been featured as one of 4 -the bright sparks new designers), VOGUE Japan, ELLE Japan, Figaro (Japon), FUDGE (Japan), Bijinhyakka (Japan), IN RED (Japan), 25ans (Japan), STORY (Japan), Wylde Magazine (London) and more...

To give you some background, MAIKO NAGAYAMA's creative director and designer - Maiko was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Here she grew up surrounded by her father's architecture works and she developed her passion for design and art making from a very young age,peeling off wall paper and creating shapes in her bedroom.?Maiko has consequently inspired by new technology, scientific new discovery and human behaviour in 24 hours frantic environment.

Aged 17, Maiko moved to London where she undertook a BA in Jewellery design in Central Saint Martins.She also graduated GIA G.G. course in London in order to learn the science of gem stones and became a gemmologist.She collaborated with the renowned Osman Yousefzada in London Fashion Week.

She soon developed her own vocabulary of innovative, futuristic and provocative forms, essentially abstract but evocative of cosmic, aquatic scientific or human worlds.
By combining intensely coloured natural precious and semi-precious stones such as blue and green blazing black opals, deep ocean sapphires and colour changing alexandrite with sensual forms.

Maiko’s jewellery are unique sculptural, wearable works of art. 
Maiko’s unconventional fine jewellery draws out the beauty of your own identity.

 

 

“Who knew Jewellery design could take its starting point from human behavior in cities, the subconscious mind or how modern life is impacted by technology. But that’s what Japanese-born London jeweler Maiko Nagayama has done…

 

” from the page 64, BRITISH VOGUE- August Issue 2018 - by Jewellery Editor of British Vogue, Carol Woolton

BIOGRAPHY -

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Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1982, Moved to England and lived away from her family since 1999
Graduated London University of the arts - Central Saint Martins, BA Jewellery Design in 2006

Worked on the Solo Consultancy Projects with companies such as Swarovski, Links of London,
and Cartier while in Central SaintMartins Graduated Stone Carving Course in London Metropolitan University in 2008
In 2008, Collaborated with OSMAN in London Fashion Week, in 2009 graduated GIA G.G. and became gemmologist.
In 2008, Won Elizabeth Gage Silver award in Goldsmiths Design and Craftsmanship Award in 2D Fine Jewellery design
In 2013, exhibited in the Goldsmith Fair and MAIKO’s name has been added to “Who is Who” designer directory
In 2009, October, Established her own brand, MAIKO NAGAYAMA Limited company

In 2010, Exhibited in Dubai International Jewellery Show
In 2014, MAIKO got award for the stone carving section in the Goldsmiths design and craftsmanship award
In 2014 May, established MAIKO NAGAYAMA Japan, and opened a studio in Tokyo

THE MIXTURE OF TRADITIONAL SKILLS AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY