It was in 2009 when I got inspired by the Apple App Store. I was among the first developers in the platform including the first iPad apps. Creating a platform for the designers can be extended to manufacturing as well. I have several ideas on that. Here is one on jewelry manufacturing.
The objective of this platform is to utilize technology to develop jewelry to reduce the need for environmentally and humanitarianly corrupting gold and diamond. There are already materials available that can substitute them. However, they lack the trend. The idea relies on a technical manufacturing facility to develop materials and alloys that would be used to manufacture jewelries. Some of the manufacturing process would also be automized to reduce costs and improve quality.
The jewelry designers would create designs that can be manufactured by this facility and sell them online over the dedicated website. The manufacturing company will handle the financial transactions and the shipment as well as provide servicing to the products. The jewelry would be produced on demand and shipped after manufacturing and quality control. There would be several manufacturing facilities around the world for fast delivery. It’s a kind of jewelry version of Amazon’s book publishing. Instead of authors, the designers would get the commission. Unlike book publishing there would be some limitations to be accepted as a designer. At least one sample should be produced and photographed before sale.
Proposals for material substitutes:
- Instead of Diamond (C), Moissanite (SiC) would be used. It would be lab grown, so that it would lack imperfections which improve brilliance and clarity. Additionally, they could be perfectly colored with proper additives.
- Instead of Gold (Au), different alloys will be used. The alloys will be selected to have corrosion resistance and dermatologically safe. There would be no plating which peals of after several years. One suggestion that goes well with Moissanite would be Aluminum Silver (AlAg) alloy. It’s lightweight, strong, and corrosion-resistant. More importantly Aluminum forms a eutectic with silicon at 577 °C. As a result, the gemstone can be directly fused on the jewelry negating the need for prongs.
- I also propose specially etched silicon wafers used as ornaments. Silicon when etched in nanometric scale reflect light in specific wavelengths. Like the nanostructures on a butterfly wing. These colors are generated with sealed nanostructures that never fade.
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