J E W E L RY R Y
The MARIO UBOLDI
Collection | BY JYOTI BALANI
André C. Meyerhans, the founder and designer of Mario Uboldi jewelry art, is an award-winning architect. His magnificent creations blur traditional boundaries between art, architecture, and design. Mario Uboldi Jewelry Art is an articulation, part of a larger language in contemporary design with a cultural inflection that is applicable to different trades and to different scales. The designer’s approach focuses on analyzing phenomena in art, culture, nature, architecture, and distills them to their core parameters to get at their underlying principles. By combining diverse attributes, such as historic and contemporary characteristics, a new visual dialogue emerges which is rooted in its references. Mario Uboldi Jewelry Art not only blurs the boundaries between art and jewelry but also between cutting-edge production methodology and sophisticated goldsmith tradition which has been passed on for generations. In this interview, we spoke to the talented and acclaimed designer about current and future trends, important facets of the jewelry industry, and his several achievements throughout his illustrious career so far! WHAT MADE YOU DECIDE TO PURSUE A CAREER IN JEWELRY DESIGNING? There are certain things one does not decide in life but life decides for you. This is one of these moments. I was always interested in design and art and pursued architecture as my career. That I started to design jewelry is a coincident – agreeably a very nice one – but completely unintended. WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST IMPORTANT FACETS OF THE JEWELRY INDUSTRY? The intangible mystery of dreams and emotions created by tangible preciousness. There is the sophistication of craftsmanship and quality of gemstones, the preciousness of materials, and ultimately the physical value of jewelry that serves as an objective measurement of importance in the jewelry industry. 20 | UPSCALE LIVING MAGAZINE | JUNE 2020
