At Apple, Jony Ive’s designs disrupted the computer and mobile phone markets. Now, in his (imminent) post-Apple life, Ive has delivered a fresh spin on the diamond ring.
The so-called “(RED) Ring,” which Ive designed alongside Marc Newsom, his partner in the new design firm LoveFrom, is made entirely out of diamond. The striking piece of jewelry is carved out of a larger block of diamond that was grown in a lab.
The ring sold at auction in Dec. 2018 for $256,250 during a Red charity event held during Art Basel in Miami. The Sotheby’s listing makes it clear that the buyer was paying for something that hadn’t yet been created — it’s hard to resize an all-diamond ring, so this had to be custom-made. Read more…
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