How Could Architectural Thinking Find Its Way to Jewellery? A Conversation with TORAFU ARCHITECTS

What comes to mind when you hear jewellery by architects? Probably computer simulated design or pieces incorporating the architect’s signature structures such as jewellery collections by Zaha Hadid or Frank Gehry. As one of those who had a preconception as such, the strikingly simple wedding rings by Japanese architecture firm TORAFU ARCHITECTS took me by surprise when they were launched in 2012. How did these rings evolve? And what kinds of ideas lie behind TORAFU ARCHITECTS' works that encompass not only architecture but also a wide range of products and the stage sets of popular theatre companies? To find the answers to these questions, I talked to Koichi Suzuno from TORAFU ARCHITECTS one day in November.