ceren dabag recreates overwhelming big city feelings in LOCK collection
images © hazal firat

 

 

 

istanbul-based product designer ceren dabag portrays in a series of wearable objects the overwhelming sensation that arouses when living in big cities. the result was ‘LOCK’, a jewellery collection that acts as a symbol of all the difficulties we face in today’s modern world. the necklaces and bracelets reflect on how urban living affects people’s mental health and asks if we want to live in a world made of skyscrapers and tall buildings and if we feel free.

ceren dabag lock
standing rigid around the neck, and with a clear reference to architecture, the necklace has something of a neck cuff

 

 

 

the ‘LOCK’ collection takes its shape from the geometrical architectural lines and forms found in the big metropolises. the small pieces are carefully cut from the stainless steel using numerically controlled (CNC) technology and are later on welded together by with spot-welding processes. the set includes a unisex necklace and bracelet that in a way reference hand and neck cuffs.

ceren dabag lock
the bracelet’s shape portrays a folded skyline

ceren dabag lock
ceren dabag asks herself if we’re happy the way we live

ceren dabag lock
the small pieces are carefully cut from the stainless steel using numerically controlled (CNC) technology

ceren dabag lock
they are later on welded together using spot-welding processes

ceren dabag lock
the set includes a unisex necklace and bracelet

ceren dabag lock
the collection takes its shape from geometrical architectural formsceren dabag lock
a closer view of LOCK bracelet 

 

 

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edited by: juliana neira | designboom