Panel of Judges for Xifu International Gold Wedding Jewellery Design Competition 2017 Announced

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HONG KONG, Feb. 27, 2017 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The Xifu International Gold Wedding Jewellery Design Competition 2017 has

announced its prestigious panel of judges, which includes five diverse experts

from the industries of design, jewellery, and arts from all over the world.

The judges have been chosen for their extensive knowledge and expertise in the

field of design as well as their high level of trend-consciousness. They will

help to run a thorough and rigorous judging process in a fair and creditable

manner. The judging criteria is creativity, originality, adherence to theme,

craftsmanship and manufacturing process.

The judges for the Xifu International Gold Wedding Jewellery Design Competition

2017 include Norman Cherry, Paola De Luca, Ben Mori, Professor Xuxiang Tang and

Stephen Webster.

Norman Cherry is renowned for his dedication in the education sector related to

Arts and Jewellery, latterly as Pro Vice Chancellor for Arts at the University

of Lincoln. From 1996 to 2008, he was head of the Birmingham School of

Jewellery. He continuously works on behalf of international clients to connect

Chinese and other universities, advising jewellery manufacturers on the

development of young designers. Norman Cherry is delighted to announce his

position of being the Chairman of the judging panel.

Paola De Luca is a globally-recognized trends forecaster from Italy, with

particular expertise on global jewellery design trends. She runs design

projects and educational programmes for buyers and government organisations,

and conducts seminars on global jewellery design trends at international trade

fairs. Paola's much-sought-after trend books are considered among the leading

resources on jewellery design.

Ben Mori is an artist and designer from Japan. He studied different fields of

arts such as 2D and 3D drawing, liberal arts and graphic design; his artworks

mostly rely on heavy colors. "Good artists just keep making art," Ben said in

one of his interviews. His artwork has been shown in different exhibitions in

several countries.

Professor XuXiang Tang is a professor, doctoral advisor and the director of the

Jewelry Studio of the Academy of Arts and Design at Tsinghua University. He is

also the judge of Arts and Crafts Masters, Deputy Secretary-General of the

Chinese Traditional Arts and Crafts Association and Deputy Director of China's

Jewelry Design Committee. He is an expert on traditional Chinese metalcraft as

well as modern art and design, indulged in Chinese traditional versus

contemporary arts.

Stephen Webster is a celebrated English jewellery designer known for his

largely pioneering designs that infuse Rock 'n Roll into fine jewellery. The

collaboration of fresh, bold and modern in his designs has amassed a celebrity

following. Stephen curates Rock Vault, an initiative of the British Fashion

Council to mentor, support, showcase and promote Britain's most innovative,

fine jewellery talents.

The judges will be deciding the seats for the 30 finalists among all of the

entrants and will announce the result in mid-June. The ultimate winner of the

competition will earn the "Xifu" Grand Prize and our judges will be delivering

prizes to the winners at an awards ceremony in mid-September.

Media Contact

Althea Long

UBM Asia Limited

Email: vincent.tang@gold.org

Tel: +852 2516 1653

Vincent Tang

World Gold Council

Email: vincent.tang@gold.org

Tel: +86 21 2226 1116

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