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JBD STRATA 2.2
Design from first principles.
Start a project with the actual gemstone or commission, document its non-jewellery origin, develop the architecture, run an originality gate, then retain the engineering and design record.
01 / PROJECT
Define the actual job.
Development
Primary gemstone
Stone photograph
Project defined?Save this step and move into the design origin.
02 / ORIGIN
Document where the design starts.
The source should give you geometry, force, massing or rhythm—not a finished jewellery solution.
Reference source
Abstraction vocabulary
Choose what survives after you stop looking at the reference.
Optional non-jewellery reference image
Origin abstracted?Confirm the source and move into structural development.
03 / DEVELOP
Solve the architecture.
Choose structural moves first. Finish and surface treatment come last.
Design grammar
Generated design direction
Complete the project and origin, then generate a design direction. STRATA produces constraints and architecture—not a finished design.
10 silhouette studies
Black top-view silhouettes first. Select no more than three to progress.
Development complete?Save the selected silhouettes and send the concept to originality review.
04 / REVIEW
Originality gate.
This is an internal development test, not a legal opinion or infringement clearance.
Independent-development checks
Known-risk flags
Tick a risk if the current design has drifted into it.
0/100
REDESIGNReview complete?Proceed only when the design has been consciously assessed.
05 / ENGINEER
Make the design buildable.
Record the CAD and bench decisions that turn the concept into a durable piece.
Production dimensions
CAD / development images
Completion
Engineering recorded?Save the build record and move the project into the archive view.
06 / ARCHIVE
Your JBD design lineage.
Search past work, develop new variations from first principles, and retain evidence of independent development.
07 / JBD DNA
The rules behind the work.
STRATA
SStructure
TTension
RReference
AArchitecture
TTexture
AAuthenticity
JBD should read as gemstone-led, structurally resolved, low-profile where practical, contemporary, substantial and deliberately made.