Credits: Camila Toro @galaxai_future

Article by Paola De Luca, The Jewellery Trendbook Founder & Creative Director, as seen in The Jewellery Trendbook 2027+ by Trendvision Jewellery + Forecasting.

Credits: Paola De Luca portrait

It’s fair to recognize that we are globally approaching a new dimension, a moment in which craftsmanship, emotional intelligence, and artificial intelligence merge to redefine the meaning of luxury. In this new landscape, AI does not replace human creativity—it amplifies it—elevating intuition, technique, and imagination into a “Super Human” expression. Jewellery becomes the ultimate medium where this transformation unfolds, embodying authenticity, emotion, and advanced innovation.

As global shifts accelerate—economic realignments, new cultural powers, and gold rising to historic highs, reaching the unprecedented level of $3,500 per ounce—jewellery takes on deeper significance. Emerging regions across the Global South, including China, India, the Middle East, and Africa, increasingly influence design languages, consumer behavior, and aesthetic expectations. In a world marked by uncertainty, clients seek pieces rooted in heritage, transparency, and enduring value, driving renewed interest in vintage jewellery, circular design, and investment-led acquisitions.

Credits: GUZEMA Fine Jewelry @guzema_jewelry

Designers respond with a deliberate yet expressive approach. Modular elements enable personalization and responsible consumption, while ancestral techniques and mythologies inspire contemporary reinterpretations. The revival of filigree, polki, enameling, marquetry, cameos, and intaglio reflects a desire for cultural depth and meaningful storytelling, enhanced by the timeless allure of jade, coral, and pearls.

Couture serves as a laboratory for rediscovery, where archives reveal forgotten beauty and cultural memory. Recognition from institutions such as the MET, the Victoria & Albert Museum, and the Louvre highlights jewellery’s growing relevance as both art and heritage. Technology further addresses sustainability challenges, durability demands, and material scarcity. At the intersection of history and innovation, jewellery emerges as a symbol of emotional resilience and creative evolution.

Credits: Louis Vuitton Exhibition, Expo Osaka 2025, Photography by Marco Cappelletti, Courtesy of Louis Vuitton, Courtesy OMA @omanewyork

In this rapidly redefining era, jewellery transcends adornment. It becomes a vessel of identity and a celebration of humanity’s capacity to merge tradition, emotion, and the transformative power of technology.