Space Age spheres: exploring retro avant-garde and contemporary elegance in Sorellina and La Marquise artistry

Space Age spheres: exploring retro avant-garde and contemporary elegance in Sorellina and La Marquise artistry

Space Age spheres: exploring retro avant-garde and contemporary elegance in Sorellina and La Marquise artistry

Credits: Ben Griffiths @ai.mural
As we delve into a period of heightened awareness regarding the benefits of nostalgically rejuvenating remarkable moments of co-intelligence in human history, it becomes imperative to include a key silhouette that, today, continues to shape our imagery: the sphere.
During the '60s, the sphere was designed to highlight humans' ambition to inhabit the unknown. In the early '70s, it continued to spark interest due to the advancements brought by the Space Age. Today, still nestled within the Retrofuturistic movement, we are witnessing the repurposing of this seasoned element through the eyes and values of the present.
The choice of relying on this key element of the past has been embraced by the New York-based brand Sorellina. The Platinum Collar, including cultured freshwater pearls, seems to celebrate the blooming of major shifts in contemporary values, such as hyper-fluidity and empathy. Endless spheres are put together one after the other, following a perfectly circular silhouette composed of Malaya garnets and diamonds, reinforcing the idea of determination in affirming noble and ethical purposes.
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Credits: Sorellina

The Pavona Crescent Earrings, including yellow gold, carved black onyx, cultured white pearls, and custom-cut diamonds, celebrate this direction as well; pieces display semi-circular silhouettes and different sizes of pearls, denoting, on the other hand, the disparity still inhabiting our global cultural fabric.

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Credits: Sorellina

Additionally, crucial values such as sustainability and fairness in sourcing inhabit La Marquise production. This approach is well reflected in the MRM© Heritage Collection pieces. A circular crown of white gold and ethically sourced diamonds gently adorns a white mother of pearl which, thanks to its iridescence, symbolizes the care individuals must have in understanding others' multifaceted peculiarity. Furthermore, a meticulously handcrafted pendant made of white gold and diamonds adorns, following a spherical lineage, a white freshwater pearl; the pale hues chosen seem to enhance once more the urgency of preserving fluidity in values, increasingly reputed to be at the basis of radical inclusivity and acceptance.

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Credits:  La Marquise

Referring to Retrofuturism, designers are revisiting the elegance of this Space Age key element, reinterpreting it under the contemporary light of compassion.

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Credits:  Antoine Guitton @retrofuture_ai_1970