Isn’t this ring exceptional? A ring-shaped diamond? Extraordinary 💎 . Sir John Ive, Apple’s @apple Chief Design Officer, and renowned industrial designer Marc Newson - having curated the (RED) auction five years ago - have, this year, designed a unique ring, made exclusively for (RED) Diamond Fundry (r). . The (RED) diamond ring, a Diamond Fundry created diamond. Sold at Sotheby’s @sothebys (RED) Auction in Miami, for $ 256,250. 5 December 2018. The ring will be crafted according to the owner’s size. . Consistent with their mutual obsession with transforming raw material into objects of value, Ive & Newson’s design is singular, clear and un-compromised by the traditional metal setting and bands that have previously been required to create ‘diamond rings’. Theirs will be created by removing material rather than adding - an ambition made possible by the extraordinary scale of the stone which enabled the ring to be completely made of it. . The diamond block presents several thousand facets, some of which are so small as several hundred micrometers. The interior ring is cylindrically cut out for the desired smoothness using a micrometer-thick water jet inside which a laser beam is cast. The finished ring will have between 2000-3000 facets which has never been seen before on a single piece. . The gemstone will be created by Diamond Fundry, the certified carbon neutral diamond producer who has pioneered and developed the proprietary technology to form diamond safely and sustainably. ... #sothebys #redauction #red #created #diamond #ring #auction #fight #aids #miami #research #jewelry #HighJewelleryDream (at Miami, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrPiEA0HOZ7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1y2m0nb7m7mb0
