Events

September NAJ Live brings ‘positivity’ to industry

The latest NAJ Live event has provided participants with a sense of “positivity and collaboration”, according to the association. The ‘Rockin’ Out’ event, which took place last week, featured talks from Gemmology Rocks founder Kerry Gregory and Maiko Eaton from Green Rocks. It marks the third NAJ Live to take…

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Second NAJ Live takes place

The second digital NAJ Live took place last week (27 August) with more than 100 attendees signing up to hear from Patricia Law FIRV, Lucy Cripps and Jill Newman under the theme of ‘trending’. In the latest edition of the industry show, Jill Newman, editor at large for the Natural…

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Hublot partners with Soccer Aid for Unicef 2020

Hublot will partner with Soccer Aid for Unicef, the world’s biggest charity football live event, for its 2020 match that is set to take place this week.  Soccer Aid for Unicef, which was created as a way of raising money for at risk children around the world, has raised over…

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GemGenève cancels November show

GemGenève has announced the decision to cancel its November 2020 show “after careful consideration”.  It comes as its organisers said the current pandemic, travel restrictions and increased sanitary precautions make it “impossible for GemGenève to be the interactive experience that we intend it to be”. In a “show of understanding…

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IJL 2021 cancelled 

Organisers of International Jewellery London (IJL), Reed Exhibitions, have confirmed that the 2021 edition of the event will no longer go ahead.  Reed Exhibitions cited ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Covid-19 pandemic as the reason for the event’s cancellation.  News of the cancellation comes two months after exhibitors announced that IJL…

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IEG to host first international jewellery fair since lockdown

The Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) has introduced a new omnichannel event called Voice, in a bid to push the international jewellery industry to start up again amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. An acronym for Vicenzaoro International Community Event, VOICE is formed of three parts: a summit (in real life and…

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Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair cancelled

Organisers for the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair have confirmed that the event will no longer go ahead, following tightened restrictions in the area.  It comes as the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government tightened its disease prevention and control measures, and extended entry restrictions for incoming visitors until…

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BAJ reveals winners of NHS competition

The British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ) has announced the winners of its Pins of Praise design competition, which was launched in support of NHS staff and volunteers as the pandemic unfolded.  The competition was open to both BAJ students and the general public, and challenged participants to use CAD skills…

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BAJ announces Alighieri competition winners

The British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ) has announced the winners of its design competition in collaboration with London-based jewellery brand Alighieri.  The competition’s brief challenged students to design pieces inspired by the opening lines of Dante Alighieri’s epic poem, The Divine Comedy.  According to Alighieri, the quality of submissions was…

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Theo Fennell unveils award winners

Theo Fennell has announced the two winners of its annual Central St Martins award show.  The event marks the 12th year the jeweller has sponsored the BA design show, and presented the annual awards. Two students have now been awarded in two categories set by Theo Fennell, in Best Design…

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