NEUNG WI KIM

First A$AP Ferg, Now Tiffany & Co. Is Backing Britain's Young Artists

27. Sep. 2018

By Alice Newbold

Its latest move will perhaps garner less air time on Instagram, but is no less important. The brand has invested in seven emerging artists and put financial clout behind them. Each recipient of the Studiomakers Prize, which is part of its ongoing partnership with the Outset Contemporary Art Fund, will receive rent-free studio space for a year and have the opportunity to display their works in the Tiffany & Co. Covent Garden boutique as part of a three-week exhibition.

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The art school graduates – James Fuller, Mark Corfield-Moore, Miriam Naeh, Neung Wi Kim, Roy Efrat, Sofia Mitsola and Yasmine Robinson – encompass a variety of mediums from print and textiles to sculpture and jewellery design. The winning pieces will find a home amongst the personalisation stations, video screens and vending machines selling perfume, which have all been installed in the new “concept store” to speak to a new generation. “It has a uniquely interactive and innovative design with the focus on self-expression, making it the perfect location in which to showcase artworks by London’s finest graduates,” Richard Moore, Tiffany & Co. divisional vice president of store design and creative visual merchandising, said in a statement.

Read the full article here: https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/tiffany-and-co-studiomakers-prize

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THERE IS MORE NEWS FROM MANY MAGAZINES IN TERMS OF THIS ARTICLE AND HERE IS THE WEBSITES BELOW:

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EVENING STANDARD.: https://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/see-works-from-some-of-the-most-exciting-new-names-in-art-a3940191.html 

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HARPER'S BAZAAR: https://www.harpersbazaar.com/uk/culture/bazaar-art/a23503849/tiffany-and-co-host-a-free-art-exhibition/

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i-D: https://i-d.vice.com/en_uk/article/d3jdgx/tiffany-and-co-are-championing-the-next-generation-of-young-british-artists

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Country & Town House: https://www.countryandtownhouse.co.uk/culture/diary/

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RETAIL-JEWELLER: https://www.retail-jeweller.com/news-and-insight/tiffany-and-co-awards-young-designers/7032341.article?search=https%3a%2f%2fwww.retail-jeweller.com%2fsearcharticles%3fqsearch%3d1%26keywords%3dtiffany+outset

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PROFESSIONAL JEWELLER: http://www.professionaljeweller.com/tiffany-co-uses-covent-garden-concept-store-to-showcase-emerging-stars/

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Gemstones riding high

Aug. 2018

by Janet Fitch

"Collecting pebbles from beaches as mementos of happy times is something we all do, and Neung Wi has perfected a way of cutting and polishing the loved pebbles to incorporate them into jewellery, like rings, to wear and treasure forever" 

Read the full article here: https://view.joomag.com/jewellery-focus-august-2018/0537131001532963449?page=22

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