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Traces of Design No08Essential Lines
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Traces of Design No09Spheres
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Traces of Design No10New Architecture : Geometric ｜ Organic
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Traces of Design No11Optics : Motion and Kinetics ｜
Light & Transparency
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Traces of Design No12Harmony in Chaos : Accidents of Design ｜ Accidents of Nature
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Traces of Design No13Beauty All Around : Industrial and Couture Motifs
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Traces of Design No07Treasure piece
Chapter 2
Forms and Designs
This chapter showcases Cartier's fundamental quest for pure lines and forms, which is exemplified through several key themes: "Essential Lines" and "Spheres" that represent the perfect expression of natural lines; "New Architecture" dedicated to architectural elements in jewelry design; "Optics", or how movement can be brought into a piece of jewelry both visually and physically; "Harmony in Chaos" and "Beauty all Around", which celebrates Cartier's seeking of beauty wherever it might be, whether in accident or in fields seemingly unrelated to jewelry, such as couture or industry.
About the Exhibition Design
Explore a cave and discover
precious stones
Oyaishi (Oya Stone)
With its piled up Oyaishi (Oya stone) blocks, this exhibition space is designed to render the impression of the places we search for gemstones deep in the ground. Oyaishi, mined in Utsunomiya in the Tochigi Prefecture in Japan, is easy to process and fire-resistant. For this reason, it has historically been used as a building material for exterior walls and for storehouses in Japan. The rough appearance of the cracked surface conveys the passage of ancient time, as it is created by the solidification of magma over many years.