Ara Vartanian

Brazilian-Armenian designer Ara Vartanian hails from a family of jewellers, but the aesthetic he’s created with his eponymous line, which he founded in 2002, is all his own. The designer puts the dazzling stones he works with at the centre of his creative process, resulting in jewellery that highlight these gems’ unique beauty. Among some of the standout pieces in his collection are drop earrings set with cool, greenish-blue amazonites, that preserve the organic shape of these stones, through to a statement ring whose geometric, 18k white gold design gleams with fancy yellow diamonds.