Overview
This book offers a variety of cases detailing developments in jewelry sustainability, highlighting growing consumer awareness and desire for more environmentally and socially conscious products. Its component chapters describe trends in jewelry that embrace new materials, processes, styles, and technologies. Initiatives spanning various sectors are presented, including chapters covering large industries, independent artisanal jewelers, and research facilities. The cases here highlight how societal demands influence product development and shape the jewelry market. This book is intended for industry professionals, designers, researchers, and consumers as a comprehensive resource for sustainable practices in the jewelry industry.
Full Product Details
Author: Mariana Kuhl Cidade ,
Felipe Luis Palombini
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint: Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN: 9783032076250
ISBN 10: 3032076250
Pages: 364
Publication Date: 18 January 2026
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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College/higher education
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Professional & Vocational
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
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Author Information
Mariana Kuhl Cidade – Professor in the Department of Industrial Design (DDI) and in the Graduate Program in Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscaping (PPGAUP) at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Dr. Cidade graduated in Industrial Design and holds an MSc and PhD in Design (PGDesign) from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). Her research includes Contemporary and Traditional Jewelry, Gems and Cuts, Jewelry with Natural and Unusual Materials; Sustainable Jewelry; Bionics, Recycling and Reuse of Problematic Materials, CO2 and Fiber Laser Cutting and Engraving Process, and Creative Technologies. She is associated with the Innovation and Sustainability in Design Lab (NOVA Lab) at UFSM. Felipe Luis Palombini – Professor in the Department of Industrial Design (DDI) and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Architecture, Urbanism, and Landscaping (PPGAUP) at the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM). Dr. Palombini holds an MSc and a PhD in Design (PGDesign), and PostDoc in Botany from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS). His main research topics are focused on sustainability, ecodesign, digital manufacturing, bionics, and materials characterization. He is associated with the Innovation and Sustainability in Design Lab (NOVA Lab) at UFSM, the Design and Computer Simulation Research Group (DSC), and the Plant Anatomy Laboratory (LAVeg), at UFRGS.
