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FALL 2025

Photograph: Joaquin Castillo

@thejoaquincastillo

  • Led concept development and design in direct collaboration with the client for a custom nose ring featured in the SS26 runway exhibition.

  • Etsablished a cooperative framework with the client that provided an extensive and personal one-on-one design process, developing concepts, sketches, and multiple prototypes to realize the final piece

  • Coordinated directly with local casting facilities to oversee production quality and implement sustainable, locally sourced manufacturing.

  • Completed final polishing and finishing of the piece entirely by hand.

  • Collaborated with the client to ideate and finalize the design of cow-tag–inspired earrings, balancing conceptual references with functional detailing and fabrication constraints.

  • Fully 3D modeled the piece, including a fully functional hinge component engineered with a precise 1 mm tolerance.

  • Collaborated closely with the casting facility to define precise finishing specifications, including selective oxidation, sandblasting, and high-polishing.

  • Sold over 15 units, including three retail placements at WIG in Mexico City

Fabrication logo found on the back of the earring in arabic