NINA JANVIER

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ninajanvierjewelry

Location

montreal / canada

University

UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN, NORMANDY, FRANCE

Graduation year

2007

Main Manufacturing Countries

canada

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Nina Janvier is the eponymous, modern jewelry brand from creator and jeweler Nina Janvier. Made from a gold, silver or brass base, the playful designs reflect Nina’s pop and vintage influences. The seasonal collections address various themes surfing on current trends.

From her hometown, Normandy, to Paris, Granada and Barcelona, Nina has always been immersed in a creative environment, nourished by her parents’ French-Spanish culture and heritage. She studies music and has played violin for nearly 20 years, and nourishes a keen interest in fashion and arts.

After a Master's in International Commerce, she became the Assistant Product Manager for a Parisian lingerie brand, then the Accessories Manager at Disney France.

Nina arrived in Canada in 2014 and enrolled at l’École de Joaillerie de Montréal while drawing the basis of what would become her first collection.

The brand was born in 2015. From there, the designer keeps adding more strings to her bow by learning both modern and traditional jewellery techniques. In parallel, she keeps exploring shapes and materials in the context of the “labo”, launched by Noel Guyomarc'h in his famous contemporary jewellery gallery.

Original and elegant, Nina Janvier jewellery is carefully handmade in the designer’s atelier, located in the heart of Montreal. The pieces of jewellery emanate a distinctive sense of style and creativity which leaves its mark on every woman who wears it.

Latest Collection

Dada

The Dada collection is inspired by Dadaisme, which is a multi-disciplinary, avant-gardist movement. The collection is a continuation of the preceding one, Ojo, which itself celebrated the artists of the movement as well as those of its successor, surrealism.
The creator of the collection is largely influenced by the work of Jean Arp and plays with abstract forms, overlay and the addition of colours. Her elegantly designed jewellery plunges us into a modern, playful and endlessly surprising universe.

The collection honours Dada women, artists, muses or partners who actively participated in the movement or who were discreet influencers of it. The pieces are in solid silver, brass, gold-plated brass and carry delicate, luminously-coloured pearls of fresh water. The diversity of the materials and the difference in the techniques used have enabled a varied, artistic expression that thus creates elegant forms that allow the imagination to flow: a face, a mouth, a woman’s body can be seen, depending on how we wish to interpret them. The models use elements from Calder, Matisse, Picabia, Taeuber and many others and create an esthetic and coloured ensemble.

Like dadaisme, the odd earrings of this collection call into question the constraints of esthetics. Ignoring convention, these earrings can be worn alone or together depending on our moods or tastes. Like tiny sculptures, their original shapes remind us of the harmonious curves of Jean Arp’s bronzes. The play of the lines and the overlay of simple shapes invite us into an abstract and playful world, which is immensely representative of the brand.