Emily Elina Horn, designer and maker of Emily Elina Design, creates structured jewellery and accessories inspired by art, architecture, fashion, and furniture. Raised in Australia and Switzerland, she grew up surrounded by functional and high-quality design. Growing up in a family passionate about art and furniture, she was immediately drawn to the sculptural route, always making and creating.

Originally drawn to fashion, Emily Elina discovered her passion for jewellery during a sculpture foundation course, recognising it as the perfect blend of sculpture and fashion. At Central Saint Martins, she honed her skills through various internships, developing expertise in both jewellery techniques and leatherwork. This experience allowed Emily Elina to explore and combine these skills, resulting in her development of techniques that integrate materials like leather and metal, setting stones into leather, and combining both seamlessly.

Her graduate collection, The New Century Modern, celebrates mid-century modern furniture, drawing inspiration from the works of Le Corbusier, Oscar Niemeyer, and Eero Aarnio. She introduced furniture-making techniques, such as upholstering, into jewellery design, reimagining furniture and sculpture in wearable forms. Her work is a testament to her belief that jewellery should be as captivating as it is wearable.

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Driven by a fondness for sophisticated modernist furniture, Emily Elina’s collection combines sinuous forms and graceful curves with austere sculptural shapes, where precious leather meets sleek metal and elegance marries functionality. In an ode to mid-century modern designers such as Oscar Niemeyer, the body’s relationship to chairs is reimagined as jewellery in a bold and referential collection, inviting the wearer to make a statement. Sensual like Le Corbusier’s Rocking Chair, yet playful like Eero Aarnio’s Ball Chair, Emily’s pieces evoke a luxurious mid-century dream.