ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK

ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK is an international event organized by Assamblage National Jewelry Association, dedicated to the contemporary jewelry field in Romania and worldwide. The first edition of the event was organized between the 22-27th of September 2020 in 7 galleries, museums and showrooms in Bucharest. Over 150 contemporary jewelry designers presented their collections at ROJW 1.0: 1 designers, collectives, schools and associations of designers from UK, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Germany, Hungary, Canada, Israel, China, South Korea, USA, Brazil, Mexico and many more.

The second edition took place between the 30 sept - 3rd of October 2021 in 6 locations and gathered an impressive 191 contemporary jewelry designers from over 25 countries around the world that presented their collections at Romanian Jewelry Week 2.0, as well as six renowned group exhibitions, schools and international associations.

The next edition of Romanian Jewelry Week is set to take place between the 6th - 9th of October 2022. Applications are now open!

12 years of Assamblage - The start of a new community

Assamblage The School of Contemporary Jewelry was founded in October 2010 at the initiative of designer David Sandu as the first educational platform in Romania dedicated to jewelry design, being a cornerstone for the new generation of contemporary artists and designers.

Over the course of 11 years, Assamblage has held 200 courses and workshops and has more than 700 graduates. Through the various educational and cultural activities he has carried out, it has become a place where designers meet to discuss, learn new things and start projects together. 12 years after its establishment, Assamblage School of Contemporary Jewelry changes its headquarters and becomes Assamblage - Institute of Art and Design. The discourse and mission expand into a new multidisciplinary educational direction, adding new courses and workshops in ceramics, engraving, photography, drawing, 3D prototyping, cultural marketing and more. A new creative space for study, dialogue and experimentation, hosted in an interbelic house in Dimitrie Racovita Street no. 18, Bucharest.

Assamblage National Contemporary Jewelry Association

Assamblage - The National Association of Contemporary Jewelry Authors and Designers was launched in May 2015. It is the result of an ongoing project which aims to support, develop and structure the emerging field of contemporary jewelry. Assamblage is currently Romania’s main and most active platform dedicated to author jewelry, upholding, in the cultural context of the past few years, it’s contribution to the exponential growth of activity in the field of jewelry design, while maintaining a strong bond with adjacent fields, such as architecture, product design, fashion industry and visual arts.

In the last 7 years, Assamblage has organized or has participated in over 30 projects and fairs, both national and international, such as Joya Barcelona, Legnica Silver Festival, London Fashion Week, Milano Jewelry Week, Joya Barcelona, Lisbon Jewellery Biennial, Designblok – Prague Design and Fashion Week and Athens Jewelry Week, and many more, with the involvement of over 100 Romanian and international contemporary jewelry designers from all over the world. In 2020, the first edition of our most substantial cultural project is starting to take shape, an event dedicated to the 10 year anniversary since Assamblage was founded - ROMANIAN JEWELRY WEEK .