{"id":34697,"date":"2025-09-29T10:48:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T10:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vca.gov.mt\/?post_type=etn&#038;p=34697"},"modified":"2025-09-29T11:33:50","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T11:33:50","slug":"fiftysix-design-talks-the-stories-we-wear","status":"publish","type":"etn","link":"https:\/\/vca.gov.mt\/en\/events\/fiftysix-design-talks-the-stories-we-wear\/","title":{"rendered":"FiftySix Design Talks: The Stories We Wear"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What gives jewellery its meaning? Is it the material, the maker, or the memory it carries? This October, FiftySix turns its attention to how contemporary designers are redefining jewellery as a medium of storytelling, identity, and transformation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nevena Jaftha \u2014 Jewellery as Connection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Through Tetkaz, her macram\u00e9 jewellery brand, Nevena Jaftha transforms knots and patterns into wearable expressions of meaning, exploring jewellery as an act of connection between maker, wearer, and world.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nad\u00e8ge Ren\u00e9e Cassar \u2014 Jewellery as Transformation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Working in Malta since 2005, Nad\u00e8ge Ren\u00e9e Cassar of Nad\u00e8ge.Ren\u00e9e creates unique and limited-edition pieces in gold, silver, and a mix of precious and everyday materials. Her work embraces transformation\u2014whether in the form of new designs or in bespoke commissions that give existing treasures renewed life.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on Wednesday 29 October 2025 at 18:30 in Friggieri Hall, Valletta Design Cluster, for an evening of conversation and insight into the symbolic and emotional dimensions of jewellery.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 29 October 2025, FiftySix Design Talks hosts an evening at the Valletta Design Cluster with Nevena Jaftha and Nad\u00e8ge Ren\u00e9e Cassar, exploring jewellery as connection, transformation, and storytelling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34704,"parent":0,"template":"","etn_category":[519],"etn_tags":[201,534,662,33,94,216],"class_list":["post-34697","etn","type-etn","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","etn_category-design","etn_tags-design","etn_tags-fiftysix","etn_tags-jewellery","etn_tags-valletta","etn_tags-vallettadesigncluster","etn_tags-vallettaevents"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.6 (Yoast SEO v27.6) - 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