The design brief began with the childhood memory of a dandelion, its puffy seeds scattering in the wind. “My first encounter with magic," Greek jeweler Nikos Koulis recalls of his epiphany about nature’s simple beauty. So poignant was the moment, he spent the past two years re-creating that ethereal spirit in metal and diamonds. The resulting Wish Collection is forged in sculpted lightweight aluminum, with diamonds that seem to hover above their settings. (They are secured with floating gold prongs.) Bold yet delicate, the aesthetic Koulis pioneered is a sparkling illusion that, upon closer inspection, reveals his technical prowess—and his ability to spin a touch of nostalgia into a thoroughly modern masterpiece.
From the article by Paige Reddinger, Jill Newman
