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I have posted this as a topic on LinkedIn. I also know a lot of people in the Biz read & follow PriceScope - so here is the same post:
It is time we innovated. A +100-year-old (great) design makes up 2/3rds of sales. Lab diamonds make a cut design competition feasible!
The Cut Group draft from a decade ago:
School kids, artists, designers, businesses and industry staff or teams enter for free.
First Stage – CAD entries. National winners chosen and top 10 designs auctioned off to companies for designer licence fees.
Second Stage – actual diamonds cut and polished and judged in country by industry bodies and popular consumer choice.
Third Stage - Top few progress to International Awards
Please notify all the leaders of organisations and companies who can make this happen.
Important to involve natural and lab orgs. Below are the rules based on those the Cut Group planned a decade ago – no need to read further unless you want more detail. (The Cut group were Sergey Sivovolenko, Dr Yuri Shelementiev, Janak Mistry and me):
1. Initial Entry CAD design in .stl format –
1.1 10 years old’s, anyone or teams can enter. If you cannot use CAD find someone who can – a contractor on a platform can turn your sketches into actual designs and present them as virtual reality videos. Using AI is fine.
1.2 The thousands of entries from each country could be judged in participating countries by associations or committees.
1.3 The top 10 (and popular winners?) designs are auctioned to companies.
2. An auction of the first stage winning designs
2.1 Diamond manufacturers, growers, big brands, retailers bid and agree to payment terms to licence for first stage designers.
2.2 The best designers can negotiate a winners fee.
3. Winners of auctions cut and polish actual diamonds (lab or natural) to specified carat weight or size (weight and size are different).
3.1 The diamonds can be polished in natural or lab grown material. The judges need not know which is which.
4. Judging by experts and peoples choice are based on real life viewing and CutWise videos in mono or stereo 3D virtual reality.
4.1 National and diamond and gemstone associations and organisations host the judging events in different countries gaining local PR. This assist a ‘feel’ for most saleable designs in home markets.
5. Design protection is supervised by each nation’s associations and companies.
5.1 Any person or company found cheating and not paying license and royalty fees is disciplined by national and international associations, trading platforms, bourses and retailers.
Important note: Design patents are slow to established, costly, only last for 5+5 years. Industry associations can monitor for free and with far more effect.
It is time we innovated. A +100-year-old (great) design makes up 2/3rds of sales. Lab diamonds make a cut design competition feasible!
The Cut Group draft from a decade ago:
School kids, artists, designers, businesses and industry staff or teams enter for free.
First Stage – CAD entries. National winners chosen and top 10 designs auctioned off to companies for designer licence fees.
Second Stage – actual diamonds cut and polished and judged in country by industry bodies and popular consumer choice.
Third Stage - Top few progress to International Awards
Please notify all the leaders of organisations and companies who can make this happen.
Important to involve natural and lab orgs. Below are the rules based on those the Cut Group planned a decade ago – no need to read further unless you want more detail. (The Cut group were Sergey Sivovolenko, Dr Yuri Shelementiev, Janak Mistry and me):
1. Initial Entry CAD design in .stl format –
1.1 10 years old’s, anyone or teams can enter. If you cannot use CAD find someone who can – a contractor on a platform can turn your sketches into actual designs and present them as virtual reality videos. Using AI is fine.
1.2 The thousands of entries from each country could be judged in participating countries by associations or committees.
1.3 The top 10 (and popular winners?) designs are auctioned to companies.
2. An auction of the first stage winning designs
2.1 Diamond manufacturers, growers, big brands, retailers bid and agree to payment terms to licence for first stage designers.
2.2 The best designers can negotiate a winners fee.
3. Winners of auctions cut and polish actual diamonds (lab or natural) to specified carat weight or size (weight and size are different).
3.1 The diamonds can be polished in natural or lab grown material. The judges need not know which is which.
4. Judging by experts and peoples choice are based on real life viewing and CutWise videos in mono or stereo 3D virtual reality.
4.1 National and diamond and gemstone associations and organisations host the judging events in different countries gaining local PR. This assist a ‘feel’ for most saleable designs in home markets.
5. Design protection is supervised by each nation’s associations and companies.
5.1 Any person or company found cheating and not paying license and royalty fees is disciplined by national and international associations, trading platforms, bourses and retailers.
Important note: Design patents are slow to established, costly, only last for 5+5 years. Industry associations can monitor for free and with far more effect.
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