CYNICS

Cynics, the accessories label that defies convention presents its newest collection, ‘Platonia,’ an inspired take on the concept of time.

Employing its signature design principle, transforming everyday objects into something beautiful, Cynics converts the inner workings of our daily ‘timekeepers’ into perpetual accessories. Sundials, cogs, hexagon screws and Roman numeral clock faces become statement sterling silver and gold plate bangles, rings, pendants and earrings.

These pieces that bare reference to the constraints of time have been transposed into accessories that instead, stand the test of time.

Each piece embodies the concept of the outer worldly philosophy that is, ‘platonism’. A philosophy that affirms the existence of abstract objects, which are asserted to exist in a “third realm,” distinct both from the sensible external world and from the internal world of consciousness.

The platonic realm, ‘Platonia,’ stands completely and absolutely without time.
The idea is that time is a manmade concept. Instead we exist in an eternal series of ‘nows.’

Cynics has embraced the idea that the wearer like the object can exist beyond the construct of time, by transforming the very objects whose function has for centuries tied us to the concept of perceivable time into beautiful, purely ornate objects.

‘Platonia’ consists of bold geometric bangles, rings that can be worn various ways and intricate cog pendants, hoops and studs. Like all of Cynics collections each piece has been designed to be distinctive in its own right or to make an authoritative statement when worn together.

Cynics works with evolved concepts to transform everyday objects into exceptional jewellery with symbolic relevance. For their previous collection, ‘I Am You, You Are Me,’ Cynics explored the concept of unity, the idea that all living life is intimately connected. ‘Platonia’ furthers Cynics individual approach to design.

Dismantled timepieces that represent an anchor to a physical plain make powerful new statements dangling from wrists and lobes, and around necks. They are pieces to be treasured; to remind us that time is just a notion which we can all transcend and live in the presence of the ‘now’.