Influencing Factors And Future Forms Of Male Jewelry Design

Since the primitive times, Jewelry has always been an incredible treasure. Infatuated with precious and rare jewelry, people not only stress its decorating function, but also attach great importance to its symbol as power, identity and status. Men have been in a dominant position in the society since ancient times. Besides its ornamental function, male jewelry contains profound social significance compared with female jewelry.From the points of gender biological phenomena, patriarchal society in China, and cultural influences, this paper expounds the history of male jewelry, then analyzes ups and downs of male jewelry design and the male jewelry market revival after the reform and opening-up. It also revealed the modern male jewelry design condition in detail, such as its art esthetic principle, psychological and social factors. Finally, through the interpretation and analysis of gender and practical function, it discusses the technology of 3D printing and wearable smart devices and other advanced scientific technology, with a concrete example which indicates it gets closer to and affects people’s way of life. It further explores more possibilities as advanced technology, such as the wearable smart devices, combined with contemporary male jewelry. It is multiple and feasible. Thus we can reveal the development trends of our native male jewelry design and the way to develop our native male jewelry design and provides some guidance and suggestions for male jewelry design.