AND_i fall 2007
Austrian designer Andreas Eberharter, born in Tyrol/Austria in 1971, describes his approach to jewellery: “You could compare it (jewellery) with your favourite pair of jeans. When you put them on you immediately feel comfortable. The same effect should happen to the wearer of my jewellery.” The inspirations for the wearable sculptures by Eberharter come from everywhere: "...Unconsciously you always get influenced. One should be genuine and develop his/her own style.”  more design>>>
After studying gold-smith and sculptor, Andreas Eberharter worked as a freelance artist in Vienna and assisted the artists Anna Heindl, Manfred Wakolbinger and Eva Schlegel. After numerous national and international exhibitions on his own and with colleagues he founded the label AND_I in 2001. AND_i has already been presented in Tokyo, Sao Paolo and in New York. With his own collection of jewellery, self-designed accessories and wedding dresses, he arranged the opening event of the world largest wedding-fair of Asia in Bangkok in 2005. News about AND_i on www.and-i.net
fig.: Shiny Simple+Simple. (c) Robert Marksteiner