{"id":2269,"date":"2021-12-02T19:14:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T18:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/?p=2269"},"modified":"2025-07-26T09:40:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T07:40:09","slug":"intervista-interview-to-ylenia-deriu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/2021\/12\/02\/intervista-interview-to-ylenia-deriu\/","title":{"rendered":"Ylenia Deriu"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\"  style='background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;'><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row \"><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_2  fusion-one-half fusion-column-first 1_2\"  style='margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );margin-right: 4%;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ylenia Deriu is a contemporary jewellery and accessories designer. Her research is inspired by the morphological complexity of nature and the rationality of industrial production.<br \/>\nHer <strong>Elitre<\/strong> jewellery collection is inspired by nature and specifically by beetles.<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Elitre<\/strong> is the result of Ylenia Deriu&#8217;s collaboration with researcher and entomologist Adrea Colla of the Natural History Museum in Trieste.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">With <strong>Elitre<\/strong>, Ylenia Deriu aims to bring people closer to the world of insects, so indispensable to the survival of the human species.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\n<\/strong><strong>Why have you decided to create a jewels collection about insects and specifically the Elitre project?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nI have always loved insects so much. They are animals that can cause fascination and repulsion at the same time. This contrast generates an interesting tension that can be analyzed and developed through design. But the approach of Elitre project is a little bit different. Elitre tells a story of wonder, both from a formal and a conceptual point of view. I collaborated with an entomologist and we decided together to work on beetles for many reasons: they are the largest order in nature with more than 350,000 species, they are extraordinary bioindicators and the microstructures of their elytra are incredible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nHow would you describe your experience as a jewelry designer in the field of science?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nOften we think that design is all about form and aesthetics, but there is much more. Elitre project gave me the chance develop an in-depth research with a scientific support. It allowed me to find a huge inspiration but it also changed both my way of working and my perception of the world and nature.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s the value added of interdisciplinary cooperation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<br \/>\n<\/strong>Adopting different languages from different disciplines is always a good way to change the perspective. Using design to tell about nature, climate change and deforestation links together different types of audience, creates curiosity and hopefully makes you think.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nWhat&#8217;s for you the preciousness of jewellery?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nContemporary jewelry has its own way of being precious. It is not just about the material, or the workmanship, or the design. Preciousness is given by the combination of all these factors reworked and combined together with the conceptual approach. All of this generates a magical aura around the object, creating a sort of contemporary talisman.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div  class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion_builder_column_1_2  fusion-one-half fusion-column-last 1_2\"  style='margin-top:15px;margin-bottom:15px;width:50%;width:calc(50% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.5 ) );'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper\" style=\"padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;\"  data-bg-url=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"fusion-text\"><h3><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Ylenia Deriu \u00e8 designer di accessori e gioiello contemporaneo. La sua ricerca trova ispirazione nella complessit\u00e0 morfologica della natura e nella razionalit\u00e0 della produzione industriale. Proprio dalla natura e nello specifico dai coleotteri trae ispirazione la sua collezione di gioielli <strong>Elitre<\/strong>.<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><strong>Elitre<\/strong> nasce dalla collaborazione di Ylenia Deriu con il ricercatore ed entomologo Adrea Colla del Museo di Storia Naturale di Trieste.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #333333;\">Con <strong>Elitre<\/strong>, Ylenia Deriu si propone di avvicinare le persone al mondo degli insetti, cos\u00ec indispensabili per la sopravvivenza della specie umana.<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nPerch\u00e9 hai deciso di creare una collezione di gioielli sugli insetti, e nello specifico sui coleotteri?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nHo sempre amato molto gli insetti, la contrapposizione tra fascino e repulsione che solitamente questi animali provocano genera una tensione interessante da analizzare e rielaborare attraverso la progettazione. Ma la storia di Elitre \u00e8 diversa, parla di meraviglia sia da un punto di vista formale che concettuale. Collaborando con un entomologo abbiamo scelto i coleotteri per vari motivi: sono l&#8217;ordine pi\u00f9 numeroso in natura con pi\u00f9 di 350.000 specie, sono dei bioindicatori straordinari e le strutture dei loro esoscheletri sono incredibili.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nCome descriveresti la tua esperienza di designer di gioielli nel mondo della scienza?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nSpesso quando si progetta ci si ferma alla forma e all&#8217;estetica, avere la possibilit\u00e0 di fare ricerche pi\u00f9 approfondite con dei professionisti \u00e8 una fortuna enorme. Il progetto Elitre ha cambiato sia il mio modo di lavorare che la mia percezione del mondo e della natura.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nQual \u00e8 secondo te il valore aggiunto della collaborazione interdisciplinare?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nPrendere in prestito linguaggi diversi da discipline diverse \u00e8 sempre un buon modo di cambiare la prospettiva e sconvolgerla. Raccontare come in questo caso di argomenti legati alla natura, al cambiamento climatico alla deforestazione attraverso il design avvicina tipi diversi di pubblico, crea curiosit\u00e0 e fa riflettere.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MC<br \/>\nCos&#8217;\u00e8 che secondo te rende un gioiello prezioso?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>YD<\/strong><br \/>\nIl gioiello contemporaneo ha un modo tutto suo di essere prezioso: non \u00e8 pi\u00f9 solo il materiale, o la mano d&#8217;opera, o il design a dargli valore, ma una combinazione di tutti questi fattori rielaborati e uniti all&#8217;aspetto concettuale. Tutto questo genera un&#8217;aurea magica attorno all&#8217;oggetto creando una sorta di talismano contemporaneo.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yleniaderiu.com\">www.yeliaderiu.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Intervista a cura di Michela Codutti<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ylenia Deriu is a contemporary jewellery and accessories designer. Her research is inspired by the morphological complexity of nature and the rationality of industrial production.<br \/>\nHer Elitre jewellery collection is inspired by nature and specifically by beetles.<br \/>\nElitre is the result of Ylenia Deriu&#8217;s collaboration with researcher and entomologist Andrea Colla of the Natural History Museum in Trieste. With Elitre, Ylenia Deriu aims to bring people closer to the world of insects, so indispensable to the survival of the human species.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,25,31,34,23],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2269"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3861,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2269\/revisions\/3861"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euroinnovators.org\/2018\/it\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}