2026 MUSE Design Awards · Silver Winner

Tide of Becoming

Changed, never erased.

A continuous gold curve carries the design from a smile into a wave. Six distinct diamonds hold its changing rhythm.

Tide of Becoming official entry design rendering, showing the complete six-stone ring

01 / IDEA

The vision behind the piece

For Lucine Yang, Design Director, Tide of Becoming is a study of change without erasure. Its continuous curve carries the warmth of a smile into the motion of a wave. Different forms remain distinct yet connected, reflecting how memory and individuality can endure as a life takes new shape.

Lucine Yang · Design Director

Original Tide of Becoming sketch detail showing the continuous gold curve beneath the six stones — Original sketch detail · the continuous curve

02 / DEVELOPMENT

From a line to a wave

The drawing sets out a continuous, rising line and the placement of six unlike stones. The design presentation develops that line into a three-dimensional shank: a small smile at one angle, a wave at another. Sketch and rendering show how the idea becomes a form that can be viewed from more than one direction.

Original Tide of Becoming design sheet with ring sketches and jewelry annotations — Original design sketch and annotations

Tide of Becoming CAD design presentation with multiple ring views — CAD design presentation · rendering, not a product photograph

03 / COMPOSITION

A rhythm of six stones

Three round lab-grown diamonds and two square lab-grown diamonds form an asymmetric rhythm around one yellow pear-shaped lab-grown diamond. Their contrasting outlines remain legible rather than blending into a uniform row. The pear shape sits like a drop above the continuous gold curve, a quiet point of movement within the composition.

Close design rendering of Tide of Becoming showing three round, two square and one yellow pear-shaped diamond — Design rendering · six lab-grown diamonds

04 / FORM

Movement, held in form

Viewed obliquely, the yellow-gold shank rises beneath the stones and opens around the finger. White-gold settings distinguish the diamonds from the curve below. This view makes the work's depth visible without losing the continuous line first explored in the sketch.

Angled Tide of Becoming design rendering showing its flowing gold curve and open space — Angled design rendering

Underside CAD view of Tide of Becoming showing the stone settings above the yellow-gold shank — Underside CAD design rendering · not a product photograph

The CAD view from beneath reveals how the separate stone settings sit above the gold sweep. From this angle, the open space and changing height of the shank are easier to read. This is a design rendering, not a photograph of a finished piece.

RECOGNITION