The interactive session “Play, Learn, Remember” explored how hands-on design activities can encourage curiosity, creative thinking and deeper engagement with materials, colour and circular design.

Ayana Jade hosted a Fretwork and Jewellery soirée at the National Trust property, 575 Wandsworth Road, the former home of Khadambi Asalache. The evening brought together craft, conversation and design, connecting jewellery, architecture and circular thinking.

Ayana Jade showcased its work at the Global Innovation Forum in London, where the theme “Life is a Prototype: Innovation and Sustainability” reflected the brand’s approach to design, materials strategy and responsible innovation.

Ayana Jade’s commissioned London Design Festival installation, Nine Days in Nine Elms, brought together natural colour, biophilic design and jadeite (fei cui) in a multisensory setting at OSMO’s rooftop space overlooking the waterfront. The installation explored how materials, colour and atmosphere shape experience, connecting Ayana Jade’s Jewellery collections with its Education & Advisory work in circular design and applied sustainability.

Ayana Jade was commissioned to deliver a creative wellbeing workshop at the Happy Streets Festival, where families and visitors explored colour, craft and the calming qualities associated with jadeite tones. The session brought together creativity, conversation and design thinking, reflecting how Ayana Jade connects jewellery, materials awareness and circular design through both its Jewellery collections and Education & Advisory work.

We were invited to mentor learners from Morley College London – Chelsea Centre for Creative Industries and Leyton Sixth Form College

Ayana Jade was pleased to showcase and speak at Sustainable Discovery in Chelsea, where jewellery buyers and design-led audiences came together around materials, provenance and trust. Presented as “In conversation with Linda Achan”, the event reflected how Ayana Jade connects premium jadeite (fei cui) jewellery, circular design and proof-led sustainability through both its Jewellery collections and Education & Advisory work.

Ayana Jade’s selection for the Maker with a Mission residency at Makerversity, Somerset House reflects its innovation-led approach to Jewellery, circular design and material integrity. The post connects Ayana Jade’s contemporary jadeite (fei cui) jewellery with its digital Education & Advisory work in applied sustainability, claims integrity and responsible innovation.