Ross Lovegrove has designed this year's Fashion Awards trophy, which consists of a laser-cut DNA double helix that appears to be suspended inside a monolithic crystal.
The Welsh designer was commissioned by the British Fashion Council and Swarovski to create the award, which will be handed out during an awards ceremony in London's Royal Albert Hall on 2 December.

To create the trophy, 18 different facets are cut into a single piece of crystal to create a towering trapezoid structure, measuring 24 centimetres in height.
The winding, double-helix structure is internally etched into this solid crystal using green-light laser technology.
That means the three-dimensional image is built up by the laser point by point, pulse by pulse, with a system of mirrors positioning the beam in just the right, microscopic place each time.
"The DNA that's etched into the core of my crystal design reflects the endless creative diversity that can come from a single source," Lovegrove explained.
"As a designer it's given me great pleasure to design the 2019 Fashion Awards trophy as I realise the impact that fashion has on many areas of human existence and culture."

Undulating, interweaving forms are something of a trademark of Lovegrove's and pop up both in his product designs, for example in the Andromeda light, as well as in his architectural work.

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