Custom designs and collaborations
Over the years our founder and designer Lina Simons has been engaged for a wide range of bespoke design projects, both for companies and organisations.
Design by Lina Simons for Kalevala
Kalevala is one of the largest jewelry manufacturers in northern Europe. The company designs, manufactures and markets high-quality gold, silver and bronze jewelry.
Designer Lina Simons
Currently in shops
Pink Ribbon necklace 2023: Sailor’s Knot Amulet with a pink stone
Amulet Pendant Kalevala Bear Silver
Amulet Sailor's Knot
Amulet St. John's Arm bronze
Amulet Sun Lion
Amulet Teljä Maiden
Amulet pendant, charm, earrings and bracelet
Lucky Pearl
Lucky Pearl
Cross of Light
Cross of Light pendant gold
Encounters Pendant
Hetki yhdessä
Hetki yhdessä
Four-Leaf Clover
Four-Leaf Clover
Four-Leaf Clover
Four-Leaf Clover charm/Baby Ring
Four-Leaf Clover Earrings silver
Previous designs
Pink Ribbon necklace 2019 (Lucky Pearl)
Four-Leaf Clover charm gold
Precious Sunshine
Precious Sunshine
New Dawn
My Saaga nr 6841/4, Lilac
New Dawn (Lumi x Kalevala)
My Saaga nr 6846/3
Design for Suunto
"Lina is both fun and easy to work with and she has a lot of lovely ideas. In the Suunto’s Guiding Star project she was the best possible guide into the world of jewellery."
Suunto Guiding Star
In 2014, I got an assignment by the Finnish company Suunto to design a compass jewellery that had to fit a small compass. I was tasked with designing not only the necklace but also the graphics for the compass base itself.
One fresh autumn morning as I cycled, I looked at the clear starry sky and gained insight: The usual ”N”-north symbol usually seen on compasses would be replaced by a Polaris star, which has been the guide for people forever. I gave the name “Guiding Star” to the necklace.
Guiding Star is a sterling silver compass pendant with clean lines and two faces: on the front is a real compass with Polaris in the north, and on the back stars of the Nordic sky.
The necklace was launched worldwide in 2015.
The Guiding Star is crafted in Finland in cooperation between Suunto and Kalevala, both founded in Finland in the 1930s.
All photos are property of Suunto.
Linea name necklace
Designing the Linea name necklace for Förbundet Hem och Skola i Finland rf was a delightful project for me. Drawing inspiration from the owl chicks in the logo, they symbolize our role as parents guiding children toward wisdom and independence. The name "Linea" is derived from the Latin word for "family line.
75th anniversary necklace
I had the honor of designing a necklace for the Lyran choir members to mark the choir's 75th anniversary in year 2021
Award pin
I got the assignment in 2019 to design an award pin for The Finnish Society for Nature and Environment (Natur och miljö).
The design had to include the three elements earth (branch), water (fish) and air (bird) from their logo.
Folkhälsan
Folkhälsan gave me an assignment to design two charms in silver. They are based on Folkhälsan’s symbols for their campaigns “Majblomman” (the flower of May) and “Lucia” (Santa Lucia)
Custom designed cufflinks
Custom designed cufflinks for a family foundation. The project included the design of the monogram.
The letters CLS stand for the founder of the family association and form a family tree.
