Core

Jewelry Design 
This pendant collection is part of an ongoing exploration of three-dimensional patterns and curvilinear volumes. Each form challenges the formal qualities of rhythm, repetition, tension, and balance.

This series consists of forms that protect the sternum as armor while visually drawing you in.

I try to engage in an active conversation with my materials, constantly learning from them and pushing their limits in hopes of finding that state of equilibrium, where there is both tension and harmony, before tipping the scales.


📸 Maria Alexia Platia

Maria Alexia Platia is a Greek multidisciplinary designer based in Brooklyn, New York. With a Communications Design MFA from the Pratt Institute and an Industrial Design BFA from RISD, Maria Alexia operates at the intersection of the physical and the digital. Her work revolves around building objects, spaces, systems, and narratives as means of storytelling, provocation, and creating immersive experiences.

2024; Pratt Graduate Show, La MaMa Galleria, Bowery, NY
2024; Other Islands Bookfair, Brooklyn, NY
2023; Pratt Thesis Inquiries Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY
2023; Furnishing Utopia: Public Access, NYCxDesign, HeadHi Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2023; Sympoiesis: Forging a Collective Cosmovision, AES NYC Gallery, SoHo, NY
2022; What is the Shape of Innovation? United Nations: World Creativity and Innovation Week, UN Secretariat Building, NY
2017; Our America, German Gallery, Providence, RI
2017; RISD Industrial Design Senior Show,  Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI
2016; RISD Industrial Design Triennial, Woods-Gerry Gallery, Providence, RI