Niessing / Jewelry

With her profound understanding of art Ursula Exner, née Niessing, can be credited with introducing modern jewelry design to the Niessing company. The company’s first modern jewelry line, launched in 1974, was called Setario, derived from the words “set” and “variation”. In 1977 Ursula Exner developed the S-Disk necklaces, bonding platinum and fine gold without any soldering. The Niessing tension ring®, whose archetype was designed in 1979 by Walter Wittek, became one of the most important classics of modern jewelry design. It was followed by numerous modern jewelry lines many of which won international design awards. The modern jewelry manufactory in Vreden is still considered a pioneer as well as an epitome of innovative, modern jewelry design.