innovation capsules

In 2025, Boucheron unveils a reinterpretation of its Quatre icon, using a cutting-edge technique: 3D sand printing. Claire Choisne has designed a set of seven cuff bracelets and bangles revisiting the Clou de Paris motif, combining black sand with yellow gold. The process consists in agglomerating grains of sand by applying a polymer, which acts like a glue, in successive layers barely a millimeter thick, like a millefeuille. This process, innovative in the jewelry world, gives the material remarkable strength while preserving the texture of the sand, revealing an original aesthetic faithful to the avant-garde spirit of the Maison. 

In 2024, the Maison unveiled the Quatre 5D Memory ring, the fruit of cutting-edge innovation serving a creative and artistic purpose. How is a sound-based work of art encapsulated within the Quatre ring? Thanks to an optical digital data storage process known as "5D memory." This is an ultra-fast nanostructuring technique invented by Peter Kazansky, professor at the University of Southampton and Chief Scientific Officer of SPhotonix, and used for the first time by a High Jewelry Maison. It encodes an immense amount of information in nanostructured glass, i.e. glass composed of microscopic molecules in the nanometer range, for several billion years. To achieve this feat, Boucheron turned to an equally innovative technology: Glassomer®. The Quatre ring codes have been sculpted into the material, with the exception of the Ligne de Diamants, the diamonds of which have been set in white gold. The sound work**, developed by IRCAM – Centre Pompidou, is housed at the heart of one of the Clou de Paris motifs. 

**ABOUT THE BOUCHERON X IRCAM - CENTRE POMPIDOU COLLABORATION
Sound design by IRCAM – Centre Pompidou
Sound design: Roque Rivas
Sound engineering: Oscar Ferran
Sound design artistic direction: Emmanuelle Zoll
Production coordination: Raphaël Bourdier

In 2023, the Aluminum Innovation Capsule offers a joyful reinterpretation of Boucheron's Quatre and Jack icons. But behind their playful appearance, these creations conceal a plethora of technical innovations. The codes are reworked in magnesium or aluminum, materials 10 and 8 times lighter than gold, respectively, and are delicately set with round diamonds. A real feat when you consider that each aluminum prong is extremely delicate and irreplaceable during the setting process.

In 2022, Claire Choisne once again questioned the meaning of the precious by introducing Cofalit®* on Boucheron's iconic Jack. Made by applying a unique vitrification process to a certain type of industrial waste, this material reaches the end of the line in terms of recycling and is considered an “unrecyclable” material. The fruit of a creative and technical challenge, the Cofalit®* used in the Maison's creations required many months of research and transformation to be worked according to jewelry codes. La Maison took up the challenge, adding value to what was, in essence, no longer useful, and making it precious.  

*Cofalit® is a brand of the Europlasma Group.

Innovating also means teaming up with partners who, in theory, have nothing in common with the world of High Jewelry. In 2021, the Maison called on Saint-Gobain, a French company founded in 1665 that specializes in manufacturing technical glass parts. This collaboration led to the creation of a holographic coating which, when sprayed onto ceramic and applied in dozens of layers, reveals a play of colors on Boucheron's Quatre and Jack creations.  

In 2020, the Maison introduced denim in two creations: a Quatre ring and cuff. Claire Choisne brought denim into the realm of the precious, combining it with white gold and diamonds. A pairing made possible thanks to the expertise of the Maison's research and development department.

a story of firsts

The entire history of the Maison is imbued with this spirit of innovation, which today is at the heart of Boucheron's creativity.  

a new vision of preciousness 

At Boucheron, it all begins with a dream. Then, traditional skills and cutting-edge technologies come together to shape the Studio's creative vision. Every year, Boucheron collections push the limits of High Jewelry and question the meaning of preciousness.