Kora Cuff

Amy with Master Carver, Tongo Léon Kayenya

Kora’s socially and aesthetically conscious philosophy brings the beauty of unique jewelry to a new light. Kora avidly supports sustainability of local businesses in developing countries by taking discarded horns thrown out by butchers and metamorphosing them into beautiful pieces of jewelry and teaching the people of Rwanda valuable business skills.

In developing Kora’s website, we chose full screen images of the exquisite jewelry pieces as a background display for each page. Built using a Content Management System (CMS), the website is easily accessible to update new products and content seamlessly. As our client was in Africa during the development phase of website, our transcontinental correspondence via Skype proved to be quite successful.

For more details in Kora’s philosphy and design of the unique jewelry pieces, visit koradesigns.com.

The holidays are always a busy time for us, but we still manage to the find time to party down. And last night, we attended the New York debut of Kora’s beautiful jewelry. Based in Rwanda, Kora is all about merging jewelry design with socially-minded economic development. Part of the profit from each amazing piece made from horn goes back to the community. We are super excited to work with clients like Kora who care deeply about a greater cause. And we also love hanging out at fancy parties. A perfect match! Here are a few snapshots captured between saying hello to some of the fabulous guests and trying on the jewelry. Love those rings!

Close up of the Jewelry

View of the Loft

View from the Loft!

Now that the party is over, we are looking forward to helping them with their branding and more in the near future!