Guy Bedarida

Guy Bedarida
Guy Bedarida, Jewelry and Precious Objects Designer
Residence	Europe and Asia
Nationality	French-Italian
Occupation	Jewelry designer

Guy Bedarida (born 1963) is an Italian-born French jewelry designer, former Head Designer for the American branch of Van Cleef & Arpels and former Creative Director and Head Designer for the John Hardy brand.^[1] His work is distinguished by its use of color and references to European and Asian design traditions. Bedarida, who is of French-Italian parentage, grew up between Tuscany, Rome, and Paris. He was educated at the European Institute of Design and Communication in Rome, where he majored in jewelry and fashion design.^[2] He started out working as a jewelry designer on the Place Vendôme in Paris, most notably for the house of Boucheron,.^[3] Afterwards, he became Head Designer for the American branch of Van Cleef and Arpels, where his exclusive and unique designs were worn by movie stars and celebrities.^[4][5]

Bedarida joined the John Hardy group in the late 1990s as Head Designer and Creative Director. He worked at the John Hardy design center in Bali, directing a team of illustrators, wax-carvers, metal-smiths and stone-cutters, whose skilled handiwork helped him realise new designs and technical improvements.^[6] Bedarida created some of John Hardy’s best-selling collections, including one inspired by the Nāga.^[7] In 2007, Bedarida joined a management buyout of the John Hardy brand which was eventually sold in 2014.

As of 2010, Bedarida divides his time between Asia, Europe and the United States.^[8]

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