More than accessories.
Kona means a speck.
In Bangla, কণা is the smallest amount of something: a grain of sand, a drop of light. It is also the right size for the things we make.
A ring or a chain is small. It does not change what you wear. It changes how what you wear is read: a plain white shirt with one steel band is a different sentence from the same shirt without it. That small difference is the whole of our work.
Material
Steel that keeps its colour.
Most affordable jewellery in Bangladesh is plated brass. It looks right for a month, then fades, and in a humid summer it leaves a green line on your skin.
We use 316L stainless steel, the grade used for watch cases and surgical tools. The silver colour is the metal itself, so there is nothing to wear off. Champagne and onyx finishes are bonded in a vacuum chamber, not dipped. You can shower in them, sweat in them and get caught in the rain on Mirpur Road.
Design
Every piece starts as a circle.
A ring is a circle. A hoop is a circle. A chain is a hundred small ones. We draw the circle first and then decide the one thing to do to it: flatten a side, add a wave, change its colour. One decision per piece. That restraint is why a KONA piece can be worn every day and with anything.
Identity
For every you.
The person at the office on Sunday morning and the person at a wedding on Friday night are the same person and not quite the same. We make pieces for both, and we do not decide who should wear them. Most of the collection is unisex; the rest is sorted by fit, not by rule.
The names are Bangla words for forms. Britto, a circle. Rekha, a line. Bindu, a dot. Dheu, a wave. They say what each piece is, in the language it was designed in.
What comes next.
KONA began online, in Dhaka, with eighteen pieces. Anklets and a wider cuff are being worn and tested now. After that: engraving, and delivery beyond Bangladesh.