Uniform Object’s Carbon Form pairs gold, gemstones, and elastic tension

Uniform Object’s Carbon Form collection puts a black elastic cord under the same spotlight as 18-karat gold and rare natural gemstones, and that tension is the point. The 36-piece lineup, now listed on the New York City brand’s site, trades the usual idea of delicate fine jewelry for a look that feels closer to a modern talisman: structured, spare, and built to be worn, not just admired.

The strongest pieces make that argument quickly. The Carbon Torque Necklace is priced at $14,950, the Vessel Tennis Necklace at $27,500, and Carbon Bracelets run from $12,950 to $90,000, with some styles priced upon request. In a category where precious metals often arrive softened into familiar curves, Uniform Object lets the cord stay visible. That contrast gives the collection its charge. Gold hardware and rare stones still signal luxury, but the elastic introduces a note of utility and pressure, as if the pieces were engineered rather than merely composed.

That instinct fits the language David Farrugia has used around the brand since Uniform Object debuted in 2021. Farrugia, who founded the line with his wife, Katie Hansson, comes from a family of engineers and artists, and he has described the brand’s ethos as balancing industrial and refined, bold and restrained, sculptural and emotional. He has also said Uniform Object works only with natural diamonds and gemstones, a detail that matters in a market crowded with vague sustainability claims and no shortage of lab-grown shorthand. Here, the materials story is more grounded: 18k gold, natural stones, and handcrafted production in New York City.

Carbon Form also extends a design language Farrugia has been building for years. Uniform Object’s April 2025 Machina collection used an 18k gold bolt motif, a rotating Swivel ring, and a Shield cuff made from 300 grams of 18k yellow gold with 7.72 carats total weight of emerald-cut diamonds. Carbon Form feels like a softer, more wearable evolution of that same industrial instinct. The machinery is still there, but the finish is more intimate, as if the brand has shifted from building objects to building personal emblems.

That is where the collection has the best shot at traction. Pieces like these work when they are styled against a crisp shirt, a ribbed tank, or a tailored jacket, where the elastic’s matte black line sharpens the glow of gold rather than competing with it. The look reads as jewelry for people who want presence without fragility, and meaning without sentimentality. Uniform Object’s Carbon Form does not chase traditional delicacy; it turns contrast itself into the luxury, and that makes the collection feel unusually current.