The architect Greg Lynn, who is known for the organic, biomorphic forms (or blobs, as he famously christened them) that he creates using sophisticated computer technology, designs everything from buildings to flatware and furniture. This year he added jewelry to his list of accomplishments. After working with Lynn in 2009 on an installation for Swarovski Crystal Palace at Design Miami, Nadja Swarovski, the company's creative director, invited him to design a jewelry collection for Atelier Swarovski. Now in its 10th season, Atelier Swarovski features jewelry and accessories by some of the world's leading designers in fields that include fashion and architecture. Lynn was intrigued by the idea of designing jewelry because, he says, "most people don't get to see what I do or wear what I do." But Nadja's invitation didn't come without its challenges. Lynn started by sending her sketches, creating a family of forms based on the shapes and colors of the crystals themselves, and then began to make digital models of the pieces. "I'm never surprised by anything in terms of scale," Lynn explains, "but the scale of the jewelry was really whacked on the first round. It looks much bigger on the screen in the computer models I made. It took three rounds to just get the scale right. Lynn made all the prototypes in his studio, keeping practical issues like the weight of an earring in mind as he worked. For his collection, Lynn designed a range of pieces including earrings, bracelets, rings and necklaces in various forms and color ways. An avid sailor who lives and works in Venice, Calif., he was inspired by the contrast between sand dollars and sea glass to create pieces that include matte and shiny elements. He liked the feel and look of bone-finish ceramic combined with the sparkling crystals and wanted to emphasize the boldness and the colors of the stones. Where the ceramic setting interacts with a stone, Lynn dresses the crystal in shiny silver or gold metal. The pieces in Lynn's collection are dynamic and slightly off balance. One wants to move around them and look at them from all sides as if they were sculpture. Named after his favorite beaches - including Pescador, Zuma, Dana, and Catalina - some pieces recall sea creatures like periwinkles or barnacles. As Lynn describes it, "the juxtaposition of the geometric facets of the crystals with the organic smoothness of the forms that support them lends the pieces an elegant yet primitive quality where you aren't sure if the piece is a contemporary design object or something very old, eroded and polished like driftwood, river stones or sea glass." Lynn's jewelry is part of Atelier Swarovski's fall/winter 2012 collection and will be available online and at select retailers and Swarovski stores worldwide.