founded 1975 in bali indonesia headquarters hong kong key people robert hanson ceo guy bedarida head designer and creative director john hardy founder products jewelry website johnhardy.com john hardy is a jewelry company . founded by john hardy in 1975 the company is known for its asian inspired designs and traditional handmade jewelry techniques . it markets itself as a sustainable luxury brand . 1 contents 1 history 2 designs 3 environmental and social consciousness 4 acquisition by catterton partners equity firm 5 references 6 external links history edit john hardy jewelry 2 was founded by canadian designer and artist john hardy in 1975 . he visited bali in the mid 1970s and the island s jewelry making traditions raised his interest . 3 he began learning the techniques of the local artisans then developed his first pieces by applying new design concepts to traditional balinese techniques . citation needed the john hardy compound was built in mumbal bali in 1996 and is the company production center where the jewelry is created . it also serves as a living and gathering space with an organic farm and low impact buildings . citation needed in 1999 guy bedarida a senior designer of haute joaillerie of the place vend me joined the company as head designer and expanded hardy s design concepts to include the use of classical european jewelry techniques and new motifs inspired by nature and ancient east asian art styles and themes . 4 in 2007 then john hardy president damien dernoncourt with head designer and creative director bedarida purchased the company from hardy . that same year the company headquarters was moved to hong kong and a satellite office was opened in new york . 5 the company opened its first flagship store in plaza indonesia jakarta in 2010 . in 2011 it opened its first store at the landmark hong kong . in 2014 two more stores were opened in bali indonesia . on july 31 2014 john hardy announced that robert hanson former ceo of american eagle outfitters inc. 6 was appointed ceo . 7 summer 2016 john hardy opened its first u.s. boutique in houston and is scheduled to open the second on the island of manhattan . the building at 11 prince street between greene and wooster streets in the soho neighborhood will take up an entire building over three floors . 8 designs edit john hardy jewelry is known for its designs in sterling silver 9 and for using traditional balinese jewelry making techniques and patterns to create modern pieces . environmental and social consciousness edit greener every day is a company slogan used to summarize and describe its efforts to be a green company the ultimate goal being to become carbon neutral . in 2006 john hardy launched its sustainable advertising program to offset the carbon emissions from its print advertising business travel and electricity consumption . 10 it does so by planting bamboo 11 on bali and nusa penida a small island off the coast of bali . through its wear bamboo plant bamboo program 12 a portion of the proceeds from the sale of its bamboo collection items are used to fund the company s continuous bamboo plantings . 13 as of august 2012 the company uses 100 % recycled silver in all designs . 14 acquisition by catterton partners equity firm edit on july 31 2014 catterton partners a leading private equity firm acquired john hardy 15 and announced that robert hanson would take over as chief executive officer . 16 references edit bali s latest green retreat . www.travelandleisure.com . retrieved 16 january 2016 . john hardy history . john hardy . retrieved jul 15 2010 . designing paradise . recreating eden . retrieved jul 15 2010 . first person biting it with bling men s folio magazine . may 2009 . slowey anne . elle fashion insider bali high . elle magazine . edition no. 297 . page 102 . may 2010 . american eagle admits it fired former ceo hanson . www.triblive.com . retrieved 16 january 2016 . 1 john hardy s island life in bali and new york city . www.jrdunn.com . retrieved 13 march 2016 . elle magazine may 2007 story louise . advertising ; the hidden life of paper and its impact on the environment the new york times . oct 25 2006 . the john hardy bamboo agro forestry pilot project friends of the national parks foundation . retrieved jul 15 2010 . damien dernoncourt wear bamboo plant bamboo art and design . issue no. 122 . pg 45 . feb 2010 . tang vivienne jewellery for the earth . prestige magazine . pg 188 . feb 2009 . recycled silver . 2 archived august 17 2014 at the wayback machine . 3 archived november 9 2014 at the wayback machine . external links edit john hardy official site retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title john hardy jewelry & oldid 734947687 categories canadian jewellery designerscompanies of indonesia1975 establishments in indonesiabalicompanies of hong kongjewellery companiesbamboohidden categories articles with wayback machine linksall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from july 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 17 august 2016 at 18 23 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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