Many-awarded Spanish jewelry designer Josep Maria Puig Doria (1926 – 2006) started making jewelry in 1948. Located on Avenida Diagonal in his native Barcelona, his company became a trendsetter in brutalist jewelry with modernist touches, as well as in costume jewelry. Since the mid 1960s he received the international reputation, and his jewelry business went uphill.

Although Puig Doria designed and made jewellery himself, he also relied on independent talented craftsmen to develop the design and embody it in metal. In general, this was understandable, because the growing demand for his jewelry led to an expansion of production and an increase in the administrative burden on the founder of the company. Initially, the company’s craftsmen created jewelry from silver, metal, ebony, and even from egg shells to create mosaics.

In 1971, Puig Doria developed a line of economical silver jewelry for export to the United States and West Germany under the Puig Doria brand. Puig Doria sold his jewelry in the world’s most famous showrooms, such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdale’s, and Van Cleef & Arpels. Seven years later Puig Doria opened his namesake store in Geneva, and in 1984 in Japan.

Today, the second and third generation of Puig Doria jewelers continue the family business, creating exclusive jewelry from precious metals and stones.

Spanish Jewelry Designer Puig Doria