On the afternoon of Tuesday, October 27, 2026, we presented the Modernism collection at Pniewski Villa in Warsaw: twenty gold rings inspired by the architecture of Warsaw modernism. It was our press day and the premiere of a collection that opens the second chapter of our series on the architecture of Polish cities. The first chapter was the Kraków Collection, which took Kraków's Barbican, among other landmarks, as its starting point.
The Modernism rings grow out of specific places in twentieth-century Warsaw: tenement houses, housing estates, staircases and balustrades. Below we describe how the afternoon unfolded: where we met, how we presented the rings, what happened at the goldsmith's bench, and where you can see the collection today.
Where and when did we present the Modernism collection?
We held the Modernism press day on the afternoon of October 27, 2026, at Pniewski Villa, Aleja Na Skarpie 27, in Warsaw. We invited journalists, creators and friends of the brand to see all twenty rings in one place before the collection reaches our boutiques.
In our Instagram story from that day we summed up the collection in a few numbers: twenty rings, one designer, three goldsmiths, a year of work and one Warsaw workshop. Over that year we drew out the line, proportion and rhythm of each building, and then gave them the form of a gold ring.
What is Pniewski Villa?
Pniewski Villa, which stands on a promontory of the Vistula escarpment at Aleja Na Skarpie 27, is the house and studio of Bohdan Pniewski, an architect of the modernist era. The building itself is older: it was erected in 1779-1781 to a design by Szymon Bogumił Zug, an architect of the age of King Stanisław August.
In 1934-1935 Pniewski rebuilt it to his own design as his home and studio, and he remained its owner until his death in 1965. That same year the villa was entered in the register of historic monuments. Pniewski, a professor at the Warsaw University of Technology, left a clear mark on Warsaw: the Municipal Courts building on Leszno, the expansion of the Sejm complex, and the reconstruction and expansion of the Grand Theatre.
Furnishings from the architect's time have survived: a decorative ceiling adorned with Hutsul bowls, a bust of his wife, and furniture from the villa and the studio, including a stone bookcase. In February 2024 the Masovian monuments conservator began proceedings to enter these furnishings in the register of movable monuments. Today the villa hosts exhibitions of the Museum of the Earth of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Our rings were therefore shown in a house that an architect of the modernist era rebuilt for himself.
How were the twenty rings displayed?
We presented the rings on black granite bases, white plinths and black pyramids, and in display cases with wooden frames. Each pair of rings was accompanied by a card with an archival black-and-white photograph of a building and a short caption.
The captions on the cards traced a walk through the city: the spiral staircase by the Gdański Bridge, the metal balustrade on Narbutta Street, the Za Żelazną Bramą housing estate, the house and studio of Jadwiga Dobrzyńska and Zygmunt Łoboda, the apartment building on Kozia Street, and a mosaic of corset-shaped tiles, known in Warsaw as gorseciki, in a tenement house on Bartoszewicza Street. The spiral staircase gave its line to three rings, Modernism N°7, N°8 and N°9, in which the gold changes direction fluidly, like steps turning around an axis. The balustrade on Narbutta Street became the starting point for the Modernism N°2 ring, a simple form in which proportion, not ornament, defines the character.
Large-format photographs from the collection campaign hung on the walls, among them the image of a stack of rings on a metal column. On the stone fireplace lay books on Warsaw and Polish modernism, among them “Warszawski modernizm”. One room thus brought together an archival photograph of a building, the ring that grew out of it, and images from the collection campaign.
What did the goldsmith show at the workbench?
At a workbench with a microscope, a BELLER goldsmith showed guests how a ring is made by hand. It is the same work we do every day in our one and only workshop in Warsaw, where all BELLER jewelry is made, every Modernism ring included.
Under the microscope the goldsmith sets stones in their settings, the part of the ring that holds a stone in place, and checks every edge and surface. In a collection whose character is built by lines and proportions, every edge has to keep the sharpness of an architectural drawing. We describe the whole journey, from idea to finished ring, in our article on how jewelry is made.
What did the afternoon taste and sound like?
The afternoon was filled with the music of a grand piano, played live by a pianist, and the taste of old Warsaw: traditional rurki z kremem, cream-filled pastry tubes, baked on site. The interiors did the rest: a stone fireplace, oak herringbone floors, a wooden staircase and a garden in autumn colors beyond the windows. We handed our guests bouquets of dahlias wrapped in patterned paper, along with BELLER bags.
Who joined us at the villa?
We were joined by journalists, creators, friends of the brand and BELLER ambassadors. We thank everyone who spent the afternoon with us and shared it in their own stories. That same day Vogue.pl published a premiere article about the Modernism collection.
Where can you see the Modernism collection?
The Modernism collection is available online now, on the Modernism collection page, and it will be on sale in BELLER boutiques from November 28, 2026. From that day you can see the rings at Mokotowska 71 in Warsaw and at Szczepańska 9 in Kraków, Monday to Saturday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
You can order every ring in sizes 4 to 18, in 585 (14K) or 750 (18K) gold. We describe the other BELLER jewelry lines in our article on BELLER collections. If you would like to try on the Modernism rings in a boutique, you can already arrange a visit from November 28 onward: Book an appointment.
Frequently asked questions about the Modernism collection
When will the Modernism collection be available in BELLER boutiques?
The Modernism collection is available online now, and it will be on sale in BELLER boutiques at Mokotowska 71 in Warsaw and Szczepańska 9 in Kraków from November 28, 2026.
How many rings are in the Modernism collection?
The Modernism collection comprises twenty rings, from Modernism N°1 to Modernism N°20, inspired by the architecture of Warsaw modernism.
What gold are the Modernism rings made of?
You can order every Modernism ring in 585 (14K) or 750 (18K) gold. The collection is made in three colors of gold: yellow, white and rose.
Where are the Modernism rings made?
We create every Modernism ring by hand in our own workshop in Warsaw, where a designer and three goldsmiths worked on the collection for a year.