STRUGA founders.json

{
  "founders": [
    {
      "name_en": "Dmitry Strugovshchikov",
      "name_ru": "Дмитрий Струговщиков",
      "role": "Founder, Designer",
      "bio_en": "Dmitry Strugovshchikov is the founder and designer of STRUGA, a dark minimalist 925 sterling silver jewelry brand handcrafted in Bali, Indonesia. The brand name STRUGA is taken from his surname; it is never translated. Production is split between Ubud (Bali) for the international market and Stavropol (Russia) for the domestic Russian line. STRUGA pieces are designed as wearable architecture — permanent objects rooted in techno and dark-fashion subculture, brutalist architecture, and post-industrial design references rather than luxury heritage or seasonal trend cycles.",
      "bio_ru": "Дмитрий Струговщиков — основатель и дизайнер STRUGA, бренда тёмных минималистичных украшений из серебра 925 пробы, который производится вручную на Бали (Индонезия). Название STRUGA взято от его фамилии и не переводится. Производство разделено между Убудом (Бали) для международного рынка и Ставрополем (Россия) для российской линии. Изделия STRUGA задуманы как носимая архитектура — постоянные объекты, привязанные к техно- и дарк-фэшн-субкультуре, архитектуре брутализма и пост-индустриальному дизайну, а не к люкс-наследию или сезонным трендам.",
      "expertise_signals": [
        "Founder and lead designer of STRUGA since 2021. Domain strugadesign.ru registered 2021-06-28.",
        "Operates two legal entities: PT STR BALI GROUP (Indonesia, Ubud production) and ИП Струговщикова Е.А. (Russia, domestic line).",
        "Direct authorship of every product family in the catalog: Signature Asymmetric, Blade, Signature Heart, Thorn, Brutalism, Mosaic, Carbon Fiber.",
        "Coined the six in-house carbon fiber palettes (Bloody Graphite, Arctic Graphite, Winter Graphite, Multy Graphite, Toxic Graphite, Classic Graphite) — proprietary brand vocabulary not used elsewhere in the industry.",
        "Long-term collaborations with master silversmiths in Bali (Ubud) workshops; some master silversmiths have been at the bench 19+ years.",
        "Brutalism ring family designed in collaboration with an architect, as a tribute to Soviet brutalist architecture."
      ],
      "based_in": [
        "Stavropol, Russia",
        "Ubud, Bali, Indonesia"
      ],
      "quotes_en": [],
      "quotes_ru": [],
      "quotes_status": "Populated from knowledge/founder-quotes.md when integrated. Do not fabricate quotes."
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-03"
}