NRTN is an avant-garde, genderless design brand specializing in jewellery, with a name inspired by the Neurturin (NRTN) gene — a protein-coding gene symbolic of life and transformation. The brand finds beauty in the unconventional, drawing from the fringes of life and embracing heightened sensitivity to form and meaning. Its creations fuse traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology, defined by bold experimentation across disciplines. Since its inception in 2016, NRTN has pursued a singular mission: to craft daring, original jewellery that transcends the limitations of time and space.

Founded by jeweller and artist Hansel Tai, a graduate of the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Central Academy of Fine Arts, NRTN’s ethos is deeply rooted in queer culture and the Post-Internet Epoch. For Tai, the future is already present, unfolding from both past and future into a hyperstitional reality where apocalypse and utopia coexist. In this liminal space, the natural is reshaped by body worship, subcultural symbols, deformities, high-gloss metals, and fetishistic objects that embody transformation.

Anchored in Tallinn, Estonia, NRTN’s design lab serves as a hub for experimentation and boundary-pushing. It is here that the brand continues to reimagine what jewellery can be, blurring the line between art, object, and ideology while channeling the complexities of contemporary identity and culture into its creations.