NRTN is an avant-garde, genderless design brand that specializes in jewellery.

The name NRTN is inspired by the Neurturin (NRTN) gene—a protein-coding gene symbolic of life and transformation. NRTN finds beauty in the unconventional, drawing inspiration from the fringes of life and embracing a heightened sensitivity to form and meaning.

Its creations fuse traditional craftsmanship with cutting-edge technology and bold, interdisciplinary experimentation. Since its inception in 2016, the brand’s mission has remained clear: to craft daring, original jewellery that transcends the limitations of time and space.

Founded by jeweller and artist Hansel Tai, a graduate of both 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 here: time unfolds from both past and future into a hyperstitional reality. In this world, apocalypse and utopia coexist, where the natural is overshadowed by body worship, subcultural symbols, deformities, high-gloss metals, and the materialization of hyperstition into fetishistic objects.

NRTN’s design lab, based in Tallinn, Estonia, remains a creative hub for pushing the boundaries of jewellery and art.