Christopher Designs’ now legendary and patented “Crisscut®” method of cutting stones literally crisscrosses facets and imbues each stone with superior brilliance and fire.

After three years of refining a discovery that would change forever the way the world viewed diamond design, company founder and namesake, Christopher Slowinksi unveiled his first “Crisscut®” creations in 1998. Today, Christopher Designs offers five shapes that stem from this same cut. Crisscut® stones are much more brilliant than a typical step-cut as measured by a GemEx Light Performance Analysis Report that Christopher calls “spectacular.”

Not only the latest technology, but Christopher’s peers acknowledge his brilliance. This past year, over 13,000 jewelers voted one of Christopher’s creations the best design in the country.

In the 10 years since debuting his one-of-a-kind Crisscut®, Christopher has been awarded three U.S. patents, one for the Crisscut®, one for his invisible settings, and one for a technological innovation, the machine-set, closed-end channel anniversary and wedding bands.

Christopher enthusiastically embraces technology, which not only enables him to pass competitive pricing on to his customers, it inspires his creativity. As he says, “If technology creates the proverbial level playing field, the creative side becomes more important than it has ever been.”

And while Christopher invented Crisscut® and still does 90% of all his company’s designs, he attributes to his wife, Eva Slovinska, much credit for the success of Christopher designs. “We’ve been doing business together since day one,” says Christopher. “She is the money person.”

When asked if Eva could be called the financial genius behind the creative genius, Christopher replies, “I guess you could say that.”