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Contemporary silver: made in Italy is the first book to tell the story of modern Italian silverware of the last three decades. Today, Italy leads the world in the highest standards of production and innovative design of contemporary silverware. Contemporary Silver showcases the work of major Italian architects and designers such as Ettore Sottsass Jr, Carlo Scarpa and Alessandro Mendini, Italian design companies such as Alessi and Memphis and leading silversmithing studios. It also features designs and work produced for Italian firms by some of the most acclaimed international designers and architects such as Robert Venturi, Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Charles Jencks, Richard Meier and Kazumasa Yamashita.

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'An excellent introduction to recent Italian silver and a good supplement to more extensive studies of tendencies in international design since the 1980s. Highly recommended. All levels' Choice

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Eva Czernis-Ryl is a curator of decorative arts and design at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. She was the content editor and contributing author of Australian Gold and Silver 1851-1900 (Powerhouse Publishing 1995) and a contributing author to A Material World - Fibre, Colour and Pattern (Powerhouse Publishing 1990).

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