Alba Cappellieri is professor in Jewellery Design in the Faculty of Design at Politecnico di Milano and head of the post-graduate course in Jewellery Design. She has curated jewellery exhibitions and congresses, including Titanium Jewellery (La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, June-August 2010), Paper Jewellery (La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, September-October 2009), Contemporary Italian Jewellery. Techniques and Materials through Art and Design (Vicenza, Palazzo Valmarana; Milan, Castello Sforzesco, 2008; Berlin, Kunstgewerbemuseum, 2008; Turin, Museo di Art Decorative, 2009), Jewelry and Design (La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, 2002-03), The New Italian Design (La Triennale di Milano Design Museum, 2007) and the congress on industrial jewellery-manufacturing districts Design andlor Jewellery? (2005-06). She writes on jewellery design for major design magazines and has undertaken research and teaching projects for major international jewellery companies. Her recent publications include: Titani preziosi (Milan: Electa, 2009); Gioiello italiano contemporaneo (Milan: Skira, 2008); Ron Arad, Architettura, Arte e Design (Milan: Mondadori Arte, 2008); Antonio Citterio architettura e design (Milan: Skira, 2007); Moda e design: il progetto dell'eccellenza (Milan: Franco Angeli, 2007); Lusso versus Design, with F. Celaschi, A. Vasile (Milan: Franco Angeli, 2005); II design della gioia, with M. Romanelli (Milan: Charta, 2004).