A piece of jewellery is traditionally a symbol, whether of power, status, identity or memory.

Amulets and talismans are the earliest ornaments in the history of humankind; they are worn not out of vanity but for the divine benevolence they would attract.

Jewellery is often considered useless, opulent and with no other function than to be decorative.

Jewellery meaCA ns decoration, the ability to add and instil beauty in the wearer.

During the 20th century, numerous sculptors dedicated themselves to making jewellery, transferring their figurative skills, sometimes in the form of simple miniaturisation or by working with the minute scale of jewellery itself.

Jewellery has always been extremely closely tied to fashion and from ancient times through to the modern day, fashion jewellery has been an aesthetic mirror of society, costume development and technological progress.

Design is one of the most interesting expressions of contemporary society, due to its capacity to interweave different disciplines and create exchanges of knowledge.

Icons are narrative pieces of jewellery, items able to tell exceptional stories through their technical and historical details.

What will jewellery be like in the future? Odoardo Fioravanti’s selection will try to answer this question, presenting visions and panoramas of the future, by looking at materials and innovative technologies, items with new content, new interaction with the body, and new contexts.