Gabriele De Vecchi, working within unmistakable modernity, is a special case of Italian design. His peculiarity lays within his use of silver, perhaps one of the most difficult material to design. The objects he designs are always in search of the possibility of establishing new relations between silver and other materials. His endless production of unexpected objects, tinged with "aesthetical randomness" is documented in this book. Texts by G. Anceschi, A. Colonetti, M. De Vecchi and G. Dorfles.