The Sourcebook of Contemporary Jewelry Design

THE SOURCEBOOK OF CONTEMPORARY JEWELRY DESIGN is a cutting-edge design anthology featuring more than 300 established and emerging designers around the world.
Included in these pages are the world's most notable contemporary jewelry designers -- master couturiers and up-and-coming designers alike, showcasing their work in over 1300 graphic full-color photographs and illustrations. For easy reference, jewelry design illustrations, photographs, and explanations of these lovely designs are categorised according to design type, purpose, and style. Also included is a visual index for quick reference and designers' contact information. This impressive design book is the first large-scale book of its kind to showcase a complete and diverse range of contemporary jewelry designers notable for their work in in a broad and eclectic field of design. This volume provides examples of every jewelry piece imaginable; from coral-like Lucite necklaces to intricately crocheted earrings, mineral dust rings to ceramic hairpieces, wooden pendants to leather pins, this lushly illustrated, information-rich book is an invaluable resource that consumers, designers, design students, fashion retailers, merchandisers, and stylists will turn to again and again.