Tiffany & Co The Landmark

No other jewelry store seems to have the same glamour as Tiffany¿s.

¿ Saturday Evening Post, January 24, 1953

Tiffany & Co.'s Fifth Avenue flagship, reopened in April 2023 after a significant four-year restoration, has become a new landmark in the New York City skyline. Transformed by architect Peter Marino, the interiors now feature artworks by renowned artists and a three-story exhibition space designed by Shohei Shigematsu of the Office for Metropolitan Architecture. This book celebrates the landmark's history, emphasizing the golden thread of wonder that runs through Tiffany's legacy, from its founder's visionary retail concept to the enchantment of its iconic Blue Box. Dedicated to the artisans and visitors who have contributed to nearly two centuries of art, design, craftsmanship, and innovation, the volume showcases the newly redesigned building alon

About the author

Italian scholar, curator and author Alba Cappellieri, Ph.D., is head of Jewelry and Fashion Accessories at the Politecnico di Milano, where she is director of the International Master in Fashion Accessories. From 2013 to 2016 she taught Design Driven Innovation at Stanford University. In 2014 she founded and until 2021 directed the Jewelry Museum in Vicenza. She has curated several international jewelry exhibitions and her recent publications include Van Cleef & Arpels: Time, Nature, Love (Skira, 2022), Jewels of the Twentieth Century: From Art Nouveau to 3D Printing (Skira, 2018), Chains: Jewellery in History, Function and Ornament (Silvana, 2018) and Buccellati: A Century of Timeless Beauty (Assouline, 2021).

Christopher Young is the Creative Director, Vice President for Creative Visual Merchandising, Events, and the Tiffany Archives for Tiffany & Co. He is responsible for the global creative development of all window displays, product presentation, brand storytelling, creative development and The Tiffany Archives. He recently oversaw the groundbreaking Vision & Virtuosity Tiffany & Co. exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery in London, to great critical acclaim. In addition, Young also illustrates for Tiffany, including the children¿s book The Winter Carousel and other worldwide creative campaigns. As a contributor, his work can be found in Windows at Tiffany & Co. (Assouline), Vision & Virtuosity (Assouline) and The Tiffany Archives (Steidl).

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