About the Author

Carole Guinard is an exhibition curator and designer. A creator of jewellery and the founder of the NO gallery in Lausanne (1986-95), she is both the exhibition designer and curator of the collection of contemporary jewelry at MUDAC. Liesbeth den Besten is a freelance journalist and writes for Dutch and international art and design magazines. She is the chairwoman of the Francoise van den Bosch Foundation for contemporary jewellery. Monica Gaspar is an art historian and free-lance curator. She writes on jewelry and other artifacts in their position between art and design.