DESIGNER

Alessio Boschi

Award winning Italian artist and designer Alessio Boschi directed the design and carving of the Millennium Sapphire. Boschi has an international reputation for innovative eclat and intense precision for detail. His work has been on display in New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and international art exhibitions. As the creative director behind this masterpiece, he transfigured the rough gemstone into a monument of human triumphs.

Here are some of the competitions and exhibitions where Boschi’s work was shown:

CHARLES PERROUD S.A., international competition, Lyon (France), 1992
Ex aequo winner

AMBRA PERFUME, SOLARI JEWELS, annual competition, Fashion Academy, Rome, 1992
Second on the list and stage winner to the ANSUINI in Rome.

A JEWEL FOR THE LIFE, exhibition, New York, 1992
Four drawings exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum

ROTARY CLUB, jewelry competition, Velletri, 1992
Selection and realization of two projects inspired by Rotary's wheel

FASHION ACADEMY, "Francesco Campagna" grant, Rome, 1993

A JEWEL FOR THE NATURE, 4th competition Napolitan school of jewelry art, Naples, 1993

COSMIC JEWELS: SPACE, TIME, EXCAPING UNIVERSE, Fashion Academy, Rome, 1993
Second in the list and stage winner at UNOAERRE.

IL BRACCIALE DEL 2000, C.N.A., Rome, 1993

VICENZAORO I, in collaboration with World Gold Council, Vicenza, 1994
Exhibition of three objects for the new goldsmith trends

KOFU PEARLS CONTEST '94, competition, Kofu (Tokyo), 1993

NEW JOYS, Gems Relations International, Rome, 1994

EASTERN GOLDS: A BRIDGE TO THE WEST, Fashion Academy exhibition, Rome, 1994

CHOPARD, international competition, Milan, 1995
Ex aequo competition winner for the choice of a free lance designer

ITALIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN FRANCE, presentation of the new collection "The giants of Mihail", Paris, 1998

UTOPIA PEARLS, international competition for South Sea pearls, Milan, 1998

Publications

ACCADEMIA DI COSTUME E DI MODA, Rome, exhibitions catalogues of the years 1992, 1993 and 1994

IL TEMPO, 5th of June 1992

ARGENTO, n. 36, December 1993

L'ORAFO ITALIANO, n. 12 1997, n. 1, n. 4, n. 7 and 8 1998

GOLD TRENDS '94 - WORLD GOLD COUNCIL

VOGUE GIOIELLO, n. 35

MIHAIL, catalogue 1995

L'OFFICIEL, France, July 1996

KOSMIMA, 1995, 1996 and 1997, presentation catalogues of the Greek jewelry in the page of Gika Bros of Athens

LE FIGARO, Paris 9th October 1996

PERLE DI TAHITI, book 1997 "Tahiti pearls Tahiti seen by new designer" (see Mihail)

BIJOUX, MONTRES & VOUS, France February 1997

Collaborations and Stages

MARIOTTI ET BALLAND, Paris, company that works for Place Vendôme

GIUSEPPE BELLAGAMBA, Rome

CHARLES PERROUD S.A., Lyon

UNOAERRE, Arezzo, stage, 1993

WORLD GOLD COUNCIL, Milan

ANSUINI, Rome

BAROCCI, Rome

GIANSANTI, Rome

MATSUMURA COMPANY, Kofu (Japan)

MAURO LEONI, Velletri

QUATTROCOLO, Rome

ROCCHETTI, Rome

EMM VASSILIADIS SONS S.A. - MIHAIL, Athens, internal designer from 1995 to April 1999

JMA GOLD, Thessalonique (Greece)

GIKAS BROS, Athens

DELOS, Athens

DIMITRIS SABANIS, Athens

KESSARIS, Athens

ALEXANDER GOLD, Athens

PORCHET, Paris

DAMASCOS, Athens

DAL LAGO, Valenza

BICEGO, Vicenza