Silverware designer Simone De Min's first creation was a silver box he made for his girlfriend when he was 20.
'I just sketched it and gave it to a silver factory to make,' he says. His love for silver stuck.
After graduating from university, Simone worked at a silver factory in his native Florence and today owns a shop at the Four Seasons Hotel in Milan.
It was a chance meeting with businessman Andrew Yuen that convinced Simone to stage his second exhibition in Hong Kong.
Like his parents, Simone is an avid art collector of antiques and silverware. 'I love collecting and being surrounded by beautiful things. It has been part of my upbringing,' he says.
Simone says that silver in the form of a decorative object has been neglected for the past 10 years but is set to make a comeback.