An original, finely illustrated herbarium that brings together a rich selection of plant-themed works by artists, illustrators, and designers. Masterpieces created with the most varied techniques, ranging from painting to drawing, lithography, photography and collage, with a commentary by Domitilla Dardi, a professor of design and museum curator at the MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art in Rome. An essential section on ancient herbaria is complemented by a series of artistic, graphic, fantastic, and multimedia herbaria, from the antiquity to the present day, addressing an audience of art, science, design, and fashion enthusiasts.


Stitched paperback with visible spine including 200 illustrations. 

DOMITILLA DARDI (*1970) is a historian and freelance design curator. Since 2007, she has worked with the MAXXI Museum in Rome, for which she curated more than twenty exhibitions from 2010 to 2023.  In 2019, she co-founded the design fair EDIT Napoli, of which she is the curator. From 2003 to 2007, she taught at the Faculty of Architecture in Ascoli Piceno and was a visiting professor at various institutions, including the Universidad de Navarra in Pamplona, the Accademia Abadir in Catania and the MADE program in Syracuse. She has also been a lecturer at the IED in Rome since 2007.