Andrea Illy – författare

"Da war ein Traum, und was für einer! Es war der Traum meines Großvaters Francesco, als er illycaffè gründete, der Traum, den besten Kaffee der Welt anzubieten."Die Erfolgsgeschichte von illycaffè: Das traditionsreiche Familienunternehmen mit Wurzeln in der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie ist heute in über 140 Ländern präsent. Firmenchef Andrea Illy erzählt voll Leidenschaft von der Geschichte und der Philosophie des Kaffeeimperiums.

For 30 years illy has entrusted its iconic coffee cups to the hand of the protagonists of contemporary art, so that they interpret the white surface, to offer their own customers an experience that involves senses and mind. In these pages it’s possible to retrace the history of the illy Art Collections: a collection of unique art objects for everyday use, which since 1992 brings together signed designer cups by over 120 internationally renowned artists.Artists: Marina Abramovic, Neil Aitken, Pedro Almod var, Hannah Anderson, Ron Arad, Felipe Arturo, Atelier Van Lieshout, Matteo Attruia, Felipe Baeza, Ernesto Bautista, Michael Beutler, Francesco Bonami, Louise Bourgeois, Daniel Buren, David Byrne, Waltercio Caldas, Maria João Calisto, Maurizio Cargnelli, Giulia Cenci, Paolo Cervi Kervischer, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Michel Comte, Ross Cooper, Francis Ford Coppola, Antonio Dias, Gillo Dorfles, An Du, Hope Esser, Jan Fabre, Willie Filkowski, Clo’e Floirat, Franco Fontana, Fratelli Fortuna, Cosimo Fusco, Maurizio Galimberti, Giorgio Galli, Anna Gelman Bagaria, Mario Giacomelli, Tatiana Goloviznina, Geni Grabuleda, Mona Hatoum, Jessica Iborra, Ernesto Illy, Francesco Illy, Vittoria Illy, Cameron Jamie, Natasha Jancovich, Anish Kapoor, William Lehmann, Nelson Leirner, Michael Lin, Marco Lodola, Emanuele Luzzati, Susan Mac William, Anna Maria Maiolino, Andrea Manetti, Marino Marini, Lorenzo Mattotti, Simone Meentzen, MentalKLINIK, Gintare Minelgaite, AD Minoliti, Luca Missoni, Soto Montserrat, Alanis Morissette, Marcelo, Moscheta, Ulrike Müller, Hironori Murai, Emmanuel Nassar, Norma J., Precious Okoyomon, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Mimmo Paladino, A.R. Penck, Max Petrone, Esteban Piedra León, Roberta Pietrobelli, Alexandra Pirici, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Darryl Pottorf, Emilio Pucci, MarcQuinn, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa, Robert Rauschenberg, Tobias Rehberger, Peter Roesch, James Rosenquist, Paolo Rossetti, Stefan Sagmeister, Sebastião Salgado, Beatrice Santiccioli, Aki Sasamoto, Julian Schnabel, Regina Silveira, Elias Sime, Slavs & Tatars, Kiki Smith, Haim Steinbach, Joseph Maria Subirachs, Annamaria Testa, MatteoThun, Padraig Timoney, Dean J. Toumin, Luca Trazzi, Adan Vallecillo, Alfredo Luiz Vasquez, Cecilia Vicuña, Ai Weiwei, Liu Wei, Rufus Willis, Robert Wilson, Shizuka Yokomizo, Olimpia Zagnoli, Elisabeth Zawada.Text in English and Italian.

Blending evocative images and personal reflections, this coffee table book-cum-essay is centered on coffee as a symbol, an experience, a culture, and a project. The text, written by Andrea Illy, a humanist entrepreneur, combines the personal dimension with a global vision. Making the work even more special is a precious collection of photographs: the intense and poetic images of the undisputed master of social documentary photography, Sebastiao Salgado, and shots by Elisabetta Illy, taken over the course of twenty years working in close contact with the producers. The Coffee Dream is a book that begs to be read, to be looked at, to be reflected upon. Its splendid images are a hymn to the dignity and beauty of human labor on coffee plantations. Passion percolates through the stories, serving as an invitation to rediscover the value of doing things with care, of tradition but also of far-sighted dreams, and the connections that give meaning to our existence.