Author’s acknowledgements

For Francesco

I am grateful to all those who have contributed to this book. Particular gratitude is owed to Ian Henderson, Helen Murgatroyd, Perry Kulper, Chris Staniowski, Sara Shafiei, Ben Cowd, Anne Desmet and Maria Vasdeki for their expertise, inspiration and significant contribution; to Gary Butler, Sarah Gilby, Kyle Henderson, Phil Meadowcroft, Eric Parry, Mario Ricci, Peter Sparks, Janek Ozmin, Gillian Lambert, Kenny Tsui, Kathryn Timms, Yakim Milev, Michael Brookman-Amissah, Sophia Cole and Owen Dore, whose work forms a large section of the book. Thanks also to Autodesk for their collaboration, and to Yvonne Baum and Gemma Barton for their work at the early stages. Finally, thanks to Philip Cooper and Liz Faber and the team at Laurence King Publishing, and to editors Felicity Maunder and Mark Fletcher and the designer Vanessa Green for their enormous support, patience and hard work that made this publication possible.