In 1998 Karl Lagerfeld published two books with Steidel Verlag in Germany. One of the books shows images taken by Lagerfeld in the Casa Malaparte built by Adalberto Libera in 1937 on the island of Capri. The second book shows images of the Casa Sperimentale.
Karl Lagerfeld used the Casa Sperimentale as the location for the Fendi Autumn/Winter 1998 campaign. The shots were used in Vogue in Italy, Germany and the USA throughout 1998 and 1999.