 In 1987 he exhibited at the Feltrinelli Bookshop in Milan and, in 1988 at the Galleria Documenta of Turin and at the Galleria Nuova, Bologna.The early 1990s found Devalle enriched by his experiences in designing from life (1983–1989).He returned to using photographs and collages, as a new way of creating stories; a process which was also strongly influenced by the experience he had gained working for the "Corriere della Sera".