2019 edition

Wunder Wood 2019 is the University – Enterprise Collaboration Project organised by Fabbro Arredi in collaboration with Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (Milan) and Faculty of Architecture of Ljubljana in designing an objet that draws its inspiration from the Wunderkammer.

 

The subject: The Wunderkammer


Wunder Wood leads us to ask ourselves what a Wunderkammer (Cabinet of Wonder) is; for me it is setting the thought process in motion; it’s also a form of collecting that involves a wide variety of objects. Wunder Wood seeks out the same wonder in an object but is specialised in the use of wood.

Other readings on the topic and possible ideas:
1. Private collections, unusual collections and new collectors all over the world;
2. Science. In the Wunderkammer this usually was expressed through sumptuous jewellery, machines and stills;
3. Naturalia and everything that was discovered about nature. Corals, coconuts, stones, fossils and minerals for cutting. Eccentricity and bizarreness are defined by rare, unknown materials;
4. The cross-eyed view, in other words, objects produced by other cultures. Masks, jewels and implements;
5. Magic and its follow-on effects.

Alfred de Locatelli


The selection and the prize ceremony

A giury composed of
Arch. Alessio Princic – lecturer at the Faculty of Architecture of Ljubljana
Prof Alfred de Locatelli – lecturer at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
Patrizia Moroso – Moroso Art Director
Enzo Santese – art critic, writer and poet
Maria Christina Hamel – designer
Fabbro Arredi, supervisor.

selected as the best project
“ALICE” by Florian Nagl and Theresa Zellner  / Faculty of Architecture of Ljubljana
The complementary furnishing Alice is a sideboard with a canaletto walnut veneer and four conical wooden legs. Inside, on four sides, are 16 secret drawers where curiosities are stashed.

selected as the best project
“ALICE” by Florian Nagl and Theresa Zellner  / Faculty of Architecture of Ljubljana
The complementary furnishing Alice is a sideboard with a canaletto walnut veneer and four conical wooden legs. Inside, on four sides, are 16 secret drawers where curiosities are stashed.

Furthermore, the jury identified the following projects as worthy of mention:
Libreria Butterfly by Martina Tuissi / Accademia di Brera
L’armadio cilindrico by Yishun Zhang / Accademia di Brera
Eden by Gabriele Giusto, Nicola Ferla, Johans Prelle Melly / Accademia di Brera
Staccato by Andrej Majdic / Facoltà di Architettura di Lubiana
Anta Gears by Alessandro Molinari / Accademia di Brera

The Alice piece was built by Fabbro Arredi and made its debut the evening of the prize ceremony on the 15th of November 2019.