WOOD.WORKS
WOOD.WORKS analyzes wood as a vital element in creating a sense of wellbeing for indoor environments. Following the success of the WOOD.LIFECYCLE showcase in Hannover and in Milan in 2019, wood as a material will again feature at the next DOMOTEX.
The journey of wood through the dimensions of wellbeing
As part of the special Framing Trends display, located in Hall 8, a range of Italian firms will display their creative products and solutions highlighting the qualities and characteristics of wood, with a specific linkage to the concept of wellbeing. The artistic director will again be the architect Giulio Ceppi, founder of Total Tool Milano, and project management will be in the capable hands of the TE.AM. Group.
Impressions DOMOTEX 2020
Projects 2020
Arkimia was born from the evolution of the company founded in 1946 by Mauro Gaspari’s father, which from the production of buttons went on to fashion accessories, for the most famous luxury brands, to furniture and objects, after the union with the Philippine supplier.
Arkimia connects Italian taste and rigorous aesthetic research with the craftsmanship of East Asia, natural and synthetic amalgam, creating unique pieces with renewable and certified materials.
Arkimia selects carefully the most beautiful cultivable sea shells and Philippine native stones, combing them with woods, metals and colored resins.
Decopainel-EU is the pioneer in Brazil in raising awareness of the need to preserve our native forests, sustainably exploiting our resources, thus ensuring a future for our children.
Following this philosophy, we began to cultivate our forests that were later FSC certified, involving the community through investments, adding value to wood, a resource as old or older than man himself.
The Decopainel-EU aims to transform and improve spaces using design as a distinctive factor. We have developed a line of wall coverings for the architecture and building sector, design furniture industry, decoration of bars, restaurants, hotels, with high quality and versatile products always in line with the new trends.
Created in 1988 by Patrice Marraud des Grottes, Élitis instantly attracted attention by offering wallpapers and fabrics with innovative effects, as well as a range of incredibly fresh, ravishing colours.
This is Élitis motto: to seek out elegant materials and new textures, to invent a visual, tactile vocabulary inspired by emotional experience.
Essences de Bois: the compositions are made from recycled wood; these unrivalled technical feats are achieved manually, each one being unique.
Peace Wood: 3D wallcovering suitable for public places, easy care, washable, acoustic properties. Élitis is the first Editor to have developed this technique, launched on the market after 2 years of research and development.
Established in the early 60’s in Sassuolo, in the most important ceramic district of Italy, Giacobazzi has always stood out for its ability to carry out internally the whole production cycle of parquet and wallcovering: from the drying, to the processing, and to the finishing,
which is realized using the best materials. Four generations that over the years have mastered the wood processing techniques, and the knowledge of its changeable natural characteristics.The search for the best raw materials, the craftmanship, the industrial production volumes and an increasing attention to design, have led the company to cooperate with renowned architects and interior designers who search for a unique product in terms of quality, customization and style.
Colback Spunbond Nonwovens is an high tech fabric made with bi-component filaments having polyester core with a polymer skin.
Colback engineered nonwovens are used in a broad range of industrial manufacturing processes. The unique technology ensures excellent performance both in production and in end-use. Because of its bi-component structure and its tailor ability, Colback nonwavens are the premium carrier and reforcement for producers of high and waterproofing and breathable membranes. The bi-component design is the foundation for a set of unique properties including the elimination of chemical bonding.
Materica was created in response to the ever-growing demand from the world of architecture, furniture and design of a unique and original luxury manufacturing approach. Materico means "related to matter: forms of painting which expressive details are obtained through the use of materic paints, metals and unusual materials".
We have the artist’s attitude and creativity, with a know-how that mixes a refined taste with the practical sense of a skilled craftsman. Our “luxury coating” is a luxurious effect applied on different materials through unique personalizations and techniques.
Our metallization process turns everything into metal, melting brass, bronze, copper and zinc wires over different surfaces.
PARITAL GROUP is a dynamic player on the field of wood, luxury vinyl and outdoor flooring. Tailoring, which they are proud of, background in experience and passion for store distinguish them and encourage to seek personalized solutions. Reclaimed collection is 100% Made In Italy of reclaimed Fir wood, first patina in which the timber boards and beams of the ancient dwellings restore brilliance and convey intense emotions. For this collection they decided to combine a finish that protected the surface and even made the parquet healthy. Thanks to ECOPUR®, the active antibacterial ionizing finish that purifies air without consuming energy, the parquet will clear the air 24 hours a day, each covered surface will be transformed into a large tree.
Pavyro produces papyrus floors, coverings, and design objects, an alternative to the traditional wood furnishings for elegant and sophisticated homes, hotel suites, yachts, and offices. In Syracuse (Italy), where the largest papyrus colony in Europe exists, the papyrus sheets production starts in 1781.
After specific studies and trials, we patented "Pavyro" a biocompatible product, totally handmade. Pavyro is rare; the plant is limited, the labor requires specific skills, hard work, precision and long working time. For these reasons Pavyro is a luxury artifact, an exclusive product, beautiful to see and emotional to the touch.
The careful weaving is enhanced by the transparency of the lighting fixtures.
Randa Line is one of the Italian leading companies in the production of inlaid wood floors. Their work consists in putting together, with care and refinement, all the different wood colors, using cutting edge technology to make vanguard and innovative products.
Laser woodcutting technology allows to host light emission system in order to create bespoke wooden panels able to create light patterns and to generate specific luminous effects.
Decoration, colors, ligt dynamic, intensity... everything can be arranged to create ad hoc solutions for interiors and display, making wood alive and enabling new lighting effects.
Saviola is the leading post-consumption wood processor in the world.
The production philosophy is based on the notions of recycling and upcycling, that is to say the salvaging and re-using of waste to give it a second life, without the need to fell trees, by way of an environmentally sustainable economic cycle.
With the LEB (low emission board) panel they have created the first 100% recycled particleboard with emissions close to those of virgin wood. With the embossed in register process they have faithfully reproduced the characteristic of wood, both visually and to the touch, being the best eco-sustainable alternative in the world.
TABU is an authentic Italian excellence that produces natural, natural dyed and multilaminar wood veneers: founded in 1927 in Cantù, between Lake Como and Milan, TABU is the Italian excellence in dyeing wood veneers, and guarantees the uniformity of color and repeatability of the structure according to non-imitable quality standards.
SKEENS is the new vision of the boiserie with a thickness that is almost zero. Light pre-varnished wood sheets (natural dyed and multilaminar wood veneers), can be glued directly on wall, doors, overlays and panels. Some panels have fascinating surfaces in 3D structures. Only FSC® certified and sustainable wood species: Bolivar, Eucalyptus, Ash, Larch, Walnut, Oak, Lime tree, coming from Europe or North America.
Wood-Skin® was founded in 2013 with the aim of rendering rigid surfaces flexible, of making flat surfaces three- dimensional, of giving volume, life and soul to a multitude of materials that industry and technology have always relegated to the two-dimensional state.
Thanks to a visionary rethinking of contemporary manufacturing and construction processes, it is now possible to obtain, in a single production step, the surface geometries that perfectly reproduce even the most daring three- dimensional volumes. Wood-Skin® is now able to offer architects and builders a multitude of wall and ceiling cladding products.
ZANUSO Legno was established in 1959 in Italy becoming a reference brand for the wood sector.
ZANUSO Legno recovers logs that have slipped beneath the ground as a result of landslides and upheavals of the forest area and were wrapped and protected under layers of clay.
Over the time the wood structural elements have changed and others have been added. Now, after a long time, the logs emerge with all their load of beauty. Nature has protected them as precious jewels and made them unique. Unique are the colors and the depth of their texture. ZANUSO Legno brings them back in our homes.
Properties and applications of wood
The showcase revolves around five themes: purification, water resistance, acoustic management, use of light and tactile impressions. These will provide the conceptual basis for the participants’ exhibits – which in many cases have been created specifically for the showcase.
The exhibits will highlight the special properties of wood that help to enhance the quality of indoor environments through a range of applications: sound insulation, water resistance, new tactile sensations, and the antibacterial action of wood. The show is a perfect fit with ATMYSPHERE, the keynote theme of DOMOTEX 2020, inspired by the increasing interest in health and wellbeing seen in society today. Our sense of wellbeing is to a very large extent shaped by the quality of our living and working environments, and the furniture and fittings that surround us. The use of natural materials and the recycling of those materials clearly have a fundamental part to play in this context.
The guiding hand of Giulio Ceppi is clearly evident in the innovative use of wood as a material, interpreted from a perspective emphasizing its many beneficial characteristics. He believes that "…by its very nature, wood is a living, organic material, which has always been linked to the concept of 'wellbeing' as it has evolved over time. And today we have new technical opportunities to derive still further enhancements in terms of tactile qualities, water resistance, acoustic management, scented atmospheres, and the interaction with light."
He is also fascinated by the ways in which wood interacts with its surrounding environment, and its versatility in combining with other materials. "Our showcase will highlight the extent to which wood maintains a sensory conversation with us, in new and unexpected ways, revealing itself more and more as a living, and supremely bio-compatible, material."
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