The winners of the VI edition of the IDEAS4WOOD Contest by Tabu

The VI edition of IDEAS4WOOD, the most important contest in the wood sector, with a strong educational focus, aimed at disseminating knowledge of wood and its valorisation in projects as a noble, living and renewable raw material, ended on 5 September with an exclusive awards ceremony in the Salone d’Onore of the Milan Triennale.

Promoted by Tabu – the Cantù-based company considered an international reference in natural wood dyeing and multilaminar wood technology – and sponsored by FederlegnoArredo, FSC® Italia and ADI, the international IDEAS4WOOD competition, in its sixth edition, gathered more than 500 projects submitted by 800 competitors from 20 different nationalities.

Once again this year, the contest counted on the media partnership of IQD and the presence of the ‘contest within the contest’ promoted by the main partner Carpanelli, a historic Brianza-based furniture company.

The evening opened with a greeting from the Lombardy Region’s Councillor for Universities, Alessandro Fermi: ‘As a Como native, I can only be very proud to see a company from our region implementing a project of this magnitude, unique in the world. But not only that, this Contest shows how the entrepreneurial drive of the territories translates into a cultural heritage and the will to pass on knowledge to the new generations’.

TABU STUDENT PRIZE

• 1st Place Gianluca Gorgoglione, University IUAV Venice Ex Machina Project
• 2nd Place Arianna Olper, Accademia Belle Arti di Brera Milan Skin Project
• 3rd Place Lillian Sims (USA) and Laura Marek (Germany), Istituto Marangoni Milan Raw Roots Project
• Jury Mention and Roda for You Award Martina Simona Balliana, Accademia Belle Arti di Brera Milan Zen Garden Project
• President’s Award Ana Luisa Brugnara – Lucia Moraes (Brasil), Istituto Marangoni Milano Elea Project
• FSC® Italia Award Beatrice Ena, University of Genoa La Dolce Vita Project – Lenka Janikova (Slovakia), European Institute of Design Florence, The Closeup Project
• IQD Award Mona Pishvapour (Iran), Accademia Belle Arti di Brera Milan Interlaced Horizon Project

TABU PROFESSIONALS PRIZE

• 1st Place and Roda for You Award Francesca Valeria – Pagotto Alessia, Turin Gradiente Project
• 2nd Place Myriantis Thiseas, (Greece) Dizzy Floor Project
• 3rd Place Liborio Marco Andolina, Enna ElettroPOP Skeens Project
• President’s Award Giulio Matteo – D’Alto Paolo – Pietro Avolio, Milan Swirl Project
• FSC® Italia Award Francescato Valeria – Pagotto Alessia, Turin Project Bloom – Luca Melli, Desio LEAF Project
• IQD + Sherwin Williams Award Paolo Stefano Gentile, Cernusco sul Naviglio Project Vent Project
• Jury Mention Michela Cattacin, Venice Vinil Project

CARPANELLI STUDENT PRIZE

• 1st Place Perfetto Elena – Grando Alessandro, ISIA Roma Design-Sede di Pordenone Sinuo Project
• 2nd Place and IQD Prize Otzurk Ekin Guney (Turkey), Politecnico di Milano Tetra Project
• 3rd Place Arnaboldi Arianna – Battiante Andrea, Accademia Belle Arti di Brera Milano Armonia Project
• Jury President’s Award Barbato Luciano, ISIA Rome Design Stasi Project

CARPANELLI PROFESSIONALS PRIZE

• 1st Place Ramundo Alessio, Milan, Italy, Stilt Project
• 2nd Place Pannozzo Vittorio, Fondi LT, Structura Project
• 3rd Place Angarita Daniel – Riccardo Petruzzelli, Colombia-Italy, Pendula Project
• IQD Prize Lucchese Francesco, Milan, Collezione Giotto Project

Our greatest congratulations to the winners, and above all, our thanks to ALL the applicants who participated: to these in particular, we extend an invitation for the VII edition, which will begin in October 2024.