The theme of this edition is a wood object for the dining table The theme of this edition is a wood object for the dining table. The idea should cover an original creation that could show a contribution for the kitchen, for someone that wait tables or, easily, for enhance the table and make it unique in its design. (For example trivet, coaster, placemat, tray).
The participant is allow to be completely free in creating his object with wood for the innovation and the pleasure to sit at the table.
Friday 17th May 2019 Casabella Grattoni 1892 organized an event dedicated to the “Giovanni Battista Project” full of great participation and sharing.
The contest, organized every two year, has reached its fifth edition. The Project began 10 years ago at the behest of Andrea, Assunta and Anna Maria Grattoni to keep alive the figure of the father, master artisan and lover of wood dedicating this initiative to young architects and designers.
The large participation at the contest is confirmed also this year with more than 250 projects arrived from Italy and abroad. The theme “ Wood object for the dining table” has seen projects and ideas very innovative.
In a festive and friendly atmosphere, with the planer symbol of the Project, the award ceremony took place at Mobili Casabella showroom in Pavia di Udine.
Two special award went to two excellent schools, the Liceo Artistico Sello of Udine and the Liceo Euregio Htblva Ferlach in Austria, for the sharing and the active participation of the students in the presentation of some works. The two honourable mentions have been assigned to two guys from Ancona, designer Giorgio Di Cesare and architect Elisa Ciucciovè, and to two architect students Mattia Casonato and Edoardo Berra from Udine.
The winner is Matteo Marcuzzi, a young architect from Mortegliano. His idea is a contemporary object designed to create a space for the smartphone at the dining table, an innovative idea consistent with the digital era.
