by Alessio SciurpaWere over a thousand subscribers to the second edition of the international contest “Legno d’Ingegno”, organized by Rilegno - national consortium for the collection of waste from packaging wood. Architects, designers, students from around the world have responded to the Rilegno, seek proposals for items of furniture to be made of wood recycled or recovered. Extremely significant and diverse participation from abroad, with members from USA, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Thailand, Korea, and from many European countries: a dozen from Spain, but also from Lithuania, Finland, Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Austria, Switzerland.
It thus confirms the strong interest in the contest designed in 2007 by Rilegno (the National Consortium that coordinates and promotes the collection, recovery and recycling of wood waste within the system Conai - National Packaging Consortium).
In March and April, the panel comprising representatives of Rilegno and a panel of architects, designers, technicians and experts in industrial production, will assess the projects according to the criteria of originality, reproducibility on an industrial scale, environmental characteristics and processes workmanship.
The award ceremony will take place during the 2009 edition of International Design Week, scheduled April 22-27 in Milan.
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