RUFA to Design Week with Re-Designing Sustainability

A refined balance between art and an everyday object. Mondrian Cat is a wall-mounted cat toy that allows the cat to interact with modern art through asymmetrical geometries. Designed to blend harmoniously into any domestic environment, this object combines aesthetics and functionality, offering an elegant solution for both owner and animal.

VOLUT is a stool with a lacquered and curved steel seat, characterised by soft forms that evoke the elegance of an Ionic capital. The frame, composed of three metal elements that are not orthogonal to one another, also serves as a bookcase or magazine rack, offering a balance between aesthetics and functionality. The base is clad in fine Arabescato marble, whose grey veining adds a touch of luxury and refinement, making VOLUT a versatile furnishing accessory suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments.

“WAVES” is a partition wall designed to give new life to industrial waste materials and to the environments in which it is placed. The aim is to renew spaces through a design that conveys creativity and imagination. The decoration recalls organic and fluid forms, creating the illusion of an element in constant movement and transformation.

RørChair stems from the idea of lightness and vibrancy. Made with transparent and coloured Plexiglass tubes, this chair combines dynamism and transparency in an essential and contemporary design.

A provocative work that plays on the contrast between form and meaning. The backrest and seat reproduce the soft lines of a condom inside its wrapper, while the iron structure recalls seats used in medieval torture. The grid footrest is inspired by seating from that period, with four instruments attached to the corners that evoke torture or sadomasochistic practices. The seat, deliberately slightly uncomfortable, encourages brief use, making it ideal for quick breaks rather than prolonged sitting.

This chaise longue stems from a careful analysis of the market and user needs. The project is based on a modular and customisable design that allows buyers to choose finishes and aesthetic details. Thanks to a modular system, the structure lends itself to collaborations with different brands, allowing elements such as the memory foam support and the fabric band that binds the whole structure together to be customised. Made using advanced manufacturing techniques, the chaise longue is conceived as a timeless piece capable of adapting to different needs and environments.

ITERA combines an industrial approach with a playful spirit, creating a design that recalls the iconic atmosphere of 1970s Italy while projecting it towards a sustainable future. Made predominantly from waste materials, these lamps are available in two versions – one longer and one more compact – and can be used as pendant, wall or table lamps.

Developed as part of a competition promoted by the RILEGNO consortium, this project demonstrates through its simplicity how even a humble wooden crate can become creative material capable of generating new forms and functions. Simple, ancestral, rustic yet highly evocative. An object that, even without explanation, leaves the viewer free to imagine many possible thoughts and stories in which to lose themselves.

A ghost from a bygone era, in which a filament generates light and comfort, giving life to STENO in its monolithic form, standing as a memory and sign of times that seem distant but were, in truth, only yesterday. Evolution, inventions and progress generate expectations and dreams, but it is the past that gives us the measure of the present. The deliberately rough concrete base further reinforces the idea of a temporal totem, an object that is more iconic than functional, discreet yet highly evocative.

The bag stems from the idea of capturing the essence of contemporary cities: dynamic, irregular and constantly changing. Inspired by the deconstructed forms of modern buildings, its irregular geometry recalls broken lines and unexpected angles typical of the dynamism of metropolitan areas. Plexiglass, the bag’s main material and 100% recyclable, interprets this architectural inspiration in a unique way. Its transparency recalls the glazed surfaces of urban skylines and allows it to play with light, which together with the movement of the Plexiglass plates creates reflections and shadows that change depending on the environment, recreating metropolitan dynamism. Thanks to the CALIGA artisan workshop, a centre of excellence in leather craftsmanship, for its fundamental support to the project.