Valcucine Wunderkammer crosses the United States: a journey through design, craftsmanship and wonder
The international journey of Valcucine Wunderkammer continues and arrives in the United States, adding new stops to this itinerant format which, after India, Turin, Germany and London, continues to involve architects and interior designers in an immersive experience to discover the world of Valcucine.
The American tour visited five cities – Seattle, Los Angeles, Miami, Chicago and New York – hosted respectively at the Valcucine Seattle | YSB 2 LLC, Valcucine Los Angeles | DOM Interiors, Valcucine Miami | Hausscape, Valcucine Chicago | Mobili Möbel and Valcucine New York | DOM Interiors showrooms. Different contexts, yet united by the same vision: not simple exhibition spaces, but places where design is narrated through materials, details, aesthetic research and the culture of living. True contemporary Wunderkammern, capable of expressing Valcucine's identity through an experience of discovery.
The event unfolded as a progressive journey into the Valcucine philosophy: from the brand's founding values to ergonomic design, through to the theme of personalisation, a central element of its design vision. A personalisation that stems from the encounter between compositional freedom, technical innovation and artisanal expertise, finding one of its most representative expressions in the Vitrum Arte.
Vitrum Arte: creativity takes shape
The highlight of the experience was the workshop dedicated to Vitrum Arte, the glass inlay technique developed by Valcucine that combines innovation and human gesture, technical precision and creative sensitivity.
After discovering the stages of the process and closely observing the artisanal workmanship, guests were invited to take part personally by creating an original drawing. The workshop was guided by three themes linked to the Valcucine universe – wonder, luxury and freedom – freely interpreted by each participant according to their own sensitivity and design language.
The result was a collection of different visions, united by the desire to transform an idea into a personal creative gesture.
The drawings created during the events were brought to the company, where they will be transformed into Vitrum Arte works: hand-crafted glass inlays made by Valcucine artisans. Each piece will thus become a unique object, capable of preserving and conveying the experience lived.
A Wunderkammer of ever-growing visions
The project continues beyond the workshop. The works created in the United States will in fact enter the final international competition together with those created during the previous stages in India, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom.
An ever-evolving collection that will give life to a new Wunderkammer of visions: a place of shared wonder where creativity, identity and design freedom intertwine across different cultures and sensitivities.
The final prize will be a trip for two people to Venice, which will include a visit to Valcucine and a tour dedicated to discovering the network of Venetian artisans and the Valcucine artisanal network.
Stay tuned to discover the next stages.We would like to thank the architects and interior designers who took part in the event, bringing their own perspective and creativity to this experience:
Fiona O'Connor, interior designer at Interiors by Popov; Kaelen Schaefer, representative of Interiors by Popov; Lara Swimmer, architecture and interiors photographer at Lara Swimmer Photography; Andrea Bushdorf, interior designer at Inner Space Designs; Robert Zimmer, designer at ZimmerRay Studios; Chris Lamb, architect at Encore Architects; Daniel Toole, architect at Daniel Toole Architecture; Karina Rizzo, interior designer at Karamia Designs;
Michiko Kawakami, interior designer at Virtuoso Interior Design Studio; Irina Gunica, interior designer at Rara Design Studio; Rodrigo Buelvas, designer at Studio Rodrigo Buelvas; Jose Efrain Garcia Gallucci, designer at Garcia Mathies Group; Sabrina Maclean, interior designer at Hino Studio; Hugo Mijares, architect at One D+B Miami; Peyton Monteith, architectural designer at Lenore Weiss Studios; Jacque Kent, interior designer at Jacque Kent; Rebecca Pogonitz, interior designer at GOGO Design Group; Clay Castellano, project manager at LG Group; Katherine Funk, market manager at SKS Signature Kitchen Suite; Andrea Szynal, resource librarian at Tom Stringer Design Partners; Cody Shipp, project manager at Mahogany Builders; Nate Kipnis, architect at Kipnis Architecture + Planning; Lola Mavlyanova, business development and marketing representative at CI Design + Build; Michael Kendall, architect at Wheeler Kearns Architects; Pablo Castro, architect and co-founder of OBRA Architects; Brandon Sanchez, architectural designer at PorterFanna Architecture; Leyden Lewis, designer and founder of Leyden Lewis Design Studio; and Olivia Dellacava, architectural designer at Nandinee Phookan Architects.
