Pinocchio

… Well, actually, our story does not begin with “a simple piece from a woodpile, the kind you put in stoves in winter.” Our story stems from a desire to recreate the puppet protagonist of Collodi’s fairy tale that represents one of the symbols of wood craftsmanship: Pinocchio. The era is quite different from the one described in the novel, and Master Geppetto’s workshop has also been radically transformed: helping today’s carpenter is new technology, which has not replaced the manual skill of the store master, but has taken over as an evolution of the craft. By new technology is meant the three-dimensional digital design of the product and later its manufacture through modern numerically controlled machinery. From the union of these technologies with passion, our Pinocchio was born, a design object conceived with special attention to the harmony of forms and care for the smallest details. The children of the Orsogna Primary School accompanied us in this adventure. Their curiosity and enthusiasm helped us shape the project. Together with them we had the honor of taking our puppet to Collodi, leaving it in excellent company with all the characters from the fairy tale in the Collodi Foundation Museum.

Materials: Solid beech wood
Execution: CAD design, product development, CAM programming, CNC machining
Dimensions: 27 x 25 x 105 cm (l x w x h)
Year: 2016