WOOD PLAY!

WOOD PLAY!

The WOOD PLAY workshop, led by Spanish designer Marc Morro, invited students to explore wood as an open construction system accessible to all audiences. The aim was to foster creativity and experimentation through the design of playful, reconfigurable modules, leveraging the material’s possibilities and constraints while avoiding an overly childlike aesthetic.

Workshop (2024) with Marc Morro

Assistants
Sebastiano Gallizia
Students
Alexandre Li, Noah Stanley, Lou Müller, Arnaud Stadtmann, Martin Formaz, Christophe Ascençao, Florian Schmid, Matthieu Rigelo, Lola Janiot, Jean-Elie Matile, François Ader, Gaia Vitali, Aurélien Clerc, Josh L'Eplattenier, Salla Vallotton, Anouk Pajot, Raphaël Mottet, Ester Spoormans, Lorian Duperrex, Morgane Terry, Isaure Nicolet, Jeremy Loup, Paolo Bartolini, Alice Le Bihan, Seo Chun, Noah Wohnlich, Domenico Iamartino
Know-how
Craftsmanship

Through a cycle of prototyping, testing, and refining, students developed abstract, geometric, or figurative systems that carefully balanced playfulness and complexity. By week’s end, stacks of milled timber had evolved into thoughtful construction sets—equal parts object, tool, and invitation to play.

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Images & Video by ECAL / Jasmine Deporta
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Gaia Vitali
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Josh L'Eplattenier, Jean-Elie Matile
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Lou Müller, Noah Stanley, Isaure Nicolet
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Aurélien Clerc
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Jeremy Loup
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Salla Vallotton, Paolo Bartolini
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Ester Spoormans, Lorian Duperrex
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