‘The Wooden Beacons’ is a new installation by architect Matteo Thun in collaboration with the house of Marni. Intended to represent and create a talking point on the lifestyle, the installation is meant to be representative of the mediums of architecture and fashion by its uses of both ‘hardware’ and ’software’. As Matteo’s favorite material, wood was the obvious choice for the project’s beacons. Marni then adorned the various wooden structures with their ’softwares’ of floating paper patterns, bundles of stuffed Marni fabrics, and as pictured above, hanging jewelery pieces.

Installation Date: April 13-25, 2010
Installation Address: Università Statale di Milano, Portico Largo Richini,
Via Festa del Perdono   20121 Milano

Marni has, also just recently, added a little something new to their boutique, as an addition to the other ‘beacons’, ‘The Wooden Bench’ will greet the store’s patrons as they approach. The intention is the same as the other works, to bring up he life cycle of product as a talking point, from its inception and through its design and manufacture. Do you think we may see a bit of Matteo Thun’s work at the next Marni show? I sure hope so…

Via: Wonderland + Mateo Thun+ Dazed Digital