If you go down to this wood today you’re sure of a big surprise – because nestled among the pale trunks of birch trees are 18 beautiful and intriguing wooden objects, the result of a special collaboration between talented young international design students at Milan’s Creative Academy and two Italian master woodworkers. Discover objects inspired by the students’ homelands and realised using the techniques of woodturning and marquetry. Glimpse the design talent of the future, nurtured by the master craftsmen of the present.

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Each wooden object in the Natural Talent collection is inspired by the country of origin of the young talent who designed it and reflects the student’s fruitful encounter with the master artisan who made it. A student from the UK designed a skateboard with a leaf pattern depicted in beautiful marquetry. A French student explored different varieties of wood and chose the best ones for his golf accessories box. An Israeli student was inspired by the versatility and colour variation of different woods for her Hanukkah candelabra design. And an Australian student designed a fan to harness the artisan’s ability to enhance the naturally beautiful grain patterns and colours of walnut wood.