From Wine to Luxury Design, Renown Architects & Designers Collaborate on ‘Barrique – The Third Life of Wood”

An exciting new design project is launching this May during NY Design Week/ICFF: "Barrique – The Third Life of Wood," a project that creates luxury furniture and décor by repurposing old wine casks. 

(New York, NY) - "Barrique: The Third Life of Wood" - a project that creates luxury furniture and décor by repurposing old wine casks - will tour select US cities this summer starting in early May. The initiative was conceived by San Patrignano, Europe's largest drug rehabilitation centre, and provides a second chance for struggling adults and a third use of fine timber. 

"Barrique" will exhibit high-end home décor designed by over thirty world leading designers, including Daniel Libeskind, Marc Sadler, Karim Rashid, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Angela Missoni, Chiara Ferragamo, and created alongside rehabilitated members from San Patrignano.  

The US tour will begin in Boston before officially launching in New York during Design Week on May 18th. Additional stops include the Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Miami, Houston, Charleston, Chicago and Atlanta. The exhibit will briefly return to New York for the New York Fancy Food Show on June 30th. The tour offers a unique  pportunity to view and purchase one-of-­a-kind pieces of fine Italian craftsmanship, while supporting the San Patrignano facility in its mission to rehabilitate drug users.


“We’re delighted to bring the Barrique Project to the USA to share a part of the activities that the San Patrignano community offers,” commented Marco Stefanini, Head of the Carpentry of San Patrignano. He continues by saying, “The pieces in this project transform a simple piece of wood into a beautiful work of design to symbolize the rebirth and rehabilitation of our members within the community.”

For more information visit www.barrique.sanpatrignano.org/en