At JIA CURATED 2025 (14–18 August, Bali Festival Park), Kaltimber, Naturanexa, Kitaru, and I-Rewood, with Studiomate, presented Life Cycle of Wood — an immersive journey showing how reclaimed timber evolves from raw origin to renewal.
The booth, featuring highlights like Naturanexa’s pergola and Kaltimber’s river-inspired waterfall, captured the theme Evolving Perspectives and was awarded Best Exhibition Booth 2025 for its powerful story of sustainability, craft, and collaboration.
JIA CURATED 2025: A Stage for Craft, Design, and Culture
From August 14–18, Bali Festival Park became a vibrant stage for JIA CURATED 2025 — an immersive weekend of craft, design, and culture. Rooted in the meaning of Jia (“home” in Chinese), the event has grown since its beginnings in 2022, bringing together diverse creative communities under a new theme each year. In 2025, that theme was Evolving Perspectives, inviting participants and visitors alike to rethink materials, processes, and collaborations.
More than just an exhibition, JIA CURATED embodies the Indonesian spirit of Gotong Royong — mutual assistance and communal collaboration. This ethos guided every installation, dialogue, and exchange throughout the event, strengthening connections between local and international creatives. Its mission is clear: to provide a platform for creative processes, to promote collaboration, and to facilitate cross-cultural exchange.
The Life Cycle of Wood: An Award-Winning Booth
At the heart of the event, Kaltimber joined forces with sister companies Naturanexa, Kitaru, and I-Rewood, with Studiomate leading the design. Together, they presented Life Cycle of Wood, a booth that invited visitors to step inside and experience the journey of reclaimed timber.
Inspired by the Evolving Perspectives theme, the installation told a looping story: from the careful sourcing and reclamation of timber by Kaltimber, to its transformation by Studiomate into crafted spaces; from Naturanexa’s sustainable building components, to Kitaru’s refined timber goods, and finally I-Rewood’’s inventive creations from waste material. Through a six-senses experience, visitors could see, touch, and feel the resilience, renewal, and beauty of wood.
A Celebration of Sustainable Design
The booth became more than a display — it was a narrative of transformation. It showed how discarded wood can be reimagined, given new life, and reintroduced into our built environments with purpose and elegance.
Highlights included Naturanexa’s joglo-inspired pergola, a striking architectural centerpiece.
It also featured Kaltimber’s river-inspired waterfall feature, a sensory installation that embodied both movement and timeless strength.
This collective effort created a space where past, present, and future converged through craftsmanship and curiosity.
Best Exhibition Booth at JIA CURATED 2025
The installation’s impact did not go unnoticed. The JIA CURATED team awarded Life Cycle of Wood the prize for Best Exhibition Booth 2025, praising its layered and thoughtful narrative:
“This installation captured the essence of this year’s theme, ‘Evolving Perspectives,’ through a thoughtful and layered narrative on sustainability, collaboration, and material transformation. Created by a collective of distinct design principles and approaches, the booth traced wood’s journey across its full lifecycle — from raw origin, to production, use, reuse, and eventual renewal. It offered a cohesive, immersive story about how materials evolve, adapt, and return to form without losing their value.”
The jury further highlighted how the installation honored process and makers, balanced beauty with function, and reflected culture — a living dialogue between tradition and innovation, permanence and transformation.
Rooted in Reclaimed Ironwood, Powered by Teamwork
The success of this booth ultimately lies in the remarkable material we work with: reclaimed ironwood. Strong, durable, and full of character, it is a material that carries history while offering new possibilities for the future.
But material alone is never enough. This achievement was made possible by the dedication and hard work of the teams across Kaltimber, Naturanexa, Kitaru, I-Rewood, and Studiomate. For months, they collaborated, designed, and built with one shared vision — to showcase the endless potential of reclaimed wood.
Kaltimber’s CEO, Guillaume Carnevale, summed up this accomplishment best:
“Massive congratulations to the entire team for an incredible job on the JIA Curated event! Winning first place for Best Exhibition is a testament to your hard work, dedication, and expertise. I'm beyond proud of each and every one of you - this achievement wouldn't have been possible without your collective effort. Let's celebrate this amazing win and the impact we've made!”
A Future of Evolving Perspectives
“Life Cycle of Wood” was more than a booth. It was a reminder that design is not only about creating something new, but also about rethinking what already exists — finding value in what was once overlooked, and imagining how it can continue to inspire.
For Kaltimber and its partners, winning Best Exhibition Booth at JIA CURATED 2025 is both an honor and a motivation. It reinforces a belief in the power of reclaimed materials, collaborative creativity, and the enduring beauty of wood.