Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Marble has long adorned the\u00a0home. Its natural antibacterial properties and multitude of finishes lend\u00a0refinement to a space. The most popular marbles are the blacks, greys and bright whites quarried in the Italian region of Carrara, but sleek, spa-like interiors need not be monochrome. A peek inside the homes of leading designers reveals an array of technicolour marbles.Take the Parisian bathroom of Officine Universelle Buly founders Ramdane Touhami and Victoire de Taillac-Touhami, which is entirely finished in stone. \u201cWe went to the marble mason and had fun choosing the colours we liked,\u201d says Touhami of the burgundy Rosso Levanto and green Verde Guatemala marbles used on the sink, bath and walls. Together with the terrazzo flooring (made up of marble chippings set in cement), they create an atmosphere that is both polished and playful.\u00a0At the West Sussex flat of interiors architect Martin Brudnizki, white Arabescato and honey-coloured Siena marble (the egg-yolk marble of Italy) come together in large matte wall panels and high-shine checkerboard floor tiles. \u201cThe bathroom was created with the vision of an American heiress coming to live in England,\u201d says Brudnizki of his \u201cArcadian fantasy\u201d. \u201cDuring the 1920s and \u201930s marble was very\u00a0popular so it made sense to introduce a\u00a0lot\u00a0of it to the space,\u201d he says. He has also used\u00a0the material in several of his projects. For\u00a0the Apollo\u2019s Muse members\u2019 club in Mayfair, Brudnizki deployed six different marbles from floor to ceiling.\u00a0Not a fan of audacious marble slabs, British designer Ashley Hicks found a more\u00a0subtle way to embrace the material\u2019s varied tones in his mosaic patterns for Bisazza. The three \u201cMarmosaico\u201d designs, launched last year, use small square tiles in a palette of greens, browns and reds. Unlike mass-produced glass tesserae, \u201cEach tiny cube of [marble] mosaic is different,\u201d says Hicks, \u201cso it creates a very lively texture.\u201d Eltham is geometric and deco-inspired, Haddon borrows its pattern from a fragment of Syrian cloth and Alma Tadema recalls basketry \u2013 \u201cit feels like it\u2019s woven\u201d.Each tiny cube of marble mosaic is differentOther marble mosaics include Italian artist Elena Salmistraro\u2019s Hagia tiles for Lithea, which use rounded pieces of marble with copper strips and black and white stone, and Surface Gallery\u2019s Baroque Stone Mosaics, a traditional diamond pattern in green, pink and cream marble. The latter were used\u00a0across floors and walls in the Bennett & Barkell salon\u00a0in New South Wales, alongside pink countertops in Tiberio marble, an Esmeralda marble sink and wooden and wicker finishes for a warm, Mediterranean feel.Northern Italian manufacturer Del Savio 1910 combines 10 Italian marbles with colourful cements to produce unusual surfaces for kitchen islands, partition walls and shower niches. Dutch designer Mae Engelgeer envisaged its Eidola Myth panel (\u00a31,585) using 8mm sheets of Bianco di Carrara, Cipollino, Rosa Asiago, and Verde Guatemala marbles, intersected by a powder pink cement resin. Design duo Zanellato\/Bortotto created an irregular pattern called Opus Certum Vague (\u00a31,750),\u00a0and later devised the \u201cMarble Marbling\u201d collection, which is \u201cinspired by the ancient marbling technique used in wallpaper\u201d, says Del Savio 1910 sales manager Enrico Mele. Aqueous patterns are improbably reproduced in green, white and yellow stone on trays (\u00a31,815) and vases (\u00a32,250).Marble\u2019s vibrant colours and dramatic veining form naturally as limestone is recrystallised under extreme heat and pressure. Extraction and manufacturing is\u00a0intensive and wasteful \u2013 more than 600,000 tonnes of marble waste is produced each year \u2013 which leads many designers to use marble offcuts. Artist Liam\u00a0Tickner started Marmoformo in 2021, creating tabletops (from \u00a31,800) using leftovers from marble manufacturers around London. His colourful compositions of Italian, Portuguese and Indian marble are set in a resin strengthened with marble dust and coloured with pigments. \u201cIt\u2019s a very joyful way to bring them together,\u201d he says.\u00a0Fashion blogger Camille Charri\u00e8re turned heads when she revealed her custom-made salvaged marble dining table a few years ago. Her inspiration came from the tiled shop floors of Phoebe Philo-era C\u00e9line, plus the striped marble flooring installed by artist Martin Creed at Mexico City\u2019s Museo Jumex. Unable to buy the old\u00a0tiles from Celine\u2019s renovated London store, Charri\u00e8re turned to London brand Marble.Partners, which assembled the table\u00a0top with a patchwork of reclaimed slabs. Marble.Partners is relaunching this summer with a series of tables from its new manufacturing facilities in South Tyrol.For those looking to mix marbles, \u201cstart by selecting stones with complementary tones or vein patterns\u201d, says Karolina Wierzbicka, head of design at holiday home developer August. \u201cPairing a bold, heavily veined marble with a more subtle, uniform one creates a dynamic yet harmonious look.\u201d And the bigger the room, the bolder you can be with contrasts, she says. Mixed marble accessories like Patricia Urquiola\u2019s candy-striped Origami coffee table (\u00a313,725) and Agua Marea console (\u00a312,625) for Budri, or Michele Chiossi\u2019s Bauhaus-inspired Supra candleholder for Mmairo (\u00a3550) can achieve a similar effect.\u201cThere is something inherently fabulous about a mix of marbles; it feels flamboyant,\u201d says Anna Karlin, whose two-tone Block side table comes in three\u00a0different colour combinations (from\u00a0$8,775). \u201cI liked using it on a very geometric, unfussy form, in contrast to\u00a0the\u00a0glamour of the material and the colours,\u201d she says. In her own home she\u00a0built a custom bar featuring various marbles set into scalloped edged concrete. Her advice? \u201cDon\u2019t be shy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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