Raised in a family of goldsmiths, the Tuscan designer Maria Vittoria Paggini has transformed her Art Deco apartment, just steps from the Navigli, into Casaornella: a living space to be experienced that reinvents itself for every Milan Design Week.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

With The Top, Marazzi brings porcelain stoneware into the realm of large-scale furnishing surfaces for both residential and commercial applications.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

Large porcelain stoneware slabs for seamless surfaces, islands, and peninsulas: this is one of the most established trends in contemporary kitchen design, where the worktop has taken on increasingly significant design importance.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

Large-format ceramic slabs from ABKStone and Materia, brands of the ABK Group, characterise contemporary kitchen design and expand creative possibilities for the creation of bespoke worktops and furniture elements.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

Italgraniti Group presents Natural, a stone-effect collection available in various shades, including White. Inspired by white limestone, the ceramic slab captures its tactile and visual richness, delivering it in a material designed for durability without compromising on versatility: floors, interior and exterior wall coverings, and now also bespoke furniture.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

VIAROMEA is Kastamonu’s collection of melamine panels, designed around the concept of a journey: the landscapes, cultures, and inspirations of the Italian territory translated into surfaces for interior architecture.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

Over recent years, wood has reclaimed the kitchen, accompanying the increasingly widespread transition to open-plan layouts where flooring extends seamlessly between living and working areas. Interpreting this trend is Kährs, a Swedish brand that has been producing high-end parquet since 1857. The company boasts among its milestones the invention of multi-layer parquet in 1941, and the click-lock installation system in 2000.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

Breccia Rosa possesses an immediate and unmistakable character. Quarried primarily in the Verona region—and also known as Breccia Pernice or Breccia Oniciata—it is a marble with a structure that never repeats itself: rock fragments compacted by chromatic bonds that form a dense, ever-changing, and distinctive surface.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

Contemporary kitchen design demands materials that combine aesthetic identity, creative freedom, and high performance. This is the context for Dorsum, an application technology that transforms various surfaces and substrates—from wood and glass to melamine—into three-dimensional elements, significantly expanding the expressive possibilities of a project.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026

“Your home must tell your story.”

In the homes designed by Sara Edalatkhah, distant memories surface: a childhood in Tehran, and the Italian cities she first came to know through her father’s stories before eventually making them her home.

This episode is the English audio description of the article published in the Italian magazine Materialicasa Mag-Book 2/2026. You can read the magazine here https://materialicasa.it/riviste/materialicasa-mag-book-22026