Bufalini, a company specialising in the processing of Carrara marble, and designer Paolo Ulian present the new products Spacco and Ingo, part of the Thinking in Marble 2025 collection. These projects celebrate the natural beauty of marble through an experimental process that investigates the characteristics of the material and its possible processing.
Spacco: The Marble Bookshelf of Voids and Volumes
Spacco reinterprets the vertical bookshelf in a truly unprecedented way. At the heart of the project lies a square column of exquisite Bianco Carrara marble, shaped through a multi-phase process. Initially, a series of deep, parallel cuts define the initial structure. Subsequently, an artisan manually intervenes, using a hammer, to carefully remove select shelves while preserving others, thereby striking a delicate balance between solid and void. This process determines the arrangement of the shelves according to both functional and aesthetic logic, resulting in a vertical surface defined by a dynamic interplay of volumes, where each “break” becomes a decorative element in relief. Paolo Ulian investigates the essence of the material, revealing the project’s intrinsic quality in its symbiotic dimension: the square marble offcuts generated during the bookshelf’s production are not treated as waste but as raw material for new creations.
Ingo: the lamp born from conscious recycling
Ingo embodies this philosophy. It is a suspended lamp crafted entirely from the elements removed from Spacco, forming a seamless cycle of reuse that enhances the preciousness of marble. Each marble tile, obtained through a stone-lightening process, is suspended by thin steel cables that discreetly conceal the light source. This clever design creates a diffused glow that envelops the space in a warm, shadow-free ambiance.
Spacco and Ingo celebrate the meeting of Bufalini’s artisanal expertise and Paolo Ulian’s design sensibility, where every offcut becomes a protagonist in a new design narrative.
