marmomac 2026.
what we saw at the fair.

stone as a source of light.

The most photographed thing at the fair: slabs whose veining turns into light, a luminous line crossing the slab along its natural pattern, and backlit onyx in large panels. Stone stops being a surface and becomes a lamp. Alongside, bathrooms clad continuously, floor, wall and bath in the same material.

geometry: herringbone, inlay, mosaic.

Layout is the protagonist again. Herringbone in light limestone for indoors and outdoors, red and white marble parquet, inlays of dark stone triangles on a cream ground and small-format green mosaics. The same thing you see on Verona’s floors, reinterpreted with CNC cutting.

And inlay taken to the extreme: butterflies of coloured stone set into a pale slab crossed by a red band. Nearby, stands presented as a collage of samples.

textures you can touch.

More and more stands show stone in relief: split, aged, bush-hammered surfaces or the natural quarry texture. Open-pored limestones are presented to be touched. For the architect, the finish is no longer a final detail: it is part of choosing the material.

sculpture and object.

Bathtubs carved from a single block, shown in front of an image of the quarry they came from; sculptural pieces in limestone; even a whole basketball court in marble. Behind it all, machining robots that make possible what was unthinkable in stone ten years ago.

And a little licence: a crocodile carved in white marble on grass, and a bathroom where water falls onto a sculptural stone piece.

travertine, again.

And as in Milan, travertine: whole blocks at the doors of the halls, in light and golden tones. If 2025 hinted at it, 2026 confirms it.

what i take home.

Light, geometry, texture and volume. The four trends have one thing in common: they demand choosing the stone well, starting from the block. That is why I go to Verona every year: to know quarries and factories and bring to each project exactly what it needs.