Last year, as part of the group exhibition Alcova, natural stone brand SolidNature built a geologic gateway — and a Milan Design Week 2022 standout — from nine types of onyx. This raised a question: How would it top that come April 2023?

A staircase featuring colourful slabs of natural stone at "Beyond the Surface," a SolidNature exhibition during Milan Design Week 2023.

The answer: by going underground. “Beyond the Surface,” SolidNature’s solo exhibition held in Milan in April, began by nodding to last year with a subterranean staircase clad in many of the same high-contrast onyx pairings. After descending into a private parking garage, visitors moved through a series of stone-clad rooms designed to evoke the compressive forces that form precious finishes — but also the dreamy quietude that they inspire.

A dining table designed by Sabine Marcelis featuring colourful slabs of natural stone at "Beyond the Surface," a SolidNature exhibition during Milan Design Week 2023.

Before visitors could return to the plaza…

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