IL CASONE and LITHOS DESIGN present NUANCE: six new textures made in Pietra Serena, designed by Raffaello Galiotto, at the “150Y Italian Beauty” event by Roberto Semprini The Concept NUANCE was born from the co-operation between IL CASONE, a leading company in the sector of extraction and processing of Pietra Serena, and Lithos Design, pioneer of a refined design applied to the natural stone transformation: 6 lithic textures carried out by numerical control machines, and therefore perfectly reproducible, emphasize the aesthetic and tactile potentialities of Pietra Serena. The six 80x40 cm. format models have been designed by the designer Raffaello Galiotto, who has created a project able to exalt the light-shadow contrast, by animating the surface and by creating infinite nuances of grey. Vello, Vena, Scorcio, Tartan, Risma and Crine interpret the new trends of design matching the minimalist taste with a rediscovery of materialism, exalted by veins, undulations, light and shadow games. 150Y Italian Beauty: An interpretation of the anniversary of Italy’s Unity through a creative reading of the three colours of the Italian flag. Green, the colour of nature symbolizing growth, harmony, will accommodate the outdoor objects; White meant as purity, will be the place destined to body and spirit care and Red, the colour of passion, will give space to the objects charged with energy, linked to fire and movement. The companies selected to co-operate with the architect Semprini are all characterized by a refined and innovative production level. 150Y Italian Beauty will not be only an exposition of design objects, but also a little and accurate selection of Made in Italy excellences, from art to fashion, to the daily objects able to become Italy icons in the world.

1. nuance
design raffaello galiotto
made in Italy

2. Cura del dettaglio, vocazione all’innovazione, expertise rivoluzionaria: da questi tratti
comuni nasce l’incontro tra Il Casone, azienda leader nell’estrazione della pietra
serena, e Lithos Design, pioniera di un raffinato design applicato alla trasformazione
della pietra naturale.
Questa affinità elettiva si traduce in un progetto ambizioso: lo studio del designer
Raffaello Galiotto sulle potenzialità espressive di questa tipica pietra toscana, per
svelarne il suo carattere più intrinseco e profondo, dando vita a una collezione di sei
sorprendenti texture.
Grazie alle proprietà chiaroscurali della materia, la superficie guadagna la terza
dimensione: la luce si rifrange in un gioco intricato di contrasti, e si scompone in una
molteplicità di piani. E in questa nuova dimensione, la pietra serena si esprime infine
in ogni sua possibile nuance.
Attention to detail, commitment to innovation, revolutionary expertise: these are
the common features that highlight the joint (ad)venture of Il Casone, the leading
producer of Pietra Serena sandstones and Lithos Design, pioneer of the most refined
design applied to natural stone.
An ambitious project reflects these elective affinities: the designer Raffaello Galiotto
studied the expressive potential of this typical Tuscan stone and revealed its most
intrinsic and profound characteristics creating a collection of six amazing textures.
Thanks to the particular properties of this stone lighter and darker parts of its surface
create a third dimension, light and shade interweave in a manifold game of contrasts
and levels. The stone can express itself in every imaginable nuance.

3. risma
4

4. 6

5. vello
8

6. 10

7. vena
12

8. 14

9. tartan
16

10. 18

11. crine
20

12. 22

13. scorcio
24

14. 26

15. risma
vello
vena
tartan
crine
scorcio
40 cm
I marchi e i modelli sono depositati
80 cm Trademarks and models are registered

16. Arenaria di colore grigio azzurrognolo, la Pietra Serena ha una grana media, priva di cavità
e microfessurazioni; è compatta e resistente ma al tempo stesso ha un’ottima lavorabilità.
Ecco perché, anche nel passato, è stata ampiamente utilizzata in architettura. Gli Etruschi
vi costruirono le mura di Fiesole, i Romani la usarono a Firenze per il Tempio di Marte
e poi arrivò il suo trionfo con il Rinascimento, nei capolavori di Filippo Brunelleschi. Il
contrasto tra il grigio della pietra e il bianco degli intonaci diventò un canone dell’archi-
tettura rinascimentale, così che anche Michelangelo lo adottò per la Biblioteca Medicea
Laurenziana.
Intramontabile per le sue caratteristiche fisiche e la versatilità estetica, oggi la Pietra Serena
vive un momento importante di riappropriazione della scena architettonica contempora-
nea. La società IL CASONE SpA, leader nella lavorazione della Pietra Serena, conduce da
anni una importante attività di riscoperta ed attualizzazione che si traduce in un’elevata
pietra serena valorizzazione del materiale stesso. Out e in-door, superfici verticali e pavimentazioni, retail
e design d’interni: nuovi e più attuali impieghi consentono di esprimerne le qualità migliori
della Pietra Serena, sia in termini di estetica sia di prestazioni tecniche.
Sandstone of a bluish, grey colour, medium-grained, free of cavities, micro cracks and
similar defects Pietra Serena is a compact, durable but in the meantime good and easy
to process sandstone. That is one of the reasons why even in the past Pietra Serena has
been widely used in architecture. Etruscans built the walls of Fiesole, the Romans used
it in Florence to build the Temple of Mars and then the stone’s real triumph arrived with
the Renaissance and the masterworks of Filippo Brunelleschi.
The contrast between the grey of the stone and the white plaster became a canon
of Renaissance architecture. Michelangelo made use of this aesthetic feature in his
Laurentian Library.
Timeless in its natural beauty and infinite versatility, Pietra Serena is at a height of revival
in contemporary architecture too. Not at least because Il Casone, the leading company
in quarrying and processing this sandstone, has for many years now invested in the
promotion and wider knowledge of this stone, conferring enormous prestige and value
to Pietra Serena. The new quality of the range of Il Casone sandstones, their technical
performance and aesthetic appearance is confirmed by infinite applications and uses:
exterior and interior design, cladding of facades, floors and paving, all cut to size to the
most demanding specifications, including curved and rounded finishes. A classic building
stone with astonishing tradition and an amazing future.

17. Il Casone spa via Imolese, 98 50033 Firenzuola (Firenze) Italy
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Tel. +39 0444 687301 Fax +39 0444 687398
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