Italian designer Moreno Ratti has created a vase from rings of marble offcuts that are piled up like the pieces in a Tower of Hanoi mathematical puzzle. More about Moreno Ratti's marble vase stacks like a mathematical puzzle
Stockholm 2015: Sweden's Note Design Studio and Denmark's Norm Architects have collaborated to design a collection of tables with mixed-and-matched marble tops for furniture brand Menu. More about Note Design Studio and Norm Architects design patchwork marble tables for Menu
Behind the aluminium facade of this innovation centre for the University of Toronto Mississauga, local office Moriyama & Teshima Architects has converted a courtyard into a rotunda with a glass roof (+ slideshow). More about Courtyard becomes rotunda inside Toronto university building by Moriyama & Teshima
White marble panels on the exterior of this commercial building in São Paulo by French-Brazilian office Triptyque were intended to give it an icy aesthetic that contrasts with its subtropical environment (+ slideshow). More about Triptyque's marble and glass showroom was designed to "look like an ice cube"
This table that houses plants in its centre by St Petersburg designer Maxim Scherbakov is named after the Soviet satellite that first took living objects into space and returned them safely to Earth (+ slideshow). More about Plants grow inside Maxim Scherbakov's marble Sputnik-5 table
Fashion house Valentino's New York flagship store, with a grey Terrazzo interior by British architect David Chipperfield, has opened to shoppers (+ slideshow). More about David Chipperfield's Valentino flagship store opens in New York
London Design Festival 2014: London designer Lee Broom has continued working with marble to create a collection that includes glasses, candlesticks and lighting. More about Lee Broom creates Nouveau Rebel collection in "de rigueur" marble
Tilting and folding timber screens cover sections of this house by Buenos Aires studio VDV ARQ, to provide privacy and shade for the occupants without blocking light and views (+ slideshow). More about Timber screens bring fresh air into Pedro House without compromising privacy
Belgian studio Fou de Feu has created a collection of tableware shaped like teardrops from a range of materials (+ slideshow). More about Fou de Feu designs droplet-shaped tableware for Rhythm collection
Israeli designer Dan Yeffet has paired a blown-glass top with a marble base to create this statuesque floor lamp. More about Dan Yeffet creates Torch floor light from marble and glass
Italian designers Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti have created a collection of prototype products made from unwanted marble tiles. More about Discarded marble tiles form products by Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti
New York 2014: to celebrate New York design week, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum commissioned designer Joe Doucet to create a limited edition collection of "snap fit" marble tables. More about Joe Doucet designs flat-pack marble furniture for New York's Cooper-Hewitt museum
Milan 2014: the final shape of this marble vase by Italian designers Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti was revealed by smashing off edges with a hammer. More about Paolo Ulian and Moreno Ratti shape marble vase with a hammer
Milan 2014: these marble furniture pieces, including a version of Alessandro Mendini's Proust chair, were each carved from a single block of stone for an exhibition by Italian company Robot City in Milan (+ slideshow). More about Designers carve furniture from marble blocks for Robot City exhibition
Milan 2014: the material of the moment at this year's Milan design week was marble, with the streaky stone often associated with classical sculpture and architecture enjoying a revival in contemporary design, says Dezeen style editor Dan Howarth (+ slideshow). More about "Marble is back in favour" say designers at Milan 2014
Milan 2014: Alessandro Mendini recreated his iconic Proust chair in marble for an exhibition of products shown by Italian company Robot City at Ventura Lambrate in Milan. More about Alessandro Mendini revisits Proust chair for marble exhibition
Milan 2014: British designer Max Lamb developed a multicoloured engineered marble for Dzek, which was used to build furniture that appears to merge with walls of the same material for an installation in Milan. More about Man-made marble by Max Lamb used to create camouflaged furniture installation
Milan 2014: Dutch studio Scholten & Baijings has designed a series of marble tables decorated with engraved geometric patterns that contrast with the natural veined surface of the stone. More about Scholten & Baijings carves geometric patterns into marble table collection
A growing number of designers have been using marble across a range of unusual and striking projects, so we've collected together the best examples from the pages of Dezeen. See our new marble Pinterest board»
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Milan 2014: Konstantin Grcic, Naoto Fukasawa and Jasper Morrison are among the six designers who have created objects from Carrara marble for design brand Marsotto Edizioni, showing in Milan this week (+ slideshow). More about Carrara marble furniture for Marsotto Edizioni presented in Milan