Spanish designer Jaime Hayon explains how traditional marquetry techniques informed his Stone Age Folk pavilion in this movie Dezeen filmed for Caesarstone during Milan design week.

Caesarstone's Stone Age Folk exhibition, which ran from 4 to 8 April during Milan design week, featured a pavilion by Hayón constructed within the ballroom of Palazzo Serbelloni, a Neoclassical palace built in the 18th century.

Hayon combined 48 variations of Caesarstone's quartz material ? more commonly used for countertops in kitchens or bathrooms ? with stained glass and metal to create the pavilion, which comprised a series of frames featuring abstract depictions of faces inspired by folklore from around the world.

"We have divided the space with these frames made from metal," Hayon explains in the movie, which Dezeen filmed in Milan.
"Faces emerge from the frames. Every face and every character I have created is different."

Hayon says his intention was to showcase how Caesarstone's material could be used "at an architectural scale."

"Caesarstone is a really interesting material," he says. "You have CNC machines that can cut it extremely sharply and you have the technology to combine it in perfection with nothing to spare. [The installation] shows the ability of the material to go into any form."

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