More Brisbane homeowners and designers are searching for safe alternatives to engineered stone — and Italian porcelain is leading the shift at the premium end of the market. Why? Unlike newer products made in Asia that are yet to be truly market-tested, premium porcelain has been used for years in Italy — the world leader in ceramics.
4D Through-Body Veining
Silica-Free
Colour Stable & UV Resistant
Non-Staining
European-Made
Unlike many engineered or sintered surfaces that are made in Asia, Story Surfaces’ full-body porcelain is made in Italy and built for Australian conditions — especially outdoor kitchens or open-plan designs with direct sun. It won’t change colour over time, and it’s built to withstand the harshest conditions. An ideal solution for the high-use benchtops of your forever home in this sunburnt country.
Our Italian ceramics plant is a world leader in green hydrogen, having created a sustainability-focused factory where rainwater is collected and, through a process of electrolysis, converted into fuel cells to fire the kiln. The only byproduct from this green-energy process is steam — which returns to the atmosphere to become rain again.
This future-focused ceramics plant has also developed 4D technology that allows the vein colour to run through the thickness of the slab, giving your benchtops a seamless look when mitred, or cut and polished.
Story Surfaces is for lovers of marble who don't want the maintenance of sealing, and for homeowners who don't want their benchtops changing colour in the sun.
Explore the range of Italian porcelain