Design
Design: legless desk
(July 2008) German firm develops a desk made of two stone slabs with anected container
Design: Godfather Mauritius C. Escher
(June 2008) Brazilian company introduces unusual geometric creation
Design: glowing stone
(June 2008) German company develops outdoor-lighting made of alternating plates of mineral-glass and granite
Craft: 2008 mm-diameter soccerball for the European Champions Cup
(June 2008) Austrian master stonemason builds soccerball made of stone
Design: Stone table-top with extension mechanism
(May 2008) Swivel-mechnism, by which the table’s extention-element can be lifted and swung into place
Design: Yo-Yo-shaped sink
(May 2008) Luca Sacchetti’s unusual bathroom-fixture is a sink designed for Rapsel and made of portuguese limestone
Design: Stone benches in shapes of waves
(March 2008) Science center in Norway wants to attract school-children for visits and to stay
Markets: stable demand for countertops in USA
(March 2008) Business researcher forecast 1.3 percent annual growth until 2011
Design: Cobblestones in Slices
(March 2008) Floor coverings for in- and outside use produced out of thin cuts of paving stones
