At Marmomac 2018, the once marvelous „Italian Stone Theatre“ submerged in the water, so to say
While the idea previously had been to fathom the stone sector’s future, this time Italian’s firms and designers only celebrated their state of the art
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New textures in natural stone designed by Piero Lissoni exclusively for Italian Salvatori company
The names of the tiles are „B-Fish“, „Stone Tatami“, „CNC“ and „Stone Parquet“ / Different layouts possible
Mount Etna’s southeastern flank is slowly sliding into the sea
Within a period of 8 days, it moved by 4 cm seawards and subsided by 1 cm / A collapse could trigger a tsunami in he region
Casa Elvira by Pepa Díaz: The table – a central point of focus for Iberian homes and family
The architect sets people and surroundings in the center of her Puerto Lumbreras home in Southern Spain
The marbles of King Louis XIV’s sumptuous decor at the palace in Versailles
The book titled „Marbles of Occitania“ sheds a new light on the natural stones and where they came from / Versions in English and French
Making other things of stone than usual: that is the declared aim of StoneLabDesign
The product design company was founded by two Bologna-based stonemason enterprises
At the Palu earthquake in Indonesia, soil liquefaction caused serious damage
Due to the forces of the seismic shocks, the sandy ground got liquid and engulfed all that it had carried before
Swedish designer-couple Jenny and Andreas Kullaro are inspired by geological processes
Using diabase, the couple have created a collection of home furnishing items / Presented at the London Design Fair 2018 in the Swedish Pavilion
50 years ago: dismantling and relocating the stone temples of Abu Simbel
The giant statues once carved from a sandstone hill had to be cut into thousands of blocks using the quarry technology of the 1960ies
Architecture Biennale in Venice: „The Vatican Chapels“
One could interpret the work of Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura as a critical rendering of the Holy See in stone
Michael Egli from Switzerland wins EuroSkills Gold Medal in the stonemasonry category
Silver for Robert Moser from Austria and Bronze for Krisztián Balogh from Hungary / Participants from 6 other countries
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
A fairy-tale pedestrian crossing with natural stone was constructed in Småland’s city of Jönköping in the South of Sweden
A giant multi-layered lattice dome-shaped Mashrabiya spans across the Louvre Abu Dhabi
Architect Jean Nouvel lets a flood of dappled light rain down on the Museum’s interior / Pietra di Luserna covers the floor
Landslides resulting from human activity have increased over time
Most were caused by construction, illegal hillcutting and illegal mining often combined with heavy rainfall
Jordan-based Kutleh („Block“) conjures designer vases from stone remnants
Rula Yaghmour laminates stone stripes of various hues and works the resulting block to a value-added designer product
Kidney stones grow similar to mineralization that leads to coral reefs
Different from was thought before, they have layers with many components that grow and dissolve
„Global Heritage Stone Resource“ (GHSR): defining natural stone as an important heritage resource
2017 already saw eight types of stone qualified, among them Portland Limestone, Larvikite, and, of course, Carrara Marble
With his sculptures, Victor Reyes emulates the transformation of natural stone on its path from the volcano to the coast
Tenerife-based sculptor creates basalt objects for table tops and interior décor
Australia takes the pole-position in per-capita affluence
Marble value-added products experience marked growth on the fifth continent
Rethinking artist’s role as robot arms are making their way into stone sculpting
Exhibition and panel discussion with 4 internationally well-known artists using CNC-machinery in Hall 1 of Marmomac
