Simulating meteorite impacts in the lab
Scientists monitor the response of feldspar minerals to rapid compression
News
Project „Life in Quarries“: give endangered species living space in active quarries
Providing living space for flora and fauna next to active quarry areas can be achieved with little or no effort
Man lands on the moon 50 years ago: a place of longing but on the other hand perhaps a dangerous extraterrestrial site
Stone samples, which Apollo astronauts and those of the Russian missions brought back from Earth’s satellite are important sources of information for new theories
Only a short flash: scientists film an impact of a meteorite on the moon during the eclipse in January 2019
The space rock with a mass of 45 kg and 30 to 60 cm in diameter hit the moon at 61,000 kilometers an hour
Stone mosaics for the soul by US artist Nick Gilbert
He names his works „Poetry of Stone“ subtitled „Stone Artistry for the Soul“
Chelsea Flower Show: Commemorating D-Day and a myriad of interesting landscaping ideas with natural stone
Stone played an important role at this most prominent event among the 12 Garden Festivals in Great Britain
Interior designer Elisabetta de Strobel presents the lamp „Deep Red“ made of Verona Red marble
The petrographically: ammonite limestone had been used in many famous buildings in the North Italian stone city
EU calls for applications for a new pilot project mapping Jewish Cemeteries in Europe
Budget of 1.05 million € for 18 months / The work of the European Jewish Cemeteries Initiatiative shall be complemented
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Only a small path with precipices of several 100 m on both sides leads to the Altenalp Türm summit in the Swiss Alps
Spanish A.R. Los Huertos company: contest for sculptures made of recycled construction materials
Artists shall create a sculpture made of such „waste“ / Prizes of 1,200, 600 and 300 €
„One Million Grams of Granite“: Austrian stonemasons busy themselves with artistic inspiration for one ton of local stone
The finished works are on display at Upper Austria’s Landscape and Gardening Show
„Turner. The Sea and the Alps“ in the Kunstmuseum Lucerne, Switzerland until October 13, 2019
The British painter is one of the first to depict the Swiss mountains and lakes / Travel nerves for high altitudes
For its second collection Marsotto LAB again cooperated with Lausanne’s ECAL School of Fine Art
Students designed simple and aesthetically pleasing household items in black and white marble
The new James-Simon-Galerie in Berlin is a treasure for the Museum Island and shines throughout the City
Architect David Chipperfield used marble-concrete to contrast old and new and yet to link them at the same time
Natural stone as a connector and accentuator for furniture design
Belgian designer Olivier Vitry presented his „Modular Tables“ at the Milan Furniture Fair’s Salone Satellite
„Upcycling“ of broken stone tools was a stone-age-behavior to get special utensils for precision and accuracy tasks
Finds in the Qesem Cave near Tel Aviv show that people 400,000 years ago had a sophisticated toolkit
The „Well of Eternity“ – the center of an eternal resting place
Stonemason and engineer Timothy Vincent developed an innovative concept for modern burials
Artist competition to the communist Ernst Thälmann Memorial in Berlin
The leftover from the GDR-era shall be explained and put into its historical context by an „innovative artistic concept“
Shortlisted works for the 10th edition of the Broomhill National Sculpture Prize shown in Barnstaple, North Devon
Participants of the exhibition are 9 UK-based emerging sculptors
New trade fair: Obra Blanca Expo (OE Expo) for stones and tiles in Mexico City from October 15 to 17, 2019
StonExpo from Las Vegas in cooperation with the Tile Council of North America (TCNA)
Recently published
Architecture with natural stone»
- LafargeHolcim Awards for sustainable construction solutions combined with architectural excellence
- Readers‘ vituperation: why is there no innovation in the natural stone awards?
Design with natural stone»
- „Young Creative Ideas Platform” – second appearance at the Marble Trade Fair Izmir
- Call for entries for the 17th Pure Talents Contest of imm cologne until September 12, 2019
Markets: Selling Stone»
- GfK market analysis: EU newcomers have significant increases in per capita purchasing power
- Readers‘ vituperation: why is there no innovation in the natural stone awards?
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- „Young Creative Ideas Platform” – second appearance at the Marble Trade Fair Izmir
- Coverings 2019 boasts nearly 1,100 exhibitors and almost 27,000 attendees from 90 countries
Stone Stories»
- Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
- The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Application open for the 2019 prize of the German Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Foundation for sculpture and installations
- Peter Randall-Page at Kloster Schoenthal near Basel, Switzerland until November 10, 2019
