Coverings 2019 boasts nearly 1,100 exhibitors and almost 27,000 attendees from 90 countries
Once more the Installation & Design Awards were bestowed / New Orleans will welcome Coverings 2020
News
Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba
In 1995 such a tremor had happened with waves of 3 to 4 m height causing damage to Nuweiba harbor and to local nomad dwellings
Company news: Achilli’s CNC controlled saw named „Gold“
Its sturdy and monoblock design with a hot dipped galvanized frame guarantees many years of reliable performance
Application open for the 2019 prize of the German Daniel Henry Kahnweiler Foundation for sculpture and installations
Awards are €10,000 for the winner and €2,500 for a promising young entrant
Tino Design Contest: Ideas for functional household items made from a slab of Black Dune Marble
One of the competition guidelines set by the Spanish Company was that no natural stone should be wasted
Peter Randall-Page at Kloster Schoenthal near Basel, Switzerland until November 10, 2019
Shown are 5 new large scale granite sculptures and works in iron, marble and bronze as well as a selection of works on paper and sketchbooks
Bulgarian sculptress Agnessa Petrova creates monumental stone sculptures
Change is part of the art: from real to abstract, from sculpture to painting, transience between the materials
Brasigran’s Moulin Rouge Granite – a symbol for Brazil’s Red Earth in São Paulo’s Les Cinq Gym
According to the Chinese philosophy of the Five Elements, body and soul can be transformed and aligned by sport and fitness
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The new Statue of Liberty Museum on Liberty Island was opened to the public on May 2019. The building uses the same Stony Creek Granite which has been serving for the pedestal of the monument since 1874
„Safe Stone Shopping” is a free 3-minute video from the Natural Stone Institute
A stone showroom is not a playground – safety guidelines for consumers entering such a place or a fabrication facility for the first time
Sculptors and other artists may apply for residence scholarships of Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop, Northern Germany
Open for artists residing in Germany, in the countries around the Baltic Sea as well as in Norway, Iceland and the UK / Deadline is July 31, 2019
Europe has endorsed considering social and ecological issues in public procurement
Up until recently municipalities were obligated to allot contracts to the lowest bidder
Euroroc informs: The United States International Trade Commission (USITC) approves tariffs against Quartz Products from China
USITC says: Those artificial stones are subsidized and violate fair trade / Accusations also against quartz from India and Turkey and against ceramics from China
The „breathing“ of magma chambers below the ocean may cause soft earthquakes related to the tides
An old question answered: why can tides trigger tremors at mid-ocean-ridges / Sensitive system might also react on fracking
Art aficionados and citizens of Carrara bring opera to the marble for a change
The events go by the name „Marmo all’Opera!“ and make use of historic production sites and prominent venues all around the pole of the white natural stone
Lithea Company’s new natural stone collection refers to the Byzantine Empire
The Sicilian Enterprise ties its interior décor objects to ancient Mediterranean cultures
Marble, alabaster and onyx are also popular as material for lamps
Every other year Milan’s Furniture Trade Fair has a focus on lighting called „Euroluce”
Simone Micheli launches a call for artists to design a room in the Soul Art Hotel in Naples
The goal is the create a place space devoted to art, design and creative inspiration
Stone Industry Fair in Moscow (June 25-28, 2019) will show Russia’s richness in natural stones
Production is mainly focused on the interior market
Lisbon is the new star in Pricewaterhouse Coopers’ ranking of economic prospects of European cities
The study „Emerging Trends in Europe 2019“ sees the ranking as a mix of newcomers and large well-tested markets
Recently published
Architecture with natural stone»
Design with natural stone»
- Milan’s FuoriSalone: the grand furniture forum outside the fairgrounds in the city center
- New ways of working natural stone: „recomposition“ and „twinned or derived forms“
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Promoting the „green“ side of natural stone in a sales pitch
- „Trump’s tariffs create extremely favorable expectations for Brazilian Exports to the US”
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Italian Stone Theatre at Marmomac 2019: „Naturality: The Uniqueness and Purity of Natural Stone“
- Milan’s FuoriSalone: the grand furniture forum outside the fairgrounds in the city center
Stone Stories»
Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»
- Professional sculptors and painters from the EU may apply for the 2020 award of the Bernd and Gisela Rosenheim-Foundation
- New ways of working natural stone: „recomposition“ and „twinned or derived forms“
