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EU-program Worth Partnership Project may be attractive also for stone designers with furniture ideas
Application open until October 24, 2018 / Italian Filipari designers and their innovative textiles made of marble powder were accepted to the program
President of the German Chamber of Architects asks: „Have we neglected durability and worth of buildings?“
Talk at Nuremberg’s Stone+tec 2018 presentation of the German Natural Stone Award
Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe will dive into the sun’s million degrees hot corona
It will come closer to the star than any human-made object ever has – Ikarus’ flight had ended already much farther in a disaster
The Graveyard in the future: low costs, an ecological beacon, a place for communiaction, and digitalization
At Nuremberg’s Stone+tec, a congress analysed the changes currently occurring in burial and graveyard culture and the implications these changes will have on the branch
British Lapicida stone company offers bookmatching also with porcelain tiles
For usage „where budgets are limited or marble slabs would be too thick or heavy“, according to a press release
Angelo Mangiarotti never actively practiced product design per se but he was an excellent sculptor of natural stone
Form alone was what drove him; functionality was secondary, almost negligible
„The Sound of Design – Italian Style Contract“ is the title of a special show in hall 30 at Cersaie fair
Shown will be sets decorated with Italian ceramic and bathroom furnishing products accompanied by musical hits from 1976 to 1983
Grupo Guidoni’s quartz composite Topzstone is promoted as a technological product for the Metropolitan lifestyle
Collections are dubbed „Downtown“, „City fragments“ or Urban marble“ and more
„Mosartec“ by Friul Mosaic and Alberto Apostoli
The tradition of an ancient mosaic is brought together with modern bathroom technology
Turkish Company Silkar/Akdo shows what millimeter-thin stone sheets can do
Technical novelties do not always compete with the original marble or granite
Bad taste by Lebanese designer Richard Jasmine: marble vases in the exact shape of bombs and missiles
Distributed by Italian studio JCP, the objects are meant to help to overcome war on Earth
Sculpting in Taiwan – now and again nature adds a touch of its own
German artist and sculptor Tobel experienced the forces of nature first hand on the geologically active island
US-„Women in Stone” met with German „Meisterfrauen” during Stone+tec in Nuremberg
Both initiatives aim to strengthen the role of women in the stone business / Italy has „Le Donne del Marmo”
La Karrière: once a quarry (French: carrière), now a cultural attraction
The site in a village of 140 citizens about 30 km from Dijon attracts some 25.000 visitors per year / Summer art festival in August 2018
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The title „Pierre de Bourgogne“ (Stone from Burgundy) is protected by a Geographical Indication (GI), since June 2018
Slate wall bridges the gap between the Sawyer Library and the surrounding landscape
Extension module and renovation on the Williams College Campus by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects
WorldSkills in Kazan: if stonemasons will not send participants from 12 countries, they will be out forever
August 22, 2018, is the deadline to register for the Olympic Games of young professionals
Marco De Angelis from GDA (Marmi e Graniti, Massa) is the new president of Confindustria Marmomacchine
Four new vice-presidents were elected at the general assembly / Statistics for the Italian stone branch
