The Natural Stone Institute has announced the 2019/20 recipients of its industry recognition awards

Included are the Migliore Award for Lifetime Achievement, the Women in Stone Pioneer, the Natural Stone Craftsman of the Year, and the Person of the Year

Call for entries for the 3rd Yukuhashi International Figurative Sculpture Competition until March 31, 2020

Entries must be digital maquettes depicting Suematsu Kenchō (1855–1920), the Great Influencer of the Meiji period

The European Stone Festival 2020 will take place in Freiburg, Germany from May 15 – 17

The theme will be „900 years of stonemasonry and stone carving from the Middle Ages to the present day”

China’s „white alcohol” Baijiu starts with an Experience Store in Shanghai to conquer the world

The designers of the Ippolito Fleitz Group underline the high quality as the core of the brand with marble, among other materials

Nasher Sculpture Center shows „Barry X Ball: Remaking Sculpture“ until April 19, 2020

The N.Y. artist adapts CNC-technologies and traditional craft to push the physical and conceptual boundaries of stone carving

Novelties from the design brand Favius: the „Sediment” tables by Besau-Marguerre play with the geology

The polished surfaces of the tabletops are covered with matt strips produced by sandblasting

„Vortice” by antoniolupi and Paolo Ulian: freestanding washbasin as a symbol for the flow of water

Designer and company have once again created a functional sculpture for home furnishing

Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone

A special promotion for the local stone branch was renewed at this year’s natural stone fair in Vitória: postponement of the ICMS tax for transactions realized during the event

Call for 10 artists for the 11th International Wooden Sculptors’ Symposium in South Tyrol, Italy

The theme is Animals of the Alps / Deadline for applications: March 31

„Chilgrove“ tables by designer Sjoerd Vroonland for Dutch „Revised“ company

Solid wood frame in combination with table tops in a selection of marbles or in oak, and walnut

At IMM Cologne Fair 2020, noun products presented its new „puro” light object made of transluzent Corian Engineered Stone

Hygienic properties and a soft brightness allow the luminaires to be used also in doctors’ surgeries, pharmacies or clinics

15 Clerkenwell Close, London: a solid stone façade that plays a bearing role and symbolizes history

Amin Taha has created an extraordinary architecture that sparked controversy and criticism for some time

Grassi Pietre has staged its underground quarry „Cava Acque di Grancona” as a museum for visitors

It shows the importance of Pietra di Vicenza for the region since the times of Andrea Palladio

Call for entries: International Lucas-Cranach-Award 2019/2020 for Woodcarving, wood engraving, woodcutting by the city of Kronach, Germany

„Percorsi d’Arte“ shows how new technologies open doors for sculptors (4)

Four artists and industrial designer Raffaello Galiotto developed works previously impossible to accomplish

On the q.t.: in 2018, a giant underwater volcano formed offshore the Comoros archipelago between Africa and Madagascar

Scientists analyzed the emptying of a magma chamber of 3.4 cubic kilometers in about 30 km depth in the Earth mantle

Goethe-Institut offers artists who live and work in Germany a residency in Bangalore from October to December, 2020

Participants shall get involved with creative partners in India / Application until February 29, 2020

IMM Cologne 2020: More natural living is the top trend

Natural stone was once again a material used in furniture making, with marble varieties being used a lot, especially with strong colors

Natural Stone Institute (NSI) Announces Winners of 2019 Pinnacle Awards

Twenty-two projects honored with prizes for Excellence / Grande Pinnacle Award bestowed to Pei Cobb Freed & Partners for 7 Bryant Park