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Architecture with natural stone»

• Chelsea Flower Show: Commemorating D-Day and a myriad of interesting landscaping ideas with natural stone
• The new James-Simon-Galerie in Berlin is a treasure for the Museum Island and shines throughout the City

Design with natural stone»

• Interior designer Elisabetta de Strobel presents the lamp „Deep Red“ made of Verona Red marble
• For its second collection Marsotto LAB again cooperated with Lausanne’s ECAL School of Fine Art

Markets: Selling Stone»

• „One Million Grams of Granite“: Austrian stonemasons busy themselves with artistic inspiration for one ton of local stone
• GfK market analysis: EU newcomers have significant increases in per capita purchasing power

Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»

• New trade fair: Obra Blanca Expo (OE Expo) for stones and tiles in Mexico City from October 15 to 17, 2019
• „Young Creative Ideas Platform” – second appearance at the Marble Trade Fair Izmir

Stone Stories»

• Man lands on the moon 50 years ago: a place of longing but on the other hand perhaps a dangerous extraterrestrial site
• Earthquakes along the Dead Sea Rift may cause tsunamis threatening the coasts of the Gulf of Eilat-Aqaba

Art: Sculpting with Marble etc»

• Stone mosaics for the soul by US artist Nick Gilbert
• Spanish A.R. Los Huertos company: contest for sculptures made of recycled construction materials

Briefly noted»

• Only a short flash: scientists film an impact of a meteorite on the moon during the eclipse in January 2019
• EU calls for applications for a new pilot project mapping Jewish Cemeteries in Europe