Architecture news / Archive»

• Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
• Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad

Design news / Archive»

• Cattelan Italia: glass with the appearance of onyx or marble for table tops or furniture
• Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds

Markets: Selling Stone»

• Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
• China’s foreign trade seems to be recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic

Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»

• Initiators from Italy are planning a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
• Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021

Stone Stories»

• New construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Swiss Alps: at 1192 m driving, the rock is like a “paste and floating” at 21 m
• Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders called “sarsens” have their origin in West Woods, Wiltshire, 25 km away

Art news / Archive»

• Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
• Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds

Briefly noted»

• Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
• Ariostea has in its “Ultra Marmi” collection 3 new ceramic emulations of marbles