Architecture news / Archive»
- The German Natural Stone Award (DNP) was awarded for the 19th time
- Call for the creation of a dry stone landscape work in the territory of the Gorges du Gardon Biosphere Reserve in Southern France
Design news / Archive»
- United Alabaster company: “the ‘Glans’ lamp comes directly from nature to your space”
- Pure Talents Contest at imm Cologne 2021: chances for young talents working in the field of furniture to show their ideas to the world
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Eurostat publishes for 37 countries in Europe their Gross Domestic Product per capita, Consumption per capita and Price Level Indices
- Covid-19: SapienStone sees changes in living and praises its porcelain stoneware (with natural stone appearance) for it
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- New dates announced for next Stone+tec in Nuremberg, Germany: 2021, May 12 – 15
- Next Cersaie will take place in 2021 from September 27 to October 01
Stone Stories»
- After the assassination of Caesar, a volcanic eruption in Alaska caused a worldwide weather anomaly which contributed to the end of the Roman Republic
- Archaeologists discover a massive circle of prehistoric shafts near Stonehenge
Art news / Archive»
- Three lavish residencies for worldwide artists who are interested in a cooperation with scientists researching aesthetic liking and aesthetic preferences
- Chris Booth places really big stone sculptures in the landscape and makes even the smallest things visible
Briefly noted»
Design news / Archive
Until June 30, 2020: Submissions open for the Goldreed Industrial Design Award (GIDA)
Entries must be products or product ideas which “lead to a better lifestyle, improve the manufacturing methods and balance city life with nature”
Terrazzo tiles with marble inlays that could have fallen from the sky
The Italian company Mondo Marmo Design uses water jet technology to offer innovative designs for the well-known floor covering
Marmomac 2020: 10 international designers re-interprete marble by forming the age-old and eternal material with young and modern technologies
Shown will be sculptural furniture and unexpected objects as well as essential and minimal shapes or ideas focusing on the stone’s veins and colors
A „Lithic Fabric” in ivy keeps heat out but lets light in
Professor Giuseppe Fallacara from the Polytechnic University of Bari uses natural stone for an innovative façade cladding
With „Collapse” Moreno Ratti creates marble vases with a „touch of humor”
The weight of the stone is indicated by the shape of the glass, the stone itself imitates brass weights from old merchant’s shops
Italian Tato company has among its new products Ignazio Gardella’s coffee table „Stand” from the the 50s with marble base
The brand combines contemporary design and authored re-editions of classics
Laurameroni Design Collection: „Infinity” tables with modular top that can be customized combining marble, plain or lacquered wood
The plate is divided into segments and embellished by a central ornamental element
The marble fabric „MARM \ MORE” by the designers of Fili Pari is becoming more and more wearable
Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani, in cooperation with the renowned Italian company Limonta, have developed their microfilm with more than 50% marble powder
In Erik Olovsson’s new vase collection, the stone protects and stabilizes the glass
The Swedish designer uses remnants from the processing and makes color compositions
