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»

• Is the table lamp “Kryptal” a volcano that serves as a launch pad for a rocket?
• The US-Chinese company Mikol uses thin stone to produce accessories for the special marble lifestyle

Markets: Selling Stone»

• Also in Brazil, the corona lockdown seems to bring about a greater citizens’ appreciation for their homes
• Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020

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»

• Above the US, this year’s Perseid meteor shower will have its peak in the night from August 11 to 12, in the pre-morning hours
• Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age

Art news / Archive»

• James Brunt: Land-Art with wonderful geometries from small elements of nature such as leaves, sticks and stones
• Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting

Briefly noted»

• Why some mosses in the Mojave desert preferably grow under milky quartz pebbles
• Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone