Architecture news / Archive»
- Building quickly and cost-effectively: edifices made entirely of small blocks of natural stone are popular in France
- Lucien Arkas Art Gallery not far from Izmir: despite natural stone not a monolith, but an open building
Design news / Archive»
- Side table “Admeto” by Visionnaire: Marco Piva creates something completely new with a natural stone cladding
- The company Lundhs from Norway can be an example of how a natural stone company can successfully market its own materials with product design
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Ceramic tiles: joint video campaign by Italian and Spanish associations
- The USA continues to be the richest country in the world and its citizens hold almost one third of the world’s wealth
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Registration for digital “Marmomac Restart” from September 30 to October 02, 2020, is open
- Registration for “Marmomac Restart Digital Edition” will start on September 10, 2020
Stone Stories»
- Over 100,000 years ago, fertile loess from the Negev helped the early humans on their way from Africa to Eurasia with the “land of milk and honey” in the Levant
- The peaks of the so-called stone forests were formed by natural dissolution of the rocks in the water and related currents
Art news / Archive»
- Paul Cocksedge’s “Slump“ tables at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London until December 18, 2020
- Mosaics of marble and glass that take the emptiness out of potholes in city streets and maybe even give them a sense of purpose
Briefly noted»
- Science: Sahara dust for the Amazon region, deep-sea coral reefs endangered by climate change, minerals‘ self-healing of irradiation damage, new findings about the Muqarnas vaults at the Alhambra
- TU Delft researchers develop the “living coffin” made from mushroom mycelium to accelerate dead human bodies to become one with nature again and to enrich the soil
Markets: Selling Stone
Recycling as a sales argument: Sell natural stone for shop fittings with a deposit like for bottles
EuroShop trade fair in Düsseldorf (Germany) inspired an idea
The coronavirus will reduce China’s natural stone imports and thus have an impact worldwide
Consequences also for container traffic and trade fair activities / Politician in Massa-Carrara appeals: „We are not intimidated by a virus”
E-Commerce Congress at IMM Cologne: Achieving greater customer satisfaction and a better shopping experience with online trading
From the lectures one could deduce where the strengths of traditional trade and handicraft lie
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
Topics of the year 2020: Climate change and design – great marketing opportunities for the natural stone branch
Peter Becker, editor-in-chief of Stone-Ideas.com, asks what is coming in the next 12 months and what the sector should contribute
Despite all Western sanctions, Iran has become a big stone producer and exporter in the last years
In his statistic yearbook, Dr. Carlo Montani notes that the country’s deliveries go almost only to markets in the East
Dr. Carlo Montani made his case for developing synergy not competition from artificial stone
At this year’s Marmomac, the founder of natural stone market statistics presented the 30th edition of his yearbook
New York, Tokyo and the San Francisco Bay Area are the cities with the highest standard of living of the population world-wide
London, Beijing, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, Sydney and Singapore follow according to the economic analysts of New World Wealth
Brazilian Guidoni Group will set up a manufacturing facility for its quartz Topzstone and a headquarter in Georgia
The company will invest US-$96 million and create 455 jobs
Silestone Institute by Cosentino: study sees the kitchen as „the heart of the home”
An international online consumer survey confirms that lifestyle trends in Western consuming countries are valid globally
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