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Marmomac 2018: Ristorante d’Autore with clever designer ideas for natural stone table tops

The leading theme at the Italian Stone Theater, „Water and Stone“, experienced some interesting permutation

PIERRE DE WAIMES, a sandstone from the North-Eastern Ardennes in Belgium

„The Nature of Arp“ at the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas, Texas still until January 06, 2019

Jean (Hans) Arp (1886-1966) was one of the most important artists of the modern era

Marsotto Edizioni and Kai Hsuan Liu petrify last year’s memories in marble

The Taiwan-born designer creates vases for dried flowers

Greek Chatzisavvas company has small Christmas decoration items made of local marble and slate

The affiliate of Akrolithos company has its focus on design with natural stone

Gravel yards: „petrification“ of green areas with the help of gravel – or: when front yards are covered in stone

Particularly in Switzerland, easy-care gardens are all the rage

Laboratorio del Marmo has lamps as „functional sculptures“ made with stone

The brand is an affiliate of Grassi Pietre company located in Nanto halfway between Verona and Venice

Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone

Above the new International Railway Station of Bologna stands a Shoah Memorial. Its base is comprised of granite slabs, the side walls are clad in limestone.

31-km wide meteorite crater under Greenland’s ice-shield investigated

An international team of scientists used a new remote radar system and debris analysis to verify the deep deformation in the bedrock

Scientists find out that also in Southern Africa stone tools’ trade connected distant communities

Research by lithic experts shows that there are strong similarities in the design over a distance of 300 km

Drystone walling is added to Unesco’s list of Intangible Heritage of Humanity

Valorized was the living tradition of the ancient know-how and the role it still plays for maintaining the landscpae

Circular Economy is gaining momentum and will play an ever greater role in Europe’s economy of the future

Cosentino Group of Spain, producers of Silestone and Dekton, are poised to face the challenge

First rain in Atacama desert since 500 years caused a devastation among local microbial life – as it may have happened on Mars, too

The rains in the last three years are attributed to changing climate over the Pacific Ocean

„Green Quarrying“ as morning topic at the World Stone Congress on March 07, 2019 at the Xiamen Stone Fair

In the afternoon, lecturers will speak about Product Design with Stone / 2nd issue of „Stone Infinite“ design exhibition

(Christmas-)Gifts 2018 for people who adore natural stone

Like in the years before, Stone-Ideas.com’s editors have collected some inspirations for presents from the wide culture of marble, granite & Co