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Sharon Nowlan: pebbles capture life in a snap-shot
Canadian artist uses washed-up stone from Nova Scotia’s beaches to compose simple yet expressive pictures
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Research project: Finish Granite was often implemented locally or in Russia as a building material
Latest news: design-competition „Shape the future of black“
DuPont invites young and professional creatives to work with the new black tones of its Corian engineered stone
Five colors of natural stone lead to Leuven’s central station
In the Belgian city of Leuven office complexes with eye-catching façades line the railway tracks
P.O.Box’ designers gave a fluttering touch to the booth made of stone
One of the highlights at Revestir Trade Fair was, as usual, the presentation by Tamboré Marmores company
„Touch Me“ call of natural stone
An object by Zaha Hadid seen at the furniture trade fair in Milan once more proves that people love to touch stone. Can this fact be put to gainful use for natural stone products?
Radon is not a risk factor in granite quarrying – or finishing
Two new research studies by the Marble Institute of America (MIA) give the stone branch reliable arguments in combating misinformation
Stone hyperrectangles change their shape and adopt new surface structure
In Mexico’s port of Veracruz, a memorial commemorates the centennial of Jewish emigration / IMM Carrara Marble Architecture Awards
Beatriz Carbonell Ferrer: little stories on every-day life and footprints
Spanish artist addresses every-day questions on family, friends and partnerships in her works
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France’s Import and Export balance in natural stone for 2013 has been compiled by the trade magazine Pierre Actual
Abstract floral patterns in limestone in Cambridge University’s Sainsbury Laboratory
Artist Susanna Heron derived her inspiration for her mural from the herbarium’s collection
„In pursuit of a holistic approach”
Marcus Baron demands responsibility in product development and has consequently designed natural stone kitchen cutting-boards
Draenert: Coffee tables and end tables in natural stone with a lightness of being
Two cm-thick table-tops with rounded edges and 1 cm tubular steel frames
Salone del Mobile: Milan is the design capital of the world
As usual this year’s fair embraced parallel events with numerous young designers at two venues, the Zona Tortona and the Zona Ventura Lambrate
Looking at the Earth’s crust 3.2 billion years ago
The Barberton Geological Trail in South Africa leads to spots where the early time of our planet and of life is preserved