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Touch-stones for hands and feet

Every stone trade fair experiences it time and again: A stone that is aesthetically pleasing almost magnetically attracts beholders to touch it. Could the stone branch make use of this property?

Architecture: Colourful as life itself

(December 2010) Ongoing construction of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família for over one century

Design: Message on the curb

(December 2010) „ABC-curbs“ and boulder-sinks at the Polish competition for design students

Trade Fairs: „Design in the Streets“

(December 2010) Cersaie Ceramics trade fair incorporated Bologna’s city centre as part of the exhibit grounds

The scientists in the European-funded project Quarry Scapes intend to save abandoned stone extraction sites as witnesses to human trade and civilization

Art: Surprise of the century on occasion of the 100th anniversary

(December 2010) Swiss Stone Masons’ and Sculptors’ Trade Association commissioned 100 „resting stones“ on the occasion of it’s centenary

Presents: Not in search of lost time

(December 2010) Belgian book detects right to exist for building in stone / History of the Granite of Galicia

Miscellaneous

(December 2010) Excitement in the Polish Cemetery branch

Markets: Committing to the do’s and don’ts for the stone branch

(November 2010) Sustainability standards in natural stone production and processing are currently undergoing a defining process in the USA. Ecological aspects, working conditions and child labour are among the aspects under consideration. Trade representatives from around the globe are summoned to join the effort

Markets: Rocky start

(November 2010) This year’s Marmomacc saw the christening of the stone branch’s world organization Wonasa

Unmistakably Scandinavia

The Scandinavian Golf Club Complex in Denmark’s Farum combines golden pine with gold-veined slate

Design: Geometric dissection and beyond

(November 2010) Italian Company designs tiles to mix and match creating new patterns in colours and surface structure

Trade fairs: Bamboo to Marmomacc

(November 2010) Exhibitors presenting the tropical grass in stone were conspicuously numerous at the Verona stone fair

Art: Marketing in works of art

(November 2010) The second „Skulptura“ was recently held in the village of Beckingen, in Germany’s Saarland

Miscellaneous

(November 2010) „Project: Green“ proposals for the next Coverings are being accepted until January 14th 2011