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NSI Announces 2023 Scholarship Recipients: Joanne Bish for the Women in Stone Empowerment, Frances Alderson, Tiffany Biagi, and Robert McCoy for the Natural Stone Scholarship

New in our calendar of trade fairs for design / lifestyle: events for consumer goods und gifts

Increasingly, producers of beautiful little things made of natural stone are exhibiting at such fairs

WHITE MICHELANGELO PRIME®, a white marble with gray veins and golden details, from Brazilian company Michelangelo, located in the Southern state of Paraná

Brazil’s stone exports 2023: by value -13.4% compared to the previous year, yet still above the magic US$ 1 billion mark

Probably, also the other big export countries will have negative balance sheets in 2023, as one could already guess from the quarterly figures

Bertrand Iribarren elected new President of the French stone association SNROC

He will focus on “democratizing“ French natural stone to the public and emphasizing the material‘s low carbon footprint

Antolini: “The cladding for wall and floor is the decorative element that most and best characterizes the living room and creates a cozy and welcoming atmosphere“

Traffic calming at its finest: the Swiss town of Vercorin uses a colorful and contrasting mix of colored stone chunks and asphalt on the sidewalk instead of gray pavement

“Solidity, Place, and Character: Why TWTBA (Billie Tsien and Tod Williams architects) uses natural stone“ is a the title of a report

Neal Barab: a sculptor from California in Pietrasanta at the foot of the White Marble Mountains

The influence of his father, who worked for the toy company Mattel, is unmistakable in Neal’s current works

The city of Bern has once again awarded its biennial prize for exemplary gravestones in terms of craftsmanship and artistry

The aim of the campaign is to “promote individually designed gravestones as an important part of the mourning process“

News from the Natural Stone Institute (NSI): Blake Christensen Appointed to Executive Committee, Foundation Board Update 2024

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

For the first time in France, a woman has won the title of “Best Worker“ in the stonemasonry category

In an interview with Marmomaccine magazine (#284, March 2024), designer Raffaello Galiotto emphasizes the regional references that stone should have in his eyes

Minax from Brazilian company Voi Termoquimica is a material that does not produce an explosion, but still breaks up rock or concrete

No bang is produced, just a short crack, and no pieces of material are thrown around

The Natural Stone Institute has new members in its board of directors: Kim Dumais (Miller Druck Specialty Contracting) and Alexandra Niedbalski (Polycor)