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MENDIGER BASALTLAVA, a dark gray and bluish volcanic stone from the Eifel mountains near Cologne in Germany, known as a building material for centuries

“Design Forward” is a new podcast by Salone del Mobile fair. The first episode is about sustainability in design

Marmomac 2023: more internationality and a focus on product culture with stone

68,5% of the exhibitors came from abroad, 15% growth of number of international visitors

Designer Francesco Faccin for the company Bufalini: lava stone fire bowls

Faccin: “The object documents the relationship between man, stone and fire, and his ability to tame and shape both“

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

Booking of exhibitors‘ booths is now open for Xiamen Stone Fair 2024. News are: there will be a new hall for Design located across Huizhan Road, so in front of the main entrance…

GREEN STAR super-exotic quartzite from Brasil, most suitable for sophisticated or exclusive projects, quarried by Vitoria Stone company

The artist Lew French wants to show what was already art in nature before his work

In his garden design and in his interiors harmony and geometry prevails without right angles and straight lines

Limestone ABADÍA ROSAL (Abbey Rose) from Spanish Rosal Stones company

Fabio Viale and Margraf company: “Rotas“ is a cartwheel made entirely of marble with a diameter of 3 m and a weight of 6 t

The surface bears traces of car racing and the rim is designed like the rosette of a cathedral

In the Turkish magazine Marble Trend (#63), editor-in-chief Hasan Ercazip analyzes the decline in exports and quotes in the editorial a businessman saying “For the first time I see marble producers doing cost accounting“

Italy’s natural stone exports increased by a strong +13.1% from 2021 to 2022 – is this finally the trend reversal, and right away with the bang of an all-time high of €2.13 billion?

CALACATA MATARAZZO, a white dolomite marble with a golden glimmer and strong acid resistance, quarried by M. Moulão company in the state of Paraná, Southern Brazil

“Marmomac Meets Academies“ 2023 (September 26 – 29): Innovative ideas for stone application in architecture and product design

Professor Giuseppe Fallacara (Polytecnico di Bari) has curated the exhibition of prototypes designed by international students and research groups

In its natural stone exports in 2022, Portugal reached an all-time high of nearly half a billion € (492.8 million €)

On almost all target markets, the country achieved significantly better sales prices than in the previous year