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„Spotlight“ series by the Metropolitan Museum of Art: “Debunking the Myth of Whiteness“ tells where our image of sculptures comes from and what is behind it

“Marmolia“ is a serving platter on which, in addition to the food, the tableware itself is staged

Artist couple Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux of the Fondazione Arkad near Carrara turned to product design this time around

Italy’s stone sector was chosen as the country’s first industry branch to be internationally promoted by the new campaign titled “Italy is simply extraordinary: be IT”

Congress at the Stone+tec trade fair 2022: “Natural stone is THE material for sustainable building“

The industry shows featured presentations on the material’s strengths in terms of its environmental footprint as well as thoughts on its weaknesses in terms of image

DORFERGRÜN gneiss with green color quarried near the Großvenediger mountain in the Alps from German Lauster Steinbau company

Niko Koronis’ “Caro Marco“ collection for Marsotto Edizioni plays with architectural shapes

In the awarded documentary „Quarries & Nature – A 50 Year Success Story“, the UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) informs about restored quarries and nature conservation

Re-launch of Stone+tec after a four-year break: for the first time, the program included a congress that brought architects to the show

The trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, is ambitious to attract more suppliers of natural stone slabs and finished products again

Miscellaneous: news all around rock and natural stone

The Southern Ocean’s seafloor is shown with unprecedented accuracy in the updated version of the International Bathymetric Chart IBCSO v2

Peter‘s Corner: Marmomac is once again off the mark with its icon for the advertising campaign, this time the digital editing of Canova’s sculpture “Pace“ (Peace)

Salone del Mobile (3): our photo gallery shows examples of how natural stone is used in contemporary furniture design

In many cases, stones appear as small but effective accents in the design / Opportunities also for limestones and sandstones

The exhibition “Beyond Hellas: Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek“ (through October 23, 2022) features a dialogue between the permanent collection of sculptures and the renowned architect, engineer and artist

“Natural stone as a vanguard in new approaches to design,” is one of the topics in Macael association’s magazine “Marmól“ (June 2022, Spanish)

Salone del Mobile 2022 (2): at the 60th furniture fair in Milan, visitors from China and Russia were almost completely absent

The president of the Italian furniture association sees a “structural transformation“ of society towards healthy living and high-quality products

Marmomac renames its Italian Stone Theatre to “Plus Theatre”

Shown will be ideas for the application of natural stone in architecture, art and design / Four international technical journals are to organize a program on sustainability and markets