Architecture news / Archive»
- The German Natural Stone Award (DNP) was awarded for the 19th time
- Call for the creation of a dry stone landscape work in the territory of the Gorges du Gardon Biosphere Reserve in Southern France
Design news / Archive»
- United Alabaster company: “the ‘Glans’ lamp comes directly from nature to your space”
- Pure Talents Contest at imm Cologne 2021: chances for young talents working in the field of furniture to show their ideas to the world
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Covid-19: SapienStone sees changes in living and praises its porcelain stoneware (with natural stone appearance) for it
- Peter’s Corner: the new start after Covid-19, which Marmomac wants to give companies with its “Re-Start” Project, could be more than just back to business as usual
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- New dates announced for next Stone+tec in Nuremberg, Germany: 2021, May 12 – 15
- Next Cersaie will take place in 2021 from September 27 to October 01
Stone Stories»
- After the assassination of Caesar, a volcanic eruption in Alaska caused a worldwide weather anomaly which contributed to the end of the Roman Republic
- Archaeologists discover a massive circle of prehistoric shafts near Stonehenge
Art news / Archive»
- Three lavish residencies for worldwide artists who are interested in a cooperation with scientists researching aesthetic liking and aesthetic preferences
- Chris Booth places really big stone sculptures in the landscape and makes even the smallest things visible
Briefly noted»
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs
„Marble Warsaw Fair“ will take place for the 1st time from June 01 to 04, 2020 in the capital of Poland
The new fair is a cooperation of Polish fair company PTAK Warsaw with Turkish organizer of „Marble Izmir Fair“
Budri from Italy for the first time at the Monaco Yacht Show
Recently, the company was awarded EU-funding from the „Slim Project” for the development of ultra-thin marble
More confusion: is the name of Verona’s Stone Trade Fair „Marmomac“ or „Marmo+Mac“?
The new logo brought on even more confusion, not because it is poorly chosen, on the contrary: because it is so good
„Percorsi d’Arte”: research and development on the artistic object made of natural stone
The new possibilities for sculptors are culled by CNC machines and diamond wire
New trade fair: Obra Blanca Expo (OE Expo) for stones and tiles in Mexico City from October 15 to 17, 2019
StonExpo from Las Vegas in cooperation with the Tile Council of North America (TCNA)
„Young Creative Ideas Platform” – second appearance at the Marble Trade Fair Izmir
„Different“ was this year’s motto of the design students’ competition in Turkey
Coverings 2019 boasts nearly 1,100 exhibitors and almost 27,000 attendees from 90 countries
Once more the Installation & Design Awards were bestowed / New Orleans will welcome Coverings 2020
Italian Stone Theatre at Marmomac 2019: „Naturality: The Uniqueness and Purity of Natural Stone“
Stone as part of the biosphere and of human culture will again be the topic / New buyers program „On the road to Marmomac 2019“
Milan’s FuoriSalone: the grand furniture forum outside the fairgrounds in the city center
Design companies present themselves in galleries / Since some years, there is little room left for young designers and design schools
