Architecture news / Archive»
- Lucien Arkas Art Gallery not far from Izmir: despite natural stone not a monolith, but an open building
- Penthouse on Spain’s Costa del Sol: The stairs and a wall as “sculptural elements” to divide the space
Design news / Archive»
- French company Ateliers Zelij launches a new collection with stone and terrazzo
- Riluc is a Portuguese manufacturer of design furniture, sometimes using natural stone
Markets: Selling Stone»
- The USA continues to be the richest country in the world and its citizens hold almost one third of the world’s wealth
- Peter’s Corner: Italy’s natural stone exports declined by (-)5.3% in 2019 after value for the 4th year in succession and that is also the repercussion of persistent marketing failures
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Registration for “Marmomac Restart Digital Edition” will start on September 10, 2020
- September topic of the Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair’s Product Focus: “Quarry Planet, Journey around the NEW Quarries”
Stone Stories»
- Over 100,000 years ago, fertile loess from the Negev helped the early humans on their way from Africa to Eurasia with the “land of milk and honey” in the Levant
- The peaks of the so-called stone forests were formed by natural dissolution of the rocks in the water and related currents
Art news / Archive»
- “Break for Art” by the The Dallas Museum of Art: 10 minutes for a deep and unexited look at masterpieces
- Central Park has its first monument depicting “real” women (and persons of color) to commemorate the ratification-centennial of the Amendment, which gave women the right to vote
Briefly noted»
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs
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
„Stone Industry“ fair will be held from June 25 to 28, 2019 in Moscow
250 companies from 18 countries will be exhibitors at this 20th issue of the stone show for Russia and Eastern Europe
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