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»
- The company Lundhs from Norway can be an example of how a natural stone company can successfully market its own materials with product design
- A reception counter like a massive stone block that can be extended to form a long table
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»
- Mosaics of marble and glass that take the emptiness out of potholes in city streets and maybe even give them a sense of purpose
- “Break for Art” by the The Dallas Museum of Art: 10 minutes for a deep and unexited look at masterpieces
Briefly noted»
- Science: Sahara dust for the Amazon region, deep-sea coral reefs endangered by climate change, minerals‘ self-healing of irradiation damage, new findings about the Muqarnas vaults at the Alhambra
- TU Delft researchers develop the “living coffin” made from mushroom mycelium to accelerate dead human bodies to become one with nature again and to enrich the soil
Design news / Archive
„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
Call for entries for the 17th Pure Talents Contest of imm cologne until September 12, 2019
20 entries will be exhibited at the fair in January 2020 / the best one will be honored with prizes between €3000 and €1000
Artedomus: Natural Stone Design from Down Under with a penchant to ideas from Italy
The company’s new brand „New Volumes“ introduces solid marble objects to the market
Search for new products created with an innovative upcycling of waste and residue material
Application open for the 9. German RecyclingDesignAward until July 15, 2019 / Prize money totaling 4000 €
Tino Design Contest: Ideas for functional household items made from a slab of Black Dune Marble
One of the competition guidelines set by the Spanish Company was that no natural stone should be wasted
Lithea Company’s new natural stone collection refers to the Byzantine Empire
The Sicilian Enterprise ties its interior décor objects to ancient Mediterranean cultures
Marble, alabaster and onyx are also popular as material for lamps
Every other year Milan’s Furniture Trade Fair has a focus on lighting called „Euroluce”
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
New ways of working natural stone: „recomposition“ and „twinned or derived forms“
Pioneer in his branch Raffaello Galiotto contends that the world of stonemasonry must adapt to sustainability, new machinery and acceleration
Budri at the Salone del Mobile: natural Stone not known in nature
At Milan’s Trade Fair, Italian Company Budri together with designer Gwenael Nicolas presented the entire gamut of possibilities for stone inlays
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