Architecture news / Archive»
- Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
- The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
Design news / Archive»
- Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
- In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Middle East Stone and The Big 5 in Dubai postponed to next year (2021) September 12 – 15
- Message from Xiamen Stone Fair as the Covid-19 virus is spreading in some regions in the Americas, Africa, and India: “We care much about you”
Stone Stories»
Art news / Archive»
- Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
- For young emerging Tunesian artists: the Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art (submissions postponed to July 15, 2020)
Briefly noted»
Design news / Archive
The Turkish Natural Stone Trade Organization IMIB held its Natural Design Competition 2018
The aim was, among others, to arouse creative interest for local natural stone
Italian Franchi Umberto Marmi company: „clean lines and harmonious shapes enhance the beauty of marble“
The new Bettogli Collection consists of sofas, armchairs and chaise longues / Teak and cushion give a warm embrace
Antoniolupi 2019: a brilliant mix of materials and colors
Italian design company combines colored polyester resin with white and black marble
„Kean“: small tables with stone top by Italian Formitalia Luxury Group
The company for special furniture has published renderings of its collection to be shown at the Salone del Mobile in Milan 2019
Italian Opera Contemporary company has „Amos“ side tables with marble top on structure of massive wood
The new furniture will be introduced to the public at Salone del Mobile Fair in Milan (April 09-14, 2019)
In her side-table „Gravity“, designer Hanne Willmann uses marble appropriately for the material
Nevertheless, the beauty of the natural stone is preserved
Best of 2018: Product design with natural stone
The editors of Stone-Ideas.com have compiled articles and reports with the most clicks in 2018
Stones from the board game Go serve as an installation in front of Vienna’s famous Herrengasse high-rise
An unobtrusive modern monument to commemorate the triumph of computers over the world master game board player makes reference to the building
In Bauhaus style: Designer Chris Basias was inspired by Oskar Schlemmer’s Triadic Ballet when drafting his suspended lamp collection
The characteristic elements of the design are clear geometric shapes: cubes, disks, or cones with an imaginary line drawn by the wire
Mosarte of Brazil with its new collection: slate with and without metal inclusions
Geometric shapes define design novelties like „View“, „Round Copper“ and „Black Rust“
