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Design: Jade for the Victor
Jade is to be employed as an element of the medals of the Olympic Games
Design News (Archive)
Design: legless desk
(July 2008) German firm develops a desk made of two stone slabs with anected container
Design: Godfather Mauritius C. Escher
(June 2008) Brazilian company introduces unusual geometric creation
Design: glowing stone
(June 2008) German company develops outdoor-lighting made of alternating plates of mineral-glass and granite
2008 mm-diameter soccerball for the European Champions Cup 2008
Austrian master stonemason Helmut Moser builds a soccerball made of stone
Scotch-hopping to your heart’s content
A group of city-planners are designing streets with integrated hopscotch-patterns for children to play
Design: Stone table-top with extension mechanism
(May 2008) Swivel-mechnism, by which the table’s extention-element can be lifted and swung into place
Design: Yo-Yo-shaped sink
(May 2008) Luca Scacchetti’s unusual bathroom-fixture is a sink designed for Rapsel and made of portuguese limestone
Stone benches in shapes of waves
The science center in Norway wants to attract school-children for visits and to stay
Markets: stable demand for countertops in USA
(March 2008) Business researcher forecast 1.3 percent annual growth until 2011
Design: Cobblestones in Slices
(March 2008) Floor coverings for in- and outside use produced out of thin cuts of paving stones
Design: Marble blocks for office-use
(February 2008) Spanish company develops unusual office table
Design: Planter made of wired bowls
(February 2008) Dutch company employs gabion as plant bowls
Design: Walls out of stone
(February 2008) A new junction for natural stones developed by Mármoles Ocará