Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
- Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
Design news / Archive»
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
- Dellostudio: dancing vases for dried plants
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
- China’s foreign trade seems to be recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Initiators from Italy are planning a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
- Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021
Stone Stories»
- New construction of the Albula Tunnel in the Swiss Alps: at 1192 m driving, the rock is like a “paste and floating” at 21 m
- Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders called “sarsens” have their origin in West Woods, Wiltshire, 25 km away
Art news / Archive»
- Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
Briefly noted»
Design news / Archive
The human chromosome 22 on wall tiles in Pietra Piasentina limestone
Julia Marmi together with architects at Spangnulo and Partners have developed a decoration with philosophical meaning
Friulmosaic: Mosaic art with geometric shapes
Italian company takes up on modern influence and the ancient art of Tesserae
Longhi has outfitted the business lounge at the new International Airport of Muscat with stone furniture
Marble is one of the materials / The design of one of the tables refers to traditional „Mashrabiyas”
Modern mosaics made of natural stone and special mirrors
Italian Antique Mirror Company lends many-facetetted means of expression to its glass
„Functional sculptures“ is a small but exclusive market for natural stone
The objects which are hermaphrodites: part art and part product design, are both aesthetically pleasing and, at least to a certain degree, useful
Handvärk from Denmark: dining table with Italian marble top on a slender steel frame
The company creates furniture that will last a lifetime with materials that will only become more beautiful over time
Brazilian designer Ludson Zampirolli and Gramizini Company: blocks of raw marble as „Truffles“
The marketing concept is compelling: create an analogy to a luxurious lifestyle / The designer’s role as a „Truffle hound“
100% Swiss: quartz mantle clocks in the shape of Mounts Matterhorn, Eiger, and Titlis made of Calanca Gneiss or Cristalina Marble and wood
Startup enterprise Seven Elements introduces the Alps to the living room of Helvetians and aficionados
Bookshelf „Mondrian” by Arte nel Design: unique, exclusive and fully customizable according to the client’s ideas
The Italian company combines natural stones like Onyx or black marble with various other materials and sculptures
Simon Chéreau combines craftsmanship as a cabinet maker with design in wood and stone
He creates and builds „simple, authentic objects adapted to their use“
