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The competition for students and professionals did not lead to exaggerated and fancy art objects, but rather to small objects you could imagine in your own daily life
In the version made of natural stone alone, the empty piece of furniture weighs 380 kg
The designer has replaced the plastic from the beginning of the 20th century by natural stone with striking colors and in different shapes and surfaces
The Italian company has furnishing items for business premises, hotels, or restaurants, next to items for “the young design-eccentric consumer”
Presented are the marbles from the parent company and the many product ideas by the subsidiaries and brands Marsotto Edizioni, Marsotto Lab und Marsotto Art
The young people have designed sculptures on the computer using the red sandstone from the Picard natural stone factory and other materials
Students from participating universities from all over the world entered the contest with innovative ideas how to use the company’s artificial stones
The Italian architect and designer does not want to hide anything, but to use marble without necessarily making the furniture heavy
The manufacturer of rough blocks develops functional products for the (upper) middle class that can be used in everyday life
Designer Davide Vercelli has played with the limestone Pietra Piasentina from northern Italy for the company Julia Marmi
Designer Samir Mazer with origin in Morocco plays with geometric shapes and combines this time stone, marble and full-mass terrazzo from Portugal
The company comes from the metalworking industry and focuses on stainless steel with various coatings
At last, a design appropriate to the material: the weight of the objects guarantees the desired function, the appearance underlines the great age and naturalness of the stone
The family business brings together geometric elements of stone and fills the spaces between them with cement mass
Die Designer von CTRLZAK wollen beim Kunden über die reine Benutzung des Objekts hinaus Assoziationen in Gang setzen