Architecture news / Archive»
- Building quickly and cost-effectively: edifices made entirely of small blocks of natural stone are popular in France
- Lucien Arkas Art Gallery not far from Izmir: despite natural stone not a monolith, but an open building
Design news / Archive»
- Side table “Admeto” by Visionnaire: Marco Piva creates something completely new with a natural stone cladding
- The company Lundhs from Norway can be an example of how a natural stone company can successfully market its own materials with product design
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Ceramic tiles: joint video campaign by Italian and Spanish associations
- The USA continues to be the richest country in the world and its citizens hold almost one third of the world’s wealth
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- BAU München from January 13 to 15, 2021: an innovative concept for a “hybrid“ fair adapted to the times of Corona
- Registration for digital “Marmomac Restart” from September 30 to October 02, 2020, is open
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»
- Paul Cocksedge’s “Slump“ tables at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London until December 18, 2020
- Mosaics of marble and glass that take the emptiness out of potholes in city streets and maybe even give them a sense of purpose
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
Italian Tato company has among its new products Ignazio Gardella’s coffee table „Stand” from the the 50s with marble base
The brand combines contemporary design and authored re-editions of classics
Laurameroni Design Collection: „Infinity” tables with modular top that can be customized combining marble, plain or lacquered wood
The plate is divided into segments and embellished by a central ornamental element
The marble fabric „MARM \ MORE” by the designers of Fili Pari is becoming more and more wearable
Alice Zantedeschi and Francesca Pievani, in cooperation with the renowned Italian company Limonta, have developed their microfilm with more than 50% marble powder
In Erik Olovsson’s new vase collection, the stone protects and stabilizes the glass
The Swedish designer uses remnants from the processing and makes color compositions
Entirely novel idea: Danish design studio Handvärk assembles table-tops from large marble tiles
There are more than unusual design possibilities for the user / target group are not the rich
Side tables „Monterrey” by the Mexican design brand Peca: stable through marble
The designer Caterina Moretti remains committed to natural stone in her new creations
„Scagliola“ finish from the Florentine Renaissance used for modern table top design
In the latest Roberto Cavalli Home Interiors collection, new varieties of marble or onyx and special manufacturing techniques have been introduced
Marble tables „Angelo M“ by Leo Aerts: timeless design with timeless material
Studio Alinea’s Belgian designer, based in the town of Geel, numbers and signs each piece
Cancian Pavimenti: Terrazzo Veneziano with a variety of natural stone inlays
The company was inspired by Carlo Scarpa’s Design for the Olivetti company from the 1950s
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