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India ranks 11th in the world as a sales market for luxury products, with sales of around US$15 billion in 2021

World Wealth Report market researchers assess the strength of a country’s economy by the potential for the rich and super-rich, not by the usual numbers

Hot for stone designers: Feeel Design World Prize for lasting products made of natural materials (submissions until November 14, 2021)

No prize money for the winners but the realization of a prototype and a contract for production

Miscellaneous: ideas around natural stone

The number of hotel openings in Europe is expected to hit an all-time high in 2021, with more than 100,00 new rooms estimated for the year

Studio Marco Piva: interior design for a private home in the heart of Padua with a panoramic view of the entire city

Marble 2021 trade show in Izmir: no crowds, less booths with splendor, but conversations without hustle and bustle and with depth

The industry show in August 2021 was the third in-person event in times of pandemic after Xiamen, and promised a “hopeful new beginning“

Peter’s Corner: the stone sector urgently needs to deal with its waste and residual materials in its public relations work

The reason is that in an article in the influential magazine Architectural Digest, a mood is being created against natural stone

Swedish magazine “Sten“ reports in its issue of October 2021 about the sculptor and writer Petter Eklund (Swedish)

Hans-Jakob Bärlocher: “Residual pieces from quarrying and processing can be used in many ways, as well as stone powder from cutting up the blocks“

Michael Picco and Jim Hieb Participate in Middle East Stone Virtual Education Session

A granite paving like an “Albanian carpet“ for the redesign of the shore in the village of Shiroka

The architects of the firm Casanova+Hernandez have made the area tangible as a unit with a mosaic in the style of local textile art