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Design: New Shapes of Water
(December 2009) Design-contest for new talents for works combining white Carrara marble with glass
Art: stones telling stories
(December 2009) Germany’s new ice-age-adventure-path with its glacial erratics is a masterpiece
Miscellaneous
(December 2009) Life Cycle Assessments are becoming an ever increasingly important theme
Michael Taylor Architecture + Design uses drill cores for a wall in the office of Canadian mining company Agnico-Eagle
„Allusion to raw materials” is the motto
Markets: Industrial Design – big Opportunity
Products for house, home, and gardening may open up new markets for the natural stone sector
Fairs: Sustained Growth for Eastern Markets
(November 2009) Marmomacc registers a big drop in attendance / Statistical yearbook „Stone 2009“
Markets: No more yellowing
(November 2009) Tenax has a new resin resilient to sunrays in hot climates
Flow of the Stone Wall
British landscape architect Andy Goldsworthy creates unusual slate art in London’s City Centre
Design: Ready-to-install parquet in natural stone
(November 2009) Brazilian Company fuses stone rods for flooring or countertops
Planed: a pan-continental network for natural stone
Marmomacc saw the first tangible steps toward the foundation of a global organization for the stone branch