Architecture news / Archive»
- Lucien Arkas Art Gallery not far from Izmir: despite natural stone not a monolith, but an open building
- Penthouse on Spain’s Costa del Sol: The stairs and a wall as “sculptural elements” to divide the space
Design news / Archive»
- French company Ateliers Zelij launches a new collection with stone and terrazzo
- Riluc is a Portuguese manufacturer of design furniture, sometimes using natural stone
Markets: Selling Stone»
- The USA continues to be the richest country in the world and its citizens hold almost one third of the world’s wealth
- Peter’s Corner: Italy’s natural stone exports declined by (-)5.3% in 2019 after value for the 4th year in succession and that is also the repercussion of persistent marketing failures
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Registration for “Marmomac Restart Digital Edition” will start on September 10, 2020
- September topic of the Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair’s Product Focus: “Quarry Planet, Journey around the NEW Quarries”
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»
- “Break for Art” by the The Dallas Museum of Art: 10 minutes for a deep and unexited look at masterpieces
- Central Park has its first monument depicting “real” women (and persons of color) to commemorate the ratification-centennial of the Amendment, which gave women the right to vote
Briefly noted»
Swiss Bibliothek Andreas Züst: Call for applications for 3 residencies for Swiss and international cultural workers at the majestic former hotel Alpenhof
Participants shall develop projects that deal with the tradition of libraries as places of knowledge and as fabric of our culture
The town hall square in Umeå, Sweden, is a hub for pedestrian traffic and invites passers-by to pause and explore with nature attractions
Landscape architect Professor Thorbjörn Andersson brings the seasons into the city with deciduous trees and spreads a natural stone mosaic pavement on the ground
Also in Brazil, the corona lockdown seems to bring about a greater citizens’ appreciation for their homes
The furniture industry in the state of Rio Grande do Sul recorded a strong recovery in May and June / Abirochas figures for natural stone
Is the table lamp “Kryptal” a volcano that serves as a launch pad for a rocket?
Die Designer von CTRLZAK wollen beim Kunden über die reine Benutzung des Objekts hinaus Assoziationen in Gang setzen
Above the US, this year’s Perseid meteor shower will have its peak in the night from August 11 to 12, in the pre-morning hours
It is caused by the tail of the comet Swift-Tuttle, through which our planet flies every year and whose particles burn up in the Earth’s atmosphere
The US-Taiwanese company Mikol uses thin stone to produce accessories for the special marble lifestyle
The products range from protective cases for the iPhone and minimalist wallets to air purifiers, wall pictures and cards for poker games
Why some mosses in the Mojave desert preferably grow under milky quartz pebbles
The translucent stone gives them shadow from the sun’s heat and UV radiation, more humidity and also balanced temperatures between hot days/summers and cold nights/winters
Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age
Recent scientific discoveries about our planet, its rocks and related topics
James Brunt: Land-Art with wonderful geometries from small elements of nature such as leaves, sticks and stones
The English artist is inspired by the conditions of a place and compiles his works of art from the materials found there
Cattelan Italia: glass with the appearance of onyx or marble for table tops or furniture
The furnishing industry goes beyond the pure imitation of natural stone and has its designers create new “rocks” by hand
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