Initiators from Italy are organizing a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
Flavio Marabelli, honorary president of Confindustria Marmomacchine, complains that in times of Corona the stone fairs do not give enough support to the sector
Architecture news / Archive»
- Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
- Tourism in the style of simplicity: architect Matteo Thun has designed 20 slate cabins in the style of the old vineyard cottages
Design news / Archive»
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
- Dellostudio: dancing vases for dried plants
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
- China’s foreign trade seems to be recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Initiators from Italy are organizing a new fair called “Stone America” co-located with the KBIS in Orlando and simultaneously from February 09 to 11, 2021
- Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021
Stone Stories»
- Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders called “sarsens” have their origin in West Woods, Wiltshire, 25 km away
- Sediments from the Blue Hole off the coast of Belize show the development of the Caribbean hurricanes over the last 2000 years
Art news / Archive»
- Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
- Call for ideas for luxury products using glass and glass fiber together with tiny artificial diamonds
Briefly noted»
The chaise longue “Vellum” by Sa.Ge.Van Marmi and the designer Natascia Bascherini goes to the limit of what is possible with marble
Pure stone with a thickness of 4 cm without carrier layer or resin and only with a narrow bearing surface
Eclipse data illuminate mysteries of Sun’s corona
Scientists at the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy analyze our star’s outermost atmosphere to quantify the structure of its magnetic field and its 11-year cycles
One-year-grants by the Pollock-Krasner Foundation for recognized artists in financial need
Expressionist painters Lee Krasner and Jackson Pollock wanted to relieve the financial burden on professionals to help them through difficult times
Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
Italian IGV Group and Studio Marco Piva have transformed the traditional carton into an “On Air” container
The renovation of the Arkadenhof of the Vienna City Hall was awarded one of the Austrian stonemasons’ monument prizes
The play of colours of the natural stones on the facades was made visible again and a variety of ornaments and figures were renovated
Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
“A physical presentation of the new products will follow later this year,” according to the press release
Tropical thunderstorm again causes damage to the Taj Mahal
A part of the marble railing on the roof and 2 sandstone minarets were torn away by winds with over 120 kilometers per hour
Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
On average US$5,000 can be used with no restrictions from material and equipment to field research expenses, fees, renting a workspace, printing, etc
The recently discovered impact crater in Greenland under the Hiawatha glacier was created less than 3 million years ago and thus is the youngest such structure on Earth
An international team of scientists could roughly date the impact by analyzing organic matter like cellular structures of the charred wood recovered in outwash from the ice
