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Roman stonemasonry at its finest: a villa in the ancient cosmopolitan city of Ephesos displayed marble on its walls up to a height of 6 m

Geoarchaeology Professor Cees Passchier of the University of Mainz, Germany, together with colleagues, has reconstructed the decoration and made some surprising discoveries

Why the Roman stonemasons changed the order of the slabs in the marble bookmatch in a villa in Ephesus

Research by geoarchaeology Professor Cees Passchier of the University of Mainz, Germany, together with colleagues

Product design with natural stone (2): the properties of the stone must support the functionality of the everyday object

Weight, hardness, durability and beauty are just some of the special features that distinguish the material and that the designer can use

The textile “MARM \ MORE“ with marble powder is now also used as a cover for an armchair of Bentley Home luxury furniture

The waste material from natural stone production contributes to the properties and color of the innovative material

For fans of cigar smoking: the “Marquina Cigar Bag“ of the company Mikol conveys the lifestyle of luxury and value and combines for this purpose marble thin stone with leather

The natural stone gives the product its image and uniqueness

Budri and Belgian designer Maarten De Ceulaer: “Pantheon“ collection of 4 tables inspired by the flooring in the ancient basilica in Rome

The way the inlays are inserted into the tabletops is an homage to the mastery of Italian marble craftsmen

Pierre De Valck: Cabinets and more with lapis lazuli, jasper as well as petrified wood as special accents

The Belgian designer combines the ancient gemstones with the modern material aluminum

Table lamp “Leina“ by designer Matteo Nunziati and Italian company Tato

Product design with natural stone (1): what is actually meant by this and how can objects for everyday use be created from marble, granite & Co?

“Form Follows Function“ is the guideline, in the case of a competition supplemented by intelligent project management on the part of the curators and clients

The Gravestone Award of the Canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland aims to move the bereaved away from mass-produced gravestones

The award was presented for the 25th time in 2020 and honors individual designs by Swiss artists

Stone Insight: “Texture D“, a new stone surface expressing the ambivalent character of the material and playing with the light like a sculpture

Andrew and Filippo dining tables with marble top from Dom Edizioni, an Italian producer of luxury furniture

15th Cosentino Design Challenge is open for entries from design and architecture students

Participants shall develop innovative ideas for the usage of Consentino’s artificial stones like Dekton or Silestone

In Belgium, the initiative “Objectif Blue Stone“ made PR for the local limestone with a designer competition

The task of the participants was to create street furniture from the material / Jury from the Internet and experts

Marmory: Villeroy & Boch adds porcelain-plates “in trendy marble look“ to its collection

They are only eyecatchers in the context of the tableware / “Marble is the present trend in the interior Design world-wide“, as is said in the press release