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Online lecture by Raffaello Galiotto about modern usage of natural stone
For the virtual Marmomac Restart, the mastermind among Italy’s stone designers summarized his ideas from the last decades
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Finally, a breakthrough in natural stone design also in the West, and it comes from the Aegean Association EIB, Turkey
The competition for students and professionals did not lead to exaggerated and fancy art objects, but rather to small objects you could imagine in your own daily life
Shelf “Monument” by La Chance and Atelier Cocorico: easy to assemble and disassemble without tools
In the version made of natural stone alone, the empty piece of furniture weighs 380 kg
Vase collection “Bangle” by Cristina Celestino for Budri: echoes of jewelry from the time of the Bakelite
The designer has replaced the plastic from the beginning of the 20th century by natural stone with striking colors and in different shapes and surfaces
New collection of the design brand “Kreoo” by Decormarmi: Natural stone as a material for tiles and furniture for rooms with high-quality design
The Italian company has furnishing items for business premises, hotels, or restaurants, next to items for “the young design-eccentric consumer”
Marsotto has opened a permanent showroom in the heart of Milan’s Brera district
Presented are the marbles from the parent company and the many product ideas by the subsidiaries and brands Marsotto Edizioni, Marsotto Lab und Marsotto Art
17 students of the Virtual Design course at the University of Applied Sciences in Kaiserslautern participated with digital works in a sculpture symposium in Germany
The young people have designed sculptures on the computer using the red sandstone from the Picard natural stone factory and other materials
The winners of the 14th International Cosentino Design Challenge (CDC) have been awarded
Students from participating universities from all over the world entered the contest with innovative ideas how to use the company’s artificial stones
Side table “Admeto” by Visionnaire: Marco Piva creates something completely new with a natural stone cladding
The Italian architect and designer does not want to hide anything, but to use marble without necessarily making the furniture heavy
The company Lundhs from Norway can be an example of how a natural stone company can successfully market its own materials with product design
The manufacturer of rough blocks develops functional products for the (upper) middle class that can be used in everyday life
A reception counter like a massive stone block that can be extended to form a long table
Designer Davide Vercelli has played with the limestone Pietra Piasentina from northern Italy for the company Julia Marmi
French company Ateliers Zelij launches a new collection with stone and terrazzo
Designer Samir Mazer with origin in Morocco plays with geometric shapes and combines this time stone, marble and full-mass terrazzo from Portugal
Riluc is a Portuguese manufacturer of design furniture, sometimes using natural stone
The company comes from the metalworking industry and focuses on stainless steel with various coatings
Best product design: Lundhs from Norway makes bookends from Norwegian Larvikite
At last, a design appropriate to the material: the weight of the objects guarantees the desired function, the appearance underlines the great age and naturalness of the stone
“Marble Patterns” by Del Savio 1910: a beautiful game with simple geometric shapes, different colors, marble and terrazzo
The family business brings together geometric elements of stone and fills the spaces between them with cement mass