Architecture news / Archive»
- Call for architects to develop ideas about “Living Upon the Play”
- Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
Design news / Archive»
- Is the table lamp “Kryptal” a volcano that serves as a launch pad for a rocket?
- The US-Chinese company Mikol uses thin stone to produce accessories for the special marble lifestyle
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Also in Brazil, the corona lockdown seems to bring about a greater citizens’ appreciation for their homes
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Initiators from Italy are planning 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»
- 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
- Plato’s cubes, California coast’s surface sinking, the Faroe Bank Channel Overflow in the deep North Atlantic, and the last ice age
Art news / Archive»
- James Brunt: Land-Art with wonderful geometries from small elements of nature such as leaves, sticks and stones
- Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
Briefly noted»
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
Archaeologists from the Mexican National Institute of Anthropology and History have discovered basalt floors and decorated wall stones from Aztec times
Most of Stonehenge’s large boulders called “sarsens” have their origin in West Woods, Wiltshire, 25 km away
New findings by analysis of the stones’ chemical composition / The smaller so called “Bluestones” forming the inner circle come from Wales
Exhibition „En Passant“ about the influence of impressionism on the art of sculpting
Until October 25, 2020, the Städel Museum in Frankfurt/Main, Germany explores how the attributes of impressionist painting like ephemerality found expression in 3D-art
Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
The US Department of Commerce has estimated -33.2%, but according to statistical methods common elsewhere in the world this was “only” -9.5%
Swedish textile patterns as mosaic pavement on the Hagatorget in Karlstad
A former roundabout for the cars has been turned into a place for the citizens, which gives them a bit of a feeling of home
Ariostea has in its “Ultra Marmi” collection 3 new ceramic emulations of marbles
The slabs with a size up to 300 x 150 cm are to “explore the charm of precious green marbles with their intense nuances and extraordinary veins”, according to the company
Xiamen Stone Fair postponed to 2021
Until then, the fair’s online version “Cloud” will be held with “more online events like product promotion and webinars to better serve our exhibitors and visitors”
Tourism in the style of simplicity: architect Matteo Thun has designed 20 slate cabins in the style of the old vineyard cottages
The winery Longen-Schlöder in the Moselle valley invites visitors to spend the night far away from internet and TV
Sediments from the Blue Hole off the coast of Belize show the development of the Caribbean hurricanes over the last 2000 years
An increase in storm activity coincided with the decline of the Mayan culture
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