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Blockchain ante portas: new transparency for the natural stone market
A digital system can reveal complete traceability of the origin and production-site of every stone product
Application open until October 08, 2019 for the „Talente“ (talents) competition at the Munich International Skilled Trades Fair next year
Craftspeople until their mid-thirties may enter with special works in design or technology respectively
Table „Icon“ by designer Giorgio Soressi for Italian company Costantini Pietro
Calacatta Gold marble or wood respectively for the table top and base made of stainless steel or lacquered metal
Painted pebbles: taking a stone home, painting it and then leaving it again for others as a friendly greeting
„Rocking“ is a new attitude on its way across the world
New Art Centre in Salisbury shows artworks made of many different materials at the Roche Court Sculpture Park
The centre also comprises a gallery and an educational centre
Raw slate slabs give the direction at this year’s Hyde Park Serpentine Pavilion in London
Critics are quick to claim that the installation by Japanese architect Junya Ishigami falls short of the standards set in the last years
Are deep ocean sediments a „seed bank“ for the diversity of life?
Scientists have quantified endospores, extremely resistant bacteria waiting for resurrection under changed environmental conditions
Cynthia Sah and Nicolas Bertoux in Hong Kong: „A journey from Nature to Sculpture“
At the exhibition at the Rotunda, Exchange Square the artists show their marble works and give the visitors an idea of sculpting marble
„VolareArte“: once more showing monumental stone sculptures by Park Eun Sun in Pisa and Florence
Presentation at the airports / Dual colors and stone cracks are distinguishing factors
Global Countertop Market: „Engineered quartz is forecasted to increase its share, partly at the expense of granite“
Freedonia Research Group has published a new study which sees the demand to reach 540 million m² in 2023