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Angelo Mangiarotti never actively practiced product design per se but he was an excellent sculptor of natural stone
Form alone was what drove him; functionality was secondary, almost negligible
„The Sound of Design – Italian Style Contract“ is the title of a special show in hall 30 at Cersaie fair
Shown will be sets decorated with Italian ceramic and bathroom furnishing products accompanied by musical hits from 1976 to 1983
Grupo Guidoni’s quartz composite Topzstone is promoted as a technological product for the Metropolitan lifestyle
Collections are dubbed „Downtown“, „City fragments“ or Urban marble“ and more
„Mosartec“ by Friul Mosaic and Alberto Apostoli
The tradition of an ancient mosaic is brought together with modern bathroom technology
Turkish Company Silkar/Akdo shows what millimeter-thin stone sheets can do
Technical novelties do not always compete with the original marble or granite
Bad taste by Lebanese designer Richard Jasmine: marble vases in the exact shape of bombs and missiles
Distributed by Italian studio JCP, the objects are meant to help to overcome war on Earth
Sculpting in Taiwan – now and again nature adds a touch of its own
German artist and sculptor Tobel experienced the forces of nature first hand on the geologically active island
US-„Women in Stone” met with German „Meisterfrauen” during Stone+tec in Nuremberg
Both initiatives aim to strengthen the role of women in the stone business / Italy has „Le Donne del Marmo”
La Karrière: once a quarry (French: carrière), now a cultural attraction
The site in a village of 140 citizens about 30 km from Dijon attracts some 25.000 visitors per year / Summer art festival in August 2018
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The title „Pierre de Bourgogne“ (Stone from Burgundy) is protected by a Geographical Indication (GI), since June 2018