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Trade fair Marble in Izmir: number of blocks presented will rise from 986 in 2017 to nearly 1500 this year
1250 trucks will be needed to transport the blocks from quarries all over Turkey to Izmir fairground
Lamps which derive their luminescence from the surface of slate
Polish designer-studio Gie El produces „intimate lighting“
A 67-million-pixel floating Matterhorn at the Gasometer in Oberhausen, Germany
The exhibition „The Call of the Mountains“ shows the scope of Earth observation
6th Design Competition of the Turkish Natural Stone Trade Organization IMIB
Ideas entered for the competition are no-longer restricted to avant-garde concepts but show more and more marketable products
News about Lichens that survive on stone surfaces and start the process of soil formation from rocks
Scientists published a catalog of the more than 3000 lichens in Europe’s Alps/ New understanding of their „sharing economy of genes“
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The Getty Trust will be conducting research on the erosion of sandstone in an ongoing project until at least 2020
2018 Xiamen Stone Fair took place as every year from March 06 until 09
As the demand for natural stone now comes mainly from the private customer, Chinese booths and products showed more design than before
Stereotomy 2.0 and Digital Construction Tools
Workshop, Symposium and Exhibition by Giuseppe Fallacara and Christian Pongratz at the NY Institute of Technology 16-19 April 2018
Bubbles in sediments (stromatolites) from India give testimony how oxygen came into Earth’s atmosphere
Billions of years ago, cyanobacteria started photosynthesis which paved the way for life as we know it today
Just in time for its 50th anniversary, Draenert has a new addition to the Art Edition
World renowned architect Hadi Teherani has launched an exclusive design and created the „Marble Wing“ chaise longue