Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
Italian IGV Group and Studio Marco Piva have transformed the traditional carton into an “On Air” container
Architecture news / Archive»
- Vivienda CM in Buenos Aires: travertine for the exterior walls and roof of a residential building
- The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
Design news / Archive»
- Luxury design for the elevator cabin: various features against Coronavirus contagion of passengers, light shapes the box, natural stone or full-size monitors for the walls
- Salvatori shows its novelties 2020 only in the media – even without the furniture fair in Milan and Design Week
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Italian Biesse Group has published the 3. edition of its Sustainability Report
- In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Reports from Stone Trade Fairs»
- Middle East Stone and The Big 5 in Dubai postponed to next year (2021) September 12 – 15
- Message from Xiamen Stone Fair as the Covid-19 virus is spreading in some regions in the Americas, Africa, and India: “We care much about you”
Stone Stories»
Art news / Archive»
- Application open until October 01, 2020: 10 to 15 grants for artists from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world
- For young emerging Tunesian artists: the Rambourg Foundation Prize for Contemporary Art (submissions postponed to July 15, 2020)
Briefly noted»
The stone fair in Xiamen is going virtual and is giving itself an online extension with the “Cloud Xiamen Stone Fair”
For the exhibitors, there will be “personalized booths” where they can present themselves 24/7 and even throughout the year / Launch on 06 June 2020
Miscellaneous: ideas with natural stone
The Big Stone River in Taganai Park in the southern Urals in Russia is a long field of large boulders that runs through the dense forest
Submissions open (until October 30, 2020) for the 5th Lih Pao International Sculpture Biennial Awards
International sculptors younger than 50 years may enter models depicting the artist’s imagination of the future / Theme is “Infinity”
The Sculpture School in Peccia in the Swiss Ticino is ready to receive new applications for its courses in the coming months
The Corona-Crowdfunding “Helping Hands for Peccia” was an extraordinary success
The lobby of Arizona State University’s Washington Center is adorned with desert sandstone worked with CNC-cuts and sandblasting
The cladding of 2 walls emulates the spectacular slot canyons of the US State
In the BioProMarL project, researchers hope to give the stone surfaces new properties, modelled on the lotus effect
Experts from the Levantina company and laser scientists from Spain use laser technology to reduce dirt adhesion and improve skid resistance
Terrazzo tiles with marble inlays that could have fallen from the sky
The Italian company Mondo Marmo Design uses water jet technology to offer innovative designs for the well-known floor covering
