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»
- The US-Chinese company Mikol uses thin stone to produce accessories for the special marble lifestyle
- Cattelan Italia: glass with the appearance of onyx or marble for table tops or furniture
Markets: Selling Stone»
- Consumption by US citizens fell significantly in the second quarter of 2020
- China’s foreign trade seems to be recovering from the Covid 19 pandemic
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»
Natural Stone Institute: Virtual Stone Summit about “How Safe Is Your Business? Creating a Plan to Help Your Company Succeed“
The new education format will be held online on July 29 and 30, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (ET)
Dellostudio: dancing vases for dried plants
The designers Oscar Piccolo und Charlotte Taylor have created decorative everyday objects for the Italian company Mondo Marmo Design
New high resolution images by ESA/NASA’s solar orbiter show “campfires” all over the sun
They may be the little “nephews” of solar flares helping to heat up the Corona to 1 million degrees
The interior design in the Kiki Noodle Bar in Shanghai suggests a wide landscape with rocks and forest
The planners of Golucci Interior Architects want to offer guests a place to escape from the hustle and bustle of the big city for the time of a bowl of pasta
The height of mountains is controlled rather by tectonic force than by erosion und weathering
Scientists used information derived from heat flow measurements in the subsurface or the frictional energy at the interfaces of the continental plates
“Spirit” by Schullin Company is a lunar crescent made of onyx which carries a secret message
The Austrian jewellery manufacturer has taken up the sentence “Protect me from what I want” by the artist Jenny Holz
Application open until September 30, 2020 for the 1. Art Award Hannes Malte Mahler
The prize consists of a cash award of € 15,000 and a production fund of up to € 105,000
Natural Stone Institute Announces 2020 Tucker Design Award Winners
Honored in the biennial competition are members of the architecture and design community who exhibit innovation and excellence in the use of natural stone / Bybee Prize
