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The “Corker“ by Herzog & de Meuron is now also available in marble

The furniture brand ClassiCon has given the stool or side table a new material

Beautiful little things made of natural stone as (Christmas)gifts

Some companies have discovered the market niche with items for everyday use and decoration

Miscellaneous: news all around ornamental stone and rock

A web page tells the story: “Farmers had painstakingly picked rocks out of the soil to clear space to grow olive trees and grapevines

The European Geosciences Union (EGU) invites artists-scientists to apply for a one-week residency in April in Vienna to create a week during the organization’s General Assembly

Swiss award for pedestrian traffic “Flâneur d’Or“: ideas that make pedestrians’ journeys pleasant, easy, and even beautiful

The Association for Pedestrian Traffic awards prizes to projects that focus on getting around without a car

In its December 2023 issue (#138), Cosmave association’s magazine Apuo Versilia Produce reports about famous stone buildings in Pietrasanta (Ospedale) and Genoa (Palazzo Lauro)

Trade fair Rocalia in Lyon from December 05 – 07, 2023: central themes are recycling of leftover pieces of natural stone and natural walls as habitats for animals and plants

French startup Malàkio uses stone powder and aggregates to make an artificial stone from shells that hardens without heat or pressure

The stone sector as a “green“ sector with a lot of computer work

The Euroroc General Assembly discussed current problem areas and opportunities at Marmomac 2023

CARDOSO STONE (Pietra del Cardoso), a sandstone with a dark gray tone and decorative white veins, quarried by Italian company Da.Vi Srl in the Apuan Alps