Niko Koronis’ “Caro Marco“ collection for Marsotto Edizioni plays with architectural shapes

In the awarded documentary „Quarries & Nature – A 50 Year Success Story“, the UK Mineral Products Association (MPA) informs about restored quarries and nature conservation

Re-launch of Stone+tec after a four-year break: for the first time, the program included a congress that brought architects to the show

The trade fair in Nuremberg, Germany, is ambitious to attract more suppliers of natural stone slabs and finished products again

Miscellaneous: news all around rock and natural stone

The Southern Ocean’s seafloor is shown with unprecedented accuracy in the updated version of the International Bathymetric Chart IBCSO v2

Peter‘s Corner: Marmomac is once again off the mark with its icon for the advertising campaign, this time the digital editing of Canova’s sculpture “Pace“ (Peace)

Marble DANAE NEON, a very elegant white stone with soft or deeper diagonal or wavy veins, from Greek HMG (Hellenic Marble Group)

Salone del Mobile (3): our photo gallery shows examples of how natural stone is used in contemporary furniture design

In many cases, stones appear as small but effective accents in the design / Opportunities also for limestones and sandstones

The exhibition “Beyond Hellas: Santiago Calatrava in the Glyptothek“ (through October 23, 2022) features a dialogue between the permanent collection of sculptures and the renowned architect, engineer and artist

“Natural stone as a vanguard in new approaches to design,” is one of the topics in Macael association’s magazine “Marmól“ (June 2022, Spanish)

Salone del Mobile 2022 (2): at the 60th furniture fair in Milan, visitors from China and Russia were almost completely absent

The president of the Italian furniture association sees a “structural transformation“ of society towards healthy living and high-quality products