The Natural Stoneshow 2013 / 30th April - 2nd May 2013

Lithos Design, a young team with great expertise in the design of stone, began as the R&D division of Bevilacqua Marmi, an historic company with three decades of experience. The two firms are still closely linked. Through the use of very advanced technological machinery and highly skilled staff, Lithos Design makes innovation and design its mission, taking advantage of the experience it has gained in the sector collaborating with an outstanding designer, Raffaello Galiotto. Specialized in industrial design for decoration, Galiotto approached the stone industry with a spirit of experimentation and innovation, contributing consistently to the development of the guidelines presented in this catalogue.

A marble object that brights its setting and highlights our own concept of design: patterns balance, new ideas investigations, and cutting-edge crafting.

The company largely invests in forefront technology: advanced software programmes provide useful help to create complex surface workmanships.

Thus, it makes all types and sizes of manufactures possible. Breakthrough technology coupled with a young group with innovative ideas mirror MARMI SERAFINI’s dynamism and spirit.

The lightness of marble, in this project, means discovering how to make it transparent and as sharp as a knife blade. Marble is also a material traditionally used in kitchens, for working and kneading. TESTI with this project presents a small tanslucent kitchen countertop, processed from a single block, equipped with another surface housing  a set of marble knives.

Italy is a territory rich in traditions, natural landscapes and realities which speak the language of history and nature. Trentino is part of this territory – in particular, Trentino stones and the men who work them, transforming nature into artefact, represent a unique heritage which has resisted the standardizing effects of globalization.

In 2002 starts the project “Stone: old and new approaches to Trentino Stone”, which develops along a cultural and architectural path, revealing the tools and a series of “age-old” materials, which still have a relevance today, and in particular the results recently achieved with the implementation of construction projects and cultural initiatives which have involved the “men of stone”, architects, designers, University students from all over the world, and photographers. The objective of supporting and relaunching a product which historically has played, and continues to play, an important role in Trentino's economy has proceeded hand in hand with constant reference to the creative aspect. This is why for the first time, this year Trentino Sprint, the Special Agency of the Trento Chamber of Commerce, decided to be present at “The Natural Stoneshow” supporting some companies of the stone sector: Odorizzi Porfidi, Industria Marmi Alberti and Stone Company. (F50a, G1). The meaning of project is an extremely valuable undertaking, which not only highlights the memory of the past but also suggests new ways ahead for the future.