04.10.2016
Master of Stone Awards presented
Verona, 30 September 2016 – Stands that become full-scale works of art and design to narrate the materials and technologies involved in the world of natural stone. The 10th Best Communicator Award sees Marmomacc once again this year reward research efforts and originality applied to exhibits by companies attending the Veronafiere event. The jury - comprising Marco Romanelli (architect and President of the Jury), Laura Andreini (Deputy Director of Area), Alberto Biagetti (designer), Giovanni De Sandre (photographer) and Silvia Robertazzi (founder and curator of the Milan Design Film Festival) - after careful consideration of all stand set-ups at Marmomacc chose those which best expressed the guiding values and philosophy of companies through the originality of their exhibits.
The Italian Stone Theatre in the Forum Area was the venue for the award ceremony held on Thursday 29 September.
Design Category
First Prize Italy to PIBA MARMI for its stand designed by Go Hasegawa: "A polygonal micro architecture, church, chapel, cell or molecule but also a possible spatial module where marble becomes a thin skin that sometimes lets light through to hint at other presences".
First Prize INTERNATIONAL to STONEASY Belgium "for A new exhibition approach in this sector, inspired by the world of technology, exploiting its space and language, freeing itself from the weight of stone effectively on show here through small samples".
Special Mention to LAMINAM and its stand designed by the company's art director Alessandra Stefani "for an immediately appealing set-up even from the outside which defines interior space in an harmonious and stylistically consistent manner. The video wall, furnishings and slabs highlighting different textures convey dynamism and strong contemporaneity".
Stone Category
First Prize ITALY to MARMO ELITE for its stand by architect Enrico Toso "and its deliberately labyrinthine configuration which, on one side, highlights slab transport systems, while the other has a kind of exhibition of paintings on easels to provide a close-up view of the materials".
First Prize INTERNATIONAL to GRANITI TECNICA from South Africa "for the essential layout of its stand incorporating stimulating sensations, starting with the methods used to transport large slabs through to a high-impact graphic collage".
Special Mention to KAMEN PAZIN from Croatia with its stand designed by architect Sandra Krebel and its "configuration of an outdoor space where material and nature blend harmoniously together to create an original and varied landscape highlighting a huge variety of finishes".
Machinery Category
First prize ITALY to BARSANTI MACCHINE "for the overall impact of the stand, which effectively integrates with the product through a detailed and functional structure".
First Prize INTERNATIONAL TO KOENIG from Germany with its stand by designer Clemens Beck "for clear and immediately comprehensible exhibit. The tool factory focuses on the environment in a workshop and suggests an exhibition order of extreme functionality. Cobalt blue, the brand's distinctive colour, conveys energy and, at the same time, elegance".
Special Mention to PROMETEC for its stand designed by architect Giovanni Giorgi - "a concept enclosed in an exhibition space where work tools become exhibition design items. The essential white cube recalls a block of marble defined by the delicate technical fabrics the company uses in its processing operations".
Tools Category
First Prize ITALY to SORMA "for the iconic impact of its graphics and the precision design of the display cases".
Special Mention: SANWA KENMA from Japan "for the straightforward yet effective representation of the product backed up by streamlined graphic communication".
The ceremony was also the occasion for the Master of Stone Awards. The origins of the Award date back to 1319 when, under the rule of Cangrande I della Scala, Verona saw the creation of the Ancient Free Corporation of Stone Arts. In 1980, a group of operators and entrepreneurs active in the marble industry in Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella - during the International Marble Exhibition - re-founded the Ancient Corporation and, in the same year, Marmomacc set up the award for people who, in the course of their activities, helped ensure prestige for the entire natural stone industry and the economy of the local area.
Masters of Stone insignia were awarded this year to the mayors of the Italy's leading natural stone processing districts: Flavio Tosi for Verona and Angelo Zubbani for Carrara. They were joined in turn by Fernando Leardini, owner of Intermarmi S.R.L. based in Volargne (Verona) and Mahmoud Sarsali of the historical Iranian company Salsali Marble. A special and extraordinary mention also went to the Istituto Paolo Brenzoni-Marble Vocational Training Centre in Sant'Ambrogio di Valpolicella.
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