From 24th to 27th September 2024 Marmomac returns to Veronafiere, the unmissable appointment with the reference event for the natural stone industry.
This year’s edition will be one that aims to consolidate its role as a platform for business, training and culture for all operators in the Italian techno-stone supply chain, but not only.
With more than 1,500 exhibitors attending each year, the fair is a unique showcase for a complete overview of the latest innovations in both stone products and machinery and tools for the processing and care of marble and granite.
“In the contemporary context”, comments Raul Barbieri, Veronafiere Sales Director, “natural stone continues to be a material of great prestige and versatility, capable of adding value to any architectural or design project with its beauty and unique properties. Marmomac plays a crucial role in promoting the innovative use of this material, highlighting its most cutting-edge applications through a series of side events, including exhibitions, workshops and conferences”.
These are a series of initiatives that have contributed to creating a real Marmomac community that lives on throughout the rest of the year, both online thanks to the Marmomac Plus digital platform – bringing together the top players in the sector – and offline, with networking missions organised abroad such as “We speak stone”, in Chicago.
The 2024 edition will again host A Matter of Stone, curated by Elle Decor Italia with a layout designed by studio Calvi Brambilla. Hall 1 will host a selection of Italian and international companies exhibiting design productions and applications in a creative and stimulating context designed for architects, interior designers and professionals.
PLATFORM architecture and design will be present on 24 September in the arena in Hall 1 with the event “Stone Lovers”, celebrating the timeless beauty and versatility of marble in architecture and interior design. The meeting involves 13 renowned architects from all over Europe, united by a shared passion for natural stone and its use in the most iconic and innovative projects.
Pavilion 10 – The Plus Theatre – curated in concept by Giorgio Canale, features material as its theme, the protagonist within a real district that develops around a central avenue overlooked by the exhibitions, the meeting area and the refreshment areas.
Giorgio Canale has also conceived the Walk of Stone exhibition, inspired by the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, but making natural stone the protagonist.
The Full/Empty exhibition, curated by Raffaello Galiotto, sees the involvement of international designers and stone companies who will explore the relationship between fullness and emptiness, with a series of marble works created in the age of new digital tools.
Also curated by Raffaello Galiotto is the exhibition Viaggio al centro della tavola (Journey to the Centre of the Table), which brings together a series of new works designed by him.
After the success of last year’s edition, The Applaud, curated by Danilo Di Michele, returns with the aim of promoting stone culture and highlighting the extraordinary potential of natural stone. The protagonist of the installation is Il Fazzoletto, inspired by one of the first works designed by Fulvio Bianconi for Venini. The process of creating the sculpture, carried out under the watchful eyes of visitors, will allow the complex collective work of the companies to be fully appreciated.
As part of Marmomac meets Academies, Giuseppe Fallacara curates the exhibition Ceci n’est pas un fossile, realised thanks to the creativity of students from a number of Italian and foreign universities, focusing on the theme of stone design of the future, mainly focussing on the close relationship between knowledge and know-how, theory and practice, manual craftsmanship and technology.
Inevitable will be the Best Communicator Award, the prize dedicated to exhibit design now in its 16th edition, which will celebrate the companies that will present the most original and incisive exhibition concept.
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