The hometown of the Carrara marble

 　　Carrara has 2000 years of history is considered to be "the world marble capital", as early affinity Michelangelo before, with regard to the large amount of high quality marble mine and unique design art is famous in Europe.

　　Carrara marble

　　Carrara is located in north-central Italy, near the Mediterranean Sea, enjoys the "Marble Capital of the World" in the world, mining marble mine more than 2000 years of history, is the world's main producers of high-quality marble, sculpture and architecture by master of all ages. Some of the world's famous buildings, such as Florence Cathedral, Leaning Tower of Pisa, St. Petersburg Museum, New York World Trade Center, almost all used Carrara marble. Carrara marble with its own unique culture known worldwide since 1980, the annual trade show CarraraMarmotec stone have become the industry benchmark. 2011 CarraraMarmotec stone trade show that "let the stone production chain all the characters talk to each other" and thus was born the inaugural Design Week Carrara marble. Design Week was initially committed to actively demonstrate marble can be processed into a highly malleable material, showing a variety of modern creative talent, but its actual influence beyond expectations, from stone circles to cover the architecture, design and modern art in various fields.

　　2012, the second session of the Carrara marble Design Week opened on May 23, in order to produce high-quality Carrara marble and the world-renowned classical small town, from designers and artists from around the world bring their good works, discuss architecture, design, fashion, art and other topics.