The design that breaks glass ceilings To mark International Women’s Day, the Silestone Institute gathers the legacy of women in design to pay tribute to those who have transformed the field and driven a new way of understanding creativity. From the pioneers of the Bauhaus to Generation Alpha, female designers have fought against invisibility and…
Maite Pelayo, spokesperson for the Silestone Institute, delivers one of the keynote speeches on the first day alongside Juan Carlos García, chef at Valdelvira restaurant. Silestone® and Dekton® kitchen islands take centre stage on the main congress platforms. Silestone® and Dekton® kitchen islands take centre stage on the main congress platforms. Almería, 24 February 2025…
Child Safety at Home The home, although it may seem like a safe place, can hide many dangers for young children. Their curiosity and lack of risk awareness led them to explore without understanding the consequences. According to INE data, more than 15% of all home accidents in Spain involve children under the age of…
Emotional Decluttering at Home: Clear Your Space and Mind As our pace of life intensifies, we surround ourselves with objects, ideas, habits and memories that we accumulate over time. We often neglect to organise the spaces in which we spend most of our day. Experts indicate that clutter is a major cause of stress. Decluttering…
Keep moving and take care of your well-being without leaving home. Sedentarism has become one of the greatest challenges for our health, especially in the cold months, when low temperatures and fewer daylight hours encourage us to stay indoors. However, even during this time, your home can be much more than a warm refuge: it…
Detox for you and your home: start the year with new energy With the Christmas holidays now over, the start of the new year provides us with the perfect opportunity to carry out a detox that not only helps to restore balance to our personal well-being, but also to that of our home. From the…
New law against food waste about to enter into force The countdown begins for the law against food waste. The main supermarket chains in our country have been implementing these principles for some time now, applying measures such as discounts on products nearing their expiry dates. Many restaurants are also adopting anti-waste strategies, offering uneaten…
Decorate your tree in an eco-friendly way With the arrival of Christmas, homes are filled with lights and Christmas decorations, and of course, in all of them we find the Christmas tree as the protagonist of our living rooms. However, this season also brings with it a significant increase in energy consumption and waste generation,…
How to live sustainably today? Accelerated technological evolution, new ways of inhabiting the home and constant innovations in design, as well as the use of recycled materials processed with 3D printers or experimentation with innovative biomaterials such as chestnut, mycelium and orange, are redefining the concept of sustainability in the domestic environment. These projects, which…
The Silestone Institute, committed to the development of sustainable solutions in architecture and interior design, shares how bioclimatic architecture becomes the ideal way to build efficient, environmentally friendly homes adapted to today’s needs for sustainability and energy savings. Bioclimatic architecture allows us to create sustainable homes that optimize natural energy and reduce energy consumption, integrating…