November 2011

Blessings from Rajasthan

With the desire to innovate the Persian knot, we searched for a long time in different countries until we reached Rajasthan, which means the land of Kings and for us it means much more since than. Please be surprised and let us introduce to you our new perspective to what a hand knotted Persian rug can be. We are very grateful for the new experience, for this beauty in detail and material, for the people we work with and for the beauty we hopefully can create with expect to create to stay a surprise to all who love Rug Star.

January 2011

At DOMOTEX HANNOVER we achieved the Carpet Design Award in two categories

Thank you so much for the two best awards we achieved this year for the work we invested into our new collection "The_ECO_Project". The presentation of the Carpet Design Awards 2011 (CDA) took place at DOMOTEX HANNOVER in the evening of Sunday the 16th January. The Carpet Design Awards are presented annually to the most original and innovative carpet designers. The hand-made carpets submitted are assessed on the basis of the key criteria of design excellence, product quality and artistic or technical innovation. We won twice: ))

January 2011

Rug Star fair presentation at Domotex

This year we came with 8000 kilos of rugs and all was sold, wow. Thanks again to all our old and new friends and traders we meet every year at this fair. And thank you so much for supporting our new collection The_ECO_Project. We promise to keep you surprized. We will work very hard on this issue to open up your hearts with the beauty that can be created with this wonderful product. I am sure, there is much more to discover.

December 2010

Intimacy and Identity, exhibition at Athinais Center Athens, Greece

Thank you so much my dear Apostolos Petratos, for that amazing exhibition we managed to present at Athinais center 3rd- 5th December 2010, Athens, Greece. I am not sure if it was a wild party or an exhibition, but we all had an amazing time together and as the pictures can tell, an excellent presentation.

Contact:
Apostolos Petratos
Floor Concept
228 Kifissias Avenue
14562 Kifissia Athen
Greece
Tel: +30 210 801 5855
Mobil: +30 694 450 6617
Mail: petratos@otenet.gr

October 2010

The Russian SOUL, KOVËR BÜRO, Mosow, 28th October 2010

Our event in Moscow was more than an exhibition. I think it was an emotional determination to explain the cutting edge exercise of the hand knotted Tibetan area rug by Rug Star. Aside from that it was an evening filled up with life and extraordinary people, there was so much soul, deep Russian soul! Thank you for such an energetic and emotional night as well. Everybody started drawing at our event at KOVËR BÜRO.

Contact:
KOVËR BÜRO
Кристина Задушко
Фрунзенская наб., д.24,
Москва, 119146, Russia
Tel: +7 926 6353712
www.koverburo.ru

October 2010

Exhibition "Tales of a rug" in Beijing Art district 798

Together with the curator Song Tao and Rug Star Beijing leader Hugh Zhang we set up an amazing exhibition at T-Art Center at the famous 798 Art district Beijing on the 20th October. We are very happy about the hospitality we always get on our visits in Beijing, China. I would like to share some pictures of the days we set up the exhibition.

Contact:
Rug Star Beijing
Soho Beijing Residence, No.5
Xinyuan Street
Chaoyang District, Beijing
China
tel: +0086 010 84474278
fax: +0086 010 84474278

Summer 2010

Working with a friend, the artist Johannes Speder

This is my friend Johannes and what you can see on the wall are our 100% pure silk translations of his work into the hand knotted Tibetan rug. He is an amazing person and an amazing artist.

Contact:
Johannes Speder
Innocentiastr. 29
20144 Hamburg
Germany
Fon: +49 40 42935242
Fax: +49 40 42935114
Mail: js@johannes-speder.de

March 2010

Rug Star Beijing Showroom

In early summer 2009, I received an e-mail from Hugh Zhang, a very emotional request on Rug Star for representing our brand in China and to open the first showroom in Beijing. We invited him to Berlin to see how we work and to spend a full week with us. Nine month later we opened our first Rug Star Beijing showroom at the Soho Beijing Residence. In Chinese tradition we included the park in front of the showroom for our opening event. May be it was very cold, but we all been more than happy about this amazing experience which we will continue. Thank you so much my dear Hugh Zhang and all the great people we've met in China.

Contact:
Rug Star Beijing
Soho Beijing Residence, No.5
Xinyuan Street
Chaoyang District, Beijing
China
Tel: +0086 010 84474278
Fax: +0086 010 84474278

March 2010

Rug Star in Kuwait. Hello Middle East, here we come.

This was the bravest and biggest effort for a Rug Star exhibition I've ever seen in my life and I think it is all because of Haidar Hindi and his two very great brothers Yousef and Hassan. Please check the pictures of the Kuwait exhibition on the front page on our website, the opening event was spectacular and very successful. Amazing how Haidar transformed his showroom into a contemporary rug art gallery. Thank you so much to the whole Hindi family and Hello Middle East, here we come. We will continue in Doha and Beirut soon.

Contact:
Samovar Carpets
Haidar A. Hindi
P.O. Box 36650
Raas, 24757 Kuwait
Tel.: +965 2225 3456/7/8
Fax: +965 2225 3459
www.samovarcarpets.com

January 2010

Here comes the Sun ... Domotex 2010 in freezing cold Hannover

Wow, what a fair! With our heart, we like to thank all our new and old friends and clients for the days we spent together at our Domotex presentation. These days been very special for all of us and an enormous success for our new collection "Copper" and "ICE" out of our new theme "Walking_FIELDS".

October 2009

Arne Jacobsen and Rug Star

Finally, after a period of careful work the event became reality: With the opening of our exhibition at Pfister in Etoy (at the lake of Geneva) our rug collection "Love_Stories" was shown together with originals of Arne Jacobsen. In the following month this exhibition will go on tour and will be shown in some other spaces of the company Pfister all over Switzerland, of course together with the Egg Chairs of Arne Jacobsen. We are really honored and very happy about the beauty of the exhibition.

Contact:
Pfister Filiale Etoy
Centre de l'habitat
Route de l'Industrie
CH-1163 Etoy
Fon +41 21 821 81 11
Fax +41 21 821 80 19

September 2009

RUG STAR in Melbourne

If you are in Melbourne at the moment, have a look at Behruz Studios: we just arrived with our "Love Story" Collection. And give a hug to Behruz Allgorgi, he is the owner and a very nice man seeing his work with his heart.

Contact:
Behruz Studio
Street address: 1509 Malvern Road
Suburb : Glen Iris
City : Melbourne
Region : Victoria
Post code :  3146
AUSTRALIA
fon + 61 3 9824 8156
fax + 61 3 9824 6853

Juni 2009

Exhibition "Love_Stories" by Kamy in Sao Paulo/Brasil

The night of the 04th of June was very special, 900 guest came to our opening of the exhibition "Love_Stories by Kamy" in Sao Paulo. My friends and traders Kamy Abrarpour and his beautiful wife Francesca Alzati organized the exhibition which made my stay in Sao Paulo to one of the most beautiful experience I ever made, thank you so much for this.

Contact:
By Kamy
Al. Gabriel Monteiro da Silva, 1147
JD. Paulistano- Sao Paulo
Brasil
fon: 11.3081.1266
fax: 11.3062.0276
www.bykamy.com

Since May 2009

"Eden's Paradise", a work of Olaf Hajek presented at Oliv

"Eden's Paradise" is after "Tibetan Pop" the new and second aspects of the Rug Star Classic collection. Four of the designs are based on the work of Olaf Hajek, Germany´s number one illustrator and a friend since nearly 20 years. It took me a long time last year in Nepal to develop the right texture for his work, his colors are much milder, they look like fading away and the process of layering color on paperboard develops his unique surface, very difficult to translate into the Tibetan area rug. Oliver Mahne opened the most beautiful coffee shop in Berlin Mitte so we used the friendship we three have together and show since three month the work of Olaf Hajek in at "Oliv" by Oliver Mahne. And again the question: should they be on the floor or on the wall?

Contact:
Oliv
Münzstraße 8
10178 Berlin (Mitte)
Fon: 030 89 20 65 40

Easter 2009

Altar rug by the artist John Young for the St. Matthäuskirche

Rug Star translated a work from the artist John Young into a 200 knot silk rug for the exhibition "Bonhoeffer in Harlem", to be seen April 13th- August 2 nd 2009 in the St. Matthäuskirche im Kulturforum Berlin. The exhibition is a project from Alexander Ochs Galleries in cooperation with Stiftung St. Matthäus & supported by the Australia Council for the Arts.

Contact:
ALEXANDER OCHS GALLERIES BERLIN | BEIJING
Sophienstr. 21
D-10178 Berlin
Fon: +49 (0) 30. 283 91 387
www.alexanderochs-galleries.com

March and April 2009

With "Children Heal Art Project" in Nepal

Oh what a trip, after weeks and weeks of preparations I went together with my good old friend Frank Etxaniz, founder and director of CHAP to Nepal. Since Rug Star translated some of the "CHAP" children drawings into Tibetan area rugs to support the CHAP structure in Portland/USA, the goal was to go together to Nepal and bring back some of this positive energy. Of course our two lovely traders from UK, Bonnie Sutton and Linny Moss couldn´t miss this. With cars full of paint and paper, we went to several hospitals and homes of the handicapped and started to do what we love most, to create with color, paper and emotions.

Contact:
Children's Healing Art Project (CHAP)
25 NW 23rd Place Suite 6
Box 155 Portland, OR 97210
www.chap.name

January 2009

"Tibetan Pop" is the start of our "Rug Star Classic" collection, which we presented very successful first time at Domotex 2009

Beside the nomination (11 in 4 years) for "Best modern Collection", "Best modern Design" and "Best Innovation" at the Carpet Design Award we been very excited about the Domotex 2009. One reason was the launch of our Rug Star Classic collection "Tibetan Pop", a floral collection based on the patterns which we found in the saris of our female workers in the workshop in Bhaktapur and Kathmandu. The other reason was to show parts of the "Splash, or Johnny...." collection as ambassador of our modern collection "Love_Stories".

October 2008

First Rug Star "Limited Edition" exhibition in Bergamo/Italy

Our first limited Edition "Splash, or Johnny I am going to Jackson..." was celebrated with an extraordinary opening night in the beautiful cloister di S. Marta in the heart of Bergamo/Italy at the 17th of October. The exhibition was organized with the heart blood of our trader Michele Cobelli and his brother Masimo Cobelli which we have to thanks so much for all the time and profession they invested into this exhibition. Our big goal was to show the moment of movement on the surface of the Tibetan area rug. Each of the 25 motives we shown in the show is limited by 6 only. Of course the title gives a hint, that this is a reverence to action painting and to the work of Jackson Pollock.

Contact:
La Torre Tappeti
Piazza Vittorio Veneto,6
24122 Bergamo
fon: + 39 035222234
fax + 39 035215016
info@latorretappeti.it

September 2008

RUG STAR launch in UK at 100% Design and Decorex

Our wonderful traders Bonnie Sutton and Linny Moos launched RUG STAR first time in UK at 100% Design, 18-21 September in London. In April we been already together in Nepal and had a lot of fun and very happy days we will not forget. The presentation was super, thanks a lot for the great show and the beautiful days we had in London.

Contact:
Bonnie Sutton
Knots Rugs
563-565 Battersea Park Road
SW11 3BL London
fon: +44 20 7228 2424
fax: +44 20 7228 4440
bonnie@knotsinteriors.co.uk

January 2008

Again Domotex and again nominated at the Carpet Design Award for "Best Modern Collection", "Best Modern Design" and "Best Modern Innovation"

RUG STAR presented "The_RUG_ADDICT and his good Fellows" anniversary collection at Domotex 2008. Happy Birthday RUG STAR, you became 5 years old, still very young, but I am getting older since the years go by ... So we made a very playfull collection which was directly nominated as the Best Modern Collection at the Carpet Design Award. What a great present. And thanks for all the new traders we found on this fair and the old once which became friends.

Dezember 2007

Nomination for the ELLE DECO INTERNATIONAL DESIGN AWARD

The German editorial of Elle Deco nominated Jürgen Dahlmanns as best designer 2007 in the category "Flooring".
Hurray, we are very happy!
Life is great.

19. November - 04. Dezember 2007

With ARTE to the Himalaya

For a documentation about the production of the Tibetan area rug I spent 2 weeks in the Himalaya with the cultural channel ARTE, with two beautiful people, the editor Gesine Enwaldt and the camera man Thomas Hirschmann. Most shoots where taken in our workshop in Bhaktapur. We also invited representatives of the non profit organizations RUG MARK and STEP, to discuss the social and political aspects of carpet production in Nepal. Many of us made many new friends, and at the end the film team and the 400 workers of our workshop joined together for a big pick nick in Nargacot, a hot spot in the east of the Kathmandu valley, with a gigantic view on the Himalaya, from Ganesh-Himal to Gauri-Shankar.
The documentation will be shown on TV in September.

16. Oktober 2007

Hello Australia,
the lounge of RUG STAR in Australia at Cadry´s Contemporary Rugs Gallery in Sydney

Now I know how paradise looks like:

it is a rug gallery in Australia,
in the city Sydney,
runs by the the three brothers Eddie, Marc and Bob.

What a great country,
what a great city
and what a great family!

08. September 2007

The grand opening of RUG STAR ZÜRICH was a big party

April 2007

Salone di Mobile
Great success for The_RUG_ADDICT Collection

Thank you very much to my trader in Milan, Alberto Levi and his team. This show was a great success during the Salone di Mobile 2007. The exhibition in his gallerie space was build up with love and passion. Thank´s again for all the support I got from you and your team.

Contact:
Alberto Levi Gallery
Via San Maurilio 24
20123 Milano - Italien
www.albertolevi.com
gallery@albertolevi.com

April 2007

On the Cover of Modern Textile

HeyHo, our design NOODLESOUP made it finally on the cover of the magazine Modern Textile. Very cool magazine, best if you want to be informed about modern rugs.

www.moderncarpetsandtextile.com

January 2007

RUG ADDICT Collection at Domotex
"Best Modern Design" & "Best Modern Innovation"

RUG STAR presented first time this RUG ADDICT Collection 2007 at Domotex with great success. Two products were nominated at the Carpet Design Award in the categories "Best Modern Innovation" with the collection TIBET TIGER and "Best Modern Design" with the collection QUICKSILVER. We had fun, please see pictures below.

Find traders now in:
Australia, Brasil, Canada, Corea, Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Monaco, New Zealand, Portugal, Singapore, Ukraine and the USA.

September 2006

Anno Zero
Exhibition in the cloister di Santa Maria in Bergamo

Thank you very much to my traders in Bergamo, Massinmo & Michele Cobelli with their company LA TORRE TAPPETI. The show was shown in the old cloister di Santa Maria together with rugs from my good friends Behrouz Kolahi and Jan Kath. What a show! What a night! What a week!

Contact:
La Torre Tappeti
Massinmo & Michele Cobelli
Piazza V. Veneto, 6
24122 Bergamo - Italie
www.latorretappeti.it
info@latorretappeti.it

March 2007

RUG STAR at the International Centre of Design in Berlin

In May RUG STAR can be found at the International Centre of Design in Berlin with an exhibition and a presentation.
Exhibition: "ES FREUD" Story-telling patterns and protagonist design from Berlin.

"Anne Lise This" is a simple triple-plug rug that plays the central role in this story. It all began with a dyslectic note scribbled down while listening to a Madonna song. Ever since, she has been the analyst in the world of "Rainer Unsinn" and his friends, a group of adolescent grown-ups in childlike outfits.

Presentation: "Between Tibet, IKEA and Berlin"

For the row "future products," we tell the tale of a journey between Tibet, IKEA and Berlin, the individualisation of markets and globalisation, hand-spun wool and the internet, and what it is like to work at the IKEA creative department as a designer.

Tuesday, 14 March, 6:30 p.m.

International Centre of Design Berlin e.V.
Reinhardstraße 52,
D-10117 Berlin, Germany

January 2006

RUG STAR is "Carpet Design Award" Winner 2006, first prize for "Best Modern Innovation"

At Domtex 2006 three RUG STAR products were nominated in the category "Best Modern Innovation" ­ and thus was the only company that could be voted for by the jury. First prize for our "Individual Product Distribution Concept" with "Like Water" and "Checkerboard". We would like to thank the jury.

January 2006

PASSAGEN Cologne 2006
Floor Buster Show, because the future lies in the carpet

The three most important representatives of Germany join forces to present the couture of their carpet collection 2006 at the Passagen 2006. "Pure Sex" of hand-knotted carpets from the Himalayan with topographic sketches heat the floor. In the heart of the "Belgian Quarter" in Cologne, for years now the centre of the Passagen events, three designers spell out, why the future of interior design lies in the carpet. The designers have chosen the 200 square metre large basement vault of the Stadtrevue for their presentation.
The designers: Michaela Schleypen, Jan Kath and Jürgen Dahlmanns.

Basement vaults of the Stadtrevue, Maastrichter Strasse 49, 50672 Cologne,
Open house: 16-21.1.2006, Mo - Sa 10 am – 21 pm, Party on Wednesday.

October 2005

LIBRARY
a modular carpet system for a Swiss reading room

"GÄUMANN LÜDI VON DER ROPP," a Swiss group of architects, have added a beautiful calm and modern charm to an old canton library in Frauenfeld, Thurgau, with their modification. The team of architects has created many modern aspects by its conceptual and innovative use of soft furnishing. Its colours and surfaces reflect the scumble of certain woods. RUG STAR developed a modular carpet system for the reading room. The aim was to solve existing problems in the room acoustics and hide the cables leading to the individuals lecterns. These lecterns stand on large carpet islands that consist of 42 hand-knotted carpets. The cables to the lecterns follow the edges of the carpets without being visible.

April 2004

VORK
the first product launch at IKEA's

"Vork" is a modular carpet system, a design tool in which the customer is the co-creator. He can put together his own design in form of a carpet or a textile sculpture. The modules are hand-tafted carpets in sizes 70 cm x 105 cm. In combination, they meet all standard sizes, but can also be placed as pleased following the theme "freestyle your rug," or can catch the eye when hanging on the wall. If the same-design module offers a wealth of variance, the six modules opens a world of variety. It is expanded by the pattern structure. By a rectangular pattern in the background and a second organic pattern in the foreground, it is possible to rotate and adjust the carpets and always create the illusion, that they fit like pieces of a jigsaw.