RAPSEL WINS BEST IN BATH AT INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR ICFF in New York
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‘ONE’ COLLECTION CREATED BY Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez
“IL BAGNO CHE NON C’E”

RAPSEL, the innovative luxury sanitary company based in Milan, is pleased to announce that an expert group of editors from the globe’s most esteemed design magazines voted Saturday, May 16th for their favorite exhibitors and products at this year’s 21st annual International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) in New York. Rapsel was honored for Best in Bath for the “ONE” Collection designed in larch wood with Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez at the ICFF Exhibitors Reception, among 16 companies that took home the 2009 ICFF Editors Award.

Finalists were hand-picked by the Editors Committee, including Interior Design's market editor Karen D. Singh, as well as Anniina Koivu of Abitare, Rita Catinella Orrell of Architectural Record, Catherine Osborne of Azure, Stefano Casciani of Domus, Sam Grawe of Dwell, Gilda Bojardi of Interni, Chantal Hamaide of Intramuros, Susan S. Szenasy of Metropolis, Arlene Hirst of Metropolitan Home.

Rapsel has been recognized in the international design world as the first to master the invisible bath environment concept with “Il Bagno che non c’e”. The Invisible Bath, a combination of transparent basin, toilet and shower manufactured in sustainable larch wood atop ceramic and stainless steel, creates a ‘floating bath world aesthetic’ and sensibility that foresees all amenities naturally receding into an interior that is as soothing as it is sanitary.

Matteo Thun and Rapsel collaborate in an unprecedented manner to consistently combine art with inventive and functional design for the bath environment. The beauty of the pieces does not take away from their function. If anything, by having the pipes and drains disappear into the surrounding architecture improves the functionality of the entire room by leaving a larger open area free from bulky, unattractive elements, leaving only the clean, transparency that essentially creates an ‘invisible’ design.

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Europe :Suzanne Schwarz PR, POB 27, CH-4011 Basel, tel. +41 61 281 61 41, schwarz.pr@bluewin.ch
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