Rapsel “Ofuro” by Thun & Rodriguez Wins Good Design Award

Rapsel is pleased to announce that the Milan-based design company won the 2010 prestigious GOOD DESIGN Award for the custom larch wood basin “Ofuro” by Matteo Thun and Antonio Rodriguez. The award was announced December 9, 2010 in Chicago.

Rapsel Wins ‘Best in Bath’ at Interior Design Best of Year Awards (InteriorDesign.net)

Gotham Public Relations client RAPSEL wins ‘Best in Bath’ for larch wood soaking tub OFURO at the 2010 Interior Design Best of Year Product Awards, held at the IAC in New York. This prestigious design honor has been bestowed on Rapsel iconic products custom-created for the brand by Roberto+Ludovica Palomba and Matteo Thun & Antonio Rodriguez over the past three years. For more information about award winners across categories, please visit http://www.interiordesign.net. All press inquiries to Courtney@GothamPR.com

Interior Design Best of Year Product Finalist :: OFURO by RAPSEL

RAPSEL is being honored as a finalist for the 2010 Best of Year Awards.

The Matteo Thun custom designed soaking tub ‘Ofuro’ was nominated in the Bath::Fixtures category.

Interior Design will be hosting the awards ceremony at the IAC Building on the evening of Thursday, December 2nd where the “Best of Year” for each category will be announced.

Meet RAPSEL, VOLA and NITO at CERSAIE 2010 in Bologna

CERSAIE 2010 in Bologna, Italy

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010 – OCTOBER 2, 2010
(CONVENTION EXHIBIT BUILDING #29 STAND C53 – D56)

Rapsel presents new amazing concepts for bathrooms, designed among others by Herzog & De Meuron, Mario Nanni and Matteo Nunziati.

We would be happy to welcome you at our exhibit stand in Bologna!

*Rapsel presenta nuovi concetti e prodotti disegnati da Herzog & De Meuron, Mario Nanni e Matteo Nunziati.

RAPSEL presenta la collezione completa di VOLA.

RAPSEL presenta le novità della collezione NITO.

Ci farebbe molto piacere accogliervi a Bologna!

*RAPSEL präsentiert neue verblüffende Konzepte für Badezimmer, entworfen u.a. von Herzog & De Meuron, Mario Nanni und Matteo Nunziati.

Wir würden uns freuen, Sie in Bologna begrüssen zu dürfen!

Contact:
Gotham Public Relations, Rapsel USA Courtney@GothamPR.com
Schwarz PR, Rapsel Europe schwarz.pr@bluewin.ch

Rapsel’s New Double Tub Featured in Wallpaper*

Rapsel surpasses its success with Matteo Thun’s OFURO ~ designed last year for the brand ~ by introducing a new double soaking tub, also made in sustaible larch wood and profiled in WALLPAPER this month, corresponding to the Cersaie Fair taking place September 28th in Bologna, Italy.

Rapsel s.p.a. is the Official Blog Home of Rapsel USA

Rapsel spa via wordpress.com is the official blog home of RAPSEL USA.

Look for a new website to launch in September 2010.

All inquiries may be made via Gotham PR New York http://www.gothampr.com

RAPSEL USA ANNOUNCES 10 NEW DISTRIBUTORS in NORTH AMERICA

CONTACT:
Courtney Lukitsch
Gotham Public Relations, Rapsel North America
Tel: 212.352.2147
courtney@gothampr.com

NEW YORK – AUGUST 2010 – RAPSEL, the innovative and award-winning sanitary company based in Milan, is pleased to announce the addition of 10 new distributors of its product collection throughout North America. Included among these are: Batimat and Elements Bath in Montreal and Halifax, respectively; Elegant Additions in Houston, TKO and Elegant Additions in Dallas, Euro Concepts in West Hollywood, International Bath & Tiles in San Diego, Bath and Beyond in San Francisco, The Bath Company in Mission Viejo, and Elegant Additions in Atlanta. AFNY distributes the Rapsel brand in New York.

For product distribution and sales information, please contact Lucy Ward, Rapsel USA Business Development Manager, North America. Direct contact information is l.ward@rapsel.it or telephone: 612.276.3600.

Ms. Ward joined Rapsel in May 2010 with more than 16 years of extensive sales and marketing expertise in the building and plumbing products industry as a senior marketing executive at both Jacuzzi USA and MAAX Inc.

Rapsel is known for innovative use of materials and for developing timeless designs with renowned architects and designs that include Andree Putman, Gio Ponti, Philippe Starck, Matteo Thun, Ludovica and Roberto Palomba, and Hariri Architects, among many others. Renowned publications such as Interior Design, Architectural Digest, World of Interiors, Surface and Wallpaper have critically hailed new Rapsel designs as the first of their kind globally.

Rapsel designs are in the permanent contemporary design collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and numerous brand designs have won the Interior Design Best Product Award consecutive years in a row, and more recently the Good Design, Elle Décor and Wallpaper Design awards. More information is available via http://www.rapsel.it.

Chef and Arne Showcased in INTERIOR DESIGN & DESIGN MILK

Chef collection, the whimsical kitchen-meets-bathroom designs by Marco Merendi for RAPSEL, are featured in July’s INTERIOR DESIGN. The sink and accessory collection is made of stainless steel, and comes in natural, yellow, orange and green finishes.

Candice Olson, an interior designer with her own furniture collection, is also a TV show host for Divine Design and judge on HGTV’s Design Star. This week, she gave a shout out to Rapsel’s ARNE tub by SODA Design as a ‘must have’ for artful afficianados on popular blog DESIGN MILK.

Azure Magazine Features OFURO by Matteo Thun (July-August)

Global design press continues to celebrate the new Ofuro Japanese-inspired soaking basin created by Matteo Thun for Rapsel. In the July/August issue of Canadian design publication AZURE, the larch wood tub is duly noted for its sustainable, water-resilient, resin-free technical constructuion. Sales via Rapsel USA or http://www.afnewyork.com

Crystalline by Hariri & Hariri featured in Architect’s Newspaper

The venerable Architect’s Newspaper profiles ‘Crystalline’ a prototyped, new bath collection designed by Hariri & Hariri. The tub and sink designs are made in a super light resin with fixtures embedded with Swarovski crystals. Both products debuted at this year’s ICFF, with appearances by the design-duo Hariri sisters at the AFNY hosted tradeshow exhibit.