Below are the first pictures of our set-design at the theatre Fenice in
Venice.
You will find other photos on DesignTaleStudio’s Flickr account.

The 53rd edition Biennale Internazionale d’Arte exhibition, this year entitled Making Worlds (Fare Mondi), to be held at the Gardens, at the Arsenale as well as other sites in Venice, will open to the public from June 7 to November 22, 2009, and will bring together in one exhibition more than 90 artists from around the world to showcase new works of art expressing a myriad of varied and diverse creative languages.

Refin will loan some of their DesignTale Studio works to the Fondazione Teatro La Fenice for the opening events as well as throughout the duration of the exhibition, and create the Fenice Design On Stage event. The celebrated rooms of the Gran Teatro la Fenice in Venece will host the exhibition of Pareti d’Autore by DesignTaleStudio created for the Design On Stage events of last years.  The works and set-design created by Michele De Lucchi, Sandra Bermudez, Karim Rashid, Elio Fiorucci and Romina Power will be exhibited and the guests will be given informative literature on DesignTaleStudio creative laboratory.

The inauguration of the event will be on Saturday, June 6, and the work will be exhibited in the theatre until September. This event represents a unique opportunity to once again underline the creative drive guiding DesignTaleStudio, which will be present at the Temple of International Art, the Biennale in Venice, with a strong co-marketing event.

For those who would like to attend the opening of the event, an invitation card (which should be compiled and sent to us) is attached.

Last summer, during the first production of R+Evolution ceramic collection, we filmed some of the manufacturing processes in our laboratory. We condensed the entire production process into a short, one and a half minute video: Karim’s designs, colours, glazes and firing.

A short video filmed at DesignTaleStudio stand, which was awarded as “Best of Show” during the Cersaie 2008 trade-fair. An extremely ambitious and innovative project, created by Karim Rashid’s flair and R+Evolution ceramics.

Here are some photos of our stand at the Interieur trade-fair in Kortrijx; the stand was designed by the Belgian company Rotor Group and focused on the R+Evolution collection by Karim Rashid. You can find other photos in the DesignTaleStudio dedicated area on Flickr.

Following the success of 2006, Ceramiche Refin can confirm their presence at Interieur 2008, the bi-annual international trade fair dedicated to creativity and interior design.

The stand has been completely designed by the Rotor Group, the well-known Belgium company with a wealth of design experience, creating graphics, showrooms and products for the most important companies in the world.

The stand has been specifically created to display the new collection R+evolution, designed by the famous Anglo-Egyptian designer Karim Rashid for DesignTalestudio, the creative laboratory of Ceramiche Refin. The collection is made up of exclusive ceramics with original designs and lively colours, perfectly reflecting the unmistakable style of Karim Rashid; ceramics to create unique interior patterns and colours to dress every ambience with design.

Ceramiche Refin also presents Visual, a precious and minimalist collection, on a new 90x90cm size, ideal for dressing interiors of residential as well as commercial premises.

Another important collection, which confirms Ceramiche Refin’s constant commitment to ecology and respect to the environment, is the Eco-Leader collection, which consists of at least 40% recycled material. The Eco-leader tiles also meet the standards set by the American LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, and contribute to the creation of eco-sustainable buildings.

Come and visit Ceramiche Refin and DesignTaleStudio at stand 526.

Kortrijx, 17-26 October 2008

We took this picture with our mobile phone, in a rush, as we couldn’t contain ourselves for the excitement and wanted to share the news with you straight away: Refin and DesignTaleStudio have won the “Best Stand” award at Cersaie 2008. We are excited: after having won the “Best of Show” award last year at Coverings, this is further confirmation that the creative direction we have taken, this time in partnership with the designer Karim Rashid, is innovative and courageous yet able to win over the public as well as the experts in the sector. Let’s keep it up!

9 o’clock: shutters are up, Cersaie 2008 begins.

The Refin and DesignTaleStudio stand designed by Karim Rashid has had great success and has been nominated for the award of best stand. In fact, with its open spaces and majestic terracing, covered with wonderfully colourful R+Evolution ceramics, really is a breath of fresh air in hall 36.

It is almost time and tomorrow the shutters come up at Cersaie 2008, the most important ceramic trade-fair in the world. The spacious DesignTaleStudio and Refin stand catches the eye in hall 36, an open and strikingly colourful stand displaying the new collections of the R+Evolution series by Karim Rashid (who, not by chance, is also the designer of the stand).

Tomorrow, we will publish some images of the stand. As a teaser, enjoy the slideshow showing the countless possible combinations of decors and cladding available in R+Evolution.

Karim Rashid sent us a short video in which he explains his new R+Evolution collection for DTS. As well as watching it on our home page, you can watch it on the designtalestudio channel of YouTube.