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Stark Carpet launches Rug Star’s debut UK collection at Focus/16 during London Design Festival 2016

18th – 23rd September 2016 Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour, 2nd Floor Luxury rug and carpet company Stark Carpet will launch a curated selection of Jürgen Dahlmanns’ Rug Star collection at Focus/16 during this year’s London Design Festival.

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Stark Carpet, renowned worldwide for its fine quality innovative carpets and rugs, has teamed up with Berlin based designer Jürgen Dahlmann to launch his creatively eclectic and highly individual Rug Star collection in the UK. Multi award-winning Rug Star offers an extravagant range of contemporary fine quality designed rugs that span the aesthetic spectrum from oriental-inspired and nature referencing to abstract expressionist, Pop and geometric. Rug Star already has established showrooms in Augsburg, Zurich and two in both Berlin and Beijing that serve the residential and commercial sectors in addition to

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retail clients. This is the first time however that the range will be displayed in London for UK-based designers and retail customers to browse and explore first hand.

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The Rug Star collection will be launched during London Design Festival at the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour in a pop-up gallery on the second floor throughout Focus/16. Following Focus, the collection will be displayed at Stark’s showroom on the 3rd floor of the Design Centre, one of the main destinations for designers and clients looking for innovative, fine quality contemporary floor carpets and rugs in the UK. The selection of Rug Star’s range includes, Splash, Eden and Four Parrots, providing a modern, quirky and vibrant offering, with each one complementing the Stark offering.

Left to right | Ashan | Four Parrots | Honey

Judy Afia, Managing Director, Stark Carpet (UK) says: “We’re incredibly excited to be bringing Rug Star, Jurgen Dahlmanns’ renowned brand of contemporary fine quality ‘art’ rugs, to the UK this autumn. Jurgen is a true creative individual, a bit of a maverick with an abundance of ideas, some of them

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daring and irreverent. His artistic exuberance is reflected in a collection of dynamic vivid designs that are relevant to designers of both classic and more contemporary projects. We’re confident that Rug Star will complement Stark’s existing range of designs perfectly, adding a fresh new dimension to an already wide–ranging resource for those in search of innovative fine quality rug and carpets.” CONTACTS For further details, images and expert comment, please contact: UK Press Office: Caro Communications Melinda Chandler Melinda@carocommunications.com / +44 (0)20 7713 9388

-ENDS- EDITOR’S NOTES STARK Renowned for its fine quality innovative carpets and rugs, Stark Carpet, founded in 1938 by husband and wife Arthur and Nadia Stark, were the first importers of patterned, luxury, handmade carpet into America. Nearly 80 years later, Stark’s offering of unparalleled quality carpets and rugs, continues to be a family-run company, revolutionising the industry with pioneering developments, popular amongst design trade professionals worldwide. Stark’s collections are exclusively available in the UK from Stark’s dedicated London showroom in the Design Centre, Chelsea Harbour. Judy Afia, MD of Stark Carpet (UK) is a much-respected authority within the high-end design community with a wealth of experience in the carpet and rug business. Judy is available for comment on trends and issues concerning the residential and commercial interior design industry in general and the carpet and rug sector more specifically. Please contact Melinda at Caro Communications should you be interested in talking to Judy: Melinda@carocommunications.com or 020 7713 9388 https://starkcarpet.co.uk/ RUG STAR Founded by designer Jürgen Dahlmann in 2002, Rug Star today is a multi-award winning Berlin-based brand, offering an extravagant range of contemporary fine quality designed rugs. The Rug Star collection incorporates designs to suit varying needs and aesthetics and is now established as one of the world’s leading rug brands.

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With established showrooms in Ausberg, Zurich and two both in Berlin and Beijing, a curated selection of Rug Star’s range will be available in the UK for the first time, within Stark Carpet’s Chelsea showroom from September 2016. http://www.rugstar.com/