RDC Give Away
Lessons are learned every day at
the studio. The lesson learned from the RDC Trade
Show is; never stand around to see who wins one of
our works.
Beyond this hard lesson learned, the show was very
successful! We are commissioned to design a large rug
for a major Boston interior designer for one of his
clients. We also made great contacts showing the
laminated art glass now produced by RM Global, who
received several commissions for art
glass.
RDC Give Away!
Our latest laminated glass art project!
This is our latest
work for a glass company's corporate headquarters.
Currently going into manufacture, we will post
photographs of the installation once complete. Our
focus with this work was to weave the art into the
entrance such that their ascending stairway beyond
can be seen, suggestively before entering. The idea
is to elude to, but not reveal all which lies beyond,
while creating a work of art in glass to captivate
the imagination of their clients for all that is
possible.
Naturally, we're very excited to see this work come
to reality, and will keep you posted.
LAMINATED GLASS ART IS HERE
Stunning is NOT
strong enough to describe these Laminated Glass
works. The very nature of the art film interlayer
offers unbelievable "projection" effects, where the
art glass designs cascade across everything in their
path. This is a glass product like no other! These
samples, fresh from the laminator are FLAWLESS,
including the edges, which are polished to
PERFECTION. One of the secrets to the success of this
product is our exclusive use of Low Iron glass, which
is so wonderfully clear it does not alter our
artworks in the least. There is no "green" tint. We
can provide this in any size required for a specific
application with our project specific commissioned
artworks. Stay tuned for photos of installations!
We've got two in the works already.
photos courtesy of our GENIUS
glass
guys!!!!
Rugs as Carpet as Tile
Its such a natural
transition. Having created so many square art works
over the years based on the simple principle that in
the digital world, the binary code of ones and zeros
sets up the ultimate proportion: 0x0=0, 0x1=0, 1x1=1:
the square. From our artworks, Willard Custom Carpets
in
Laren, Netherlands is commencing with three new
works, capturing our art in handtufted rugs, as
SQUARE rugs.
And now, liquidoranges has been asked to design
modular carpet tiles for a major North American,
world renown carpet maker. The square proportion is
something we have mastered for nearly twenty years,
and ironically as we have taken steps to break away
from this logic in our newest art works, it comes
back to us! From rugs, to rugs as carpet, to carpet,
to carpet as tiles. It’s a perfect match for
us!
Back from Atlanta
Back from Atlanta!
The AmericasMart Home Goods show was absolutely huge.
Four buildings, 7 million square feet, connected by
sky bridges. A John Portman enterprise. A huge thank
you to my wife, Julia Schroeder who stepped in at the
last minute and went for the entire show, jumping in
to set up the booth and provide relief to me and Matt
Weiss. Not only did she step in to fill a void, she
solved the several booth presentation issues we had.
Jan Willard came from Laren, Netherlands but FedEx
did not deliver his rug samples until the following
Monday, the day Jan had to leave to return home. His
latest samples are ABSOLUTELY STUNNING and will be
photographed for the web site shortly. I was nearly
speachless when the rug samples revealed themselves
from the packaging. You can see one of them on
the Atlanta
page.
A very special thanks to Matthew Weiss for his
excellent work in the booth. Matt made some really
promising contacts for us which we are pursuing.
We were approached by two magazines interested in
publishing our china. We met hospitality groups
interested in the entire concept; glass, wall art,
china and rugs. We have SO MUCH to do, and the next
several weeks are going full tilt, working through
all our new contacts and opportunities. There are
many, many excitings yet to reveal themselves here in
this blog, but I assure you, as they unfold and
become public, you will read about it first right
here.
DOMOTEX MIDDLE EAST 2009
I am sitting at the
airport in Zurich, Switzerland struggling through my
11 hour layover. This trip has been such an
incredibly exciting experience for me, and one of
tremendous potential for liquidoranges. My talk was
well received, and the Jan Willard rug interpretation
of our 111600 design was a great world debut. We
received many people from the Middle East, India,
Kenya, Syria, Netherlands, China, and even Canada.
There is much work to be done at the studio, as my
desire to contact each and every one to share my
thanks for their interest in liquidoranges.
We will post the talk given at DOMOTEX on the website
in the coming days after some audio filtering and
clean-up work is done to it. Also, we will be posting
photos of the event to share the experience with our
studio followers and friends. Check back here often
as the Blog takes on new life with more and more
exciting news and coming events.
And finally with this entry, I wish to share my great
new friendship with Jan Willard of Willard Custom
Carpets. Jan is responsible for my speaking
engagement, and most importantly for the initial
development of our 111600 rug. What a time we had in
Dubai; Jan, I’m picking the bar’s from now on.
:-)
Open House Presentation - Partial
This
is the video presentation from our first Open House,
Wednesday, April 22, 2009, hosted by Pandith’s. The
entire presentation is too long for YouTube and the
music used is copyright protected and thus removed
from this video. The event was a HUGE success on many
levels, from meeting new people, design
professionals, etc. to meeting new business
relationships. The food and wine were excellent, and
our glass partner, Advantage Glass brought their crew
to erect an 8’ tall glass film sample. The rugs were
a big hit, as well as the artwork. But the biggest
sensation of the day was undoubtedly the glass art
film, now ready for sale after months and months of
testing. A special thanks MUST go to Mr. and Mrs.
Pandith for their incredible hospitality. Big hugs to
to Susan Stanley for her endless support, flying in
from California to help with the final setup and
details. Big kisses to my best friend, my wife Julia
for her perfect hostessing, and my daughter Amanda
for managing the guest book. What a great first year.
Just wait: year two is already exploding with
international growth in new product development and
sales potential.
Open House give-aways
if you can’t make our open house and you just know you’re missing out on some cool give-aways, just click here and download the file “Open House”. The event will be videoed and will be available for viewing later this spring on our web site, via YouTube. Also, the day after the open house, we will be posting the video presentation given during the event. So, don’t feel too bad....