The Carpet Magazine

The Carpet Magazine
I 2012
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Easy-care luxury
Senior citizens‘ residence
Les Jardins d’Alysea
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Snow Time for Polo
Snow polo première in East-Westphalia
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Individual working worlds
The new Xtra Design Collection
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Traditional glamour
Hotel Bristol in Odessa
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EDITORIAL
Senior citizens‘ residence
Les Jardins d’Alysea
Luxembourg
Dear Readers,
Welcome with a cloudburst of inspiration. For the
twentieth time, the Carpet Magazine presents exciting
projects featuring individually printed carpeting by
Halbmond – and in passing, all the reasons why I love
my job.
From being a specialist for standard floor coverings,
I became a consultant for creative interior design here
at Halbmond almost five years ago. Nothing fascinates
me more than developing a theme for a hotel or other
premises through the design of the carpets – precisely
tailored to meet the architecture and corporate design
of the project.
Easy-care LUXURY
What strikes me is that for my customers, designs
have become more and more expressive and individual with time. This not only reflects the spirit of
the times and the courage to differ, but also the production possibilities created by modern technology.
There is effectively no design that cannot be printed on
a carpet today.
One of the projects presented in this issue is a
particular favourite of mine, for I helped to design it: Les
Jardins d’Alysea Luxembourg. This noble residence
for senior citizens proves that nothing is impossible for
Halbmond.
Entrance flooded with light –
and bearing the signature of JOI-Design
and Halbmond
We would be delighted to turn your visions into reality,
too. Until then, I hope you enjoy reading this jubilee
edition of the Carpet Magazine.
Regards,
Carsten Bollmann
Elegance throughout:
artful floral sprays on
carpets and walls
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Wash-down tiles and linoleum flooring are
a thing of the past. Today, a residence
for senior citizens conjures up images of
pile carpets and the kind of luxury that
is normally only to be found in hotels –
especially when the residence is located in
an area known as „Luxembourgian Switzerland“. The residence „Les Jardins d’Alysea
Luxembourg“. With the help of JOI-Design
and Halbmond, it was necessary to develop a coordinated special environment
to give that really good feeling Carpets,
design and colour would play a very big
part in achieving this effect.
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A modern residence for senior citizens must maintain
a very fi ne balance between aesthetics and functionality. On the one hand, a touch of luxury is needed to
let the residents feel good and create an impression of
unencumbered freedom. At the same time, however, all
the floors, walls and furniture must be suitable for elderly
users. In other words, they must never form a barrier and
but must be able to be cleaned with speed and ease. Easy
Maintenance is most important.
Precisely this balance is mastered by the interior designers of JOI-Design, a Hamburg firm with whom Halbmond has already furnished many exclusive hotels.
Everything that catches the eye in Les Jardins d’Alysea is
also practical and suitable for everyday use, thanks above
A place in the sun: the outdoor amenities
of Les Jardins d’Alysea
all to the planning which takes account of every last detail,
the right choice of materials and the close collaboration
between all concerned.
Bildunterschrift The quick brown
fox jumps Bildunterschrift The
Halbmond has supplied around 3,500 square metres
of carpeting in order to help the residents feel at home
here. Unlike the case elsewhere, the carpets in Alysea
are neither fitted nor laid on the floor: every single one is
accurately inserted into recesses specially provided for them
in the high-quality parquetry and stone flooring. Different
grades, colours and printed designs combine here to form
a very special textile floor covering – effectively recessed
in precious natural stone.
Accurately fitted:
carpets with Easy Lift backing
PROJECT
Proprietor:
Alysea.s.a., Luxembourg
Location:
Crauthem, Luxemburg
Target group:
Senior citizens, families
Size:
58 Comfort apartments
38 Premium apartments
18 Double apartments
Internet:
This unusual approach has created an exciting mix of materials with an
unbroken level surface. It not only looks elegant, but also offers the elderly
residents additional security, for there are effectively no hazardous edges to trip
over and no carpets to slip on. Carpets with Halbmond’s Easy Lift backing are
used exclusively in the rooms, in order simultaneously to meet the more stringent
demands in respect of cleaning and care. Easy Lift is a self-laying backing and
the carpet can easily be lifted if necessary.
www.alysea.eu
CARPET
Occasion:
New construction
Completion:
2011
Design:
JOI-Design, Hamburg
Carpet installation: Preising Fußböden, Neumark
Quantity:
approx. 3,500 m²
Quality:
DP 1150 (corridors / public areas)
AP 930S (office area)
However, another factor of equal importance when designing the flooring was
that Halbmond can print the carpets with Easy Lift backing with any individual
design and harmoniously merge it with the décor of the room concerned – in any
desired form and with extremely complex patterns and colours in some cases.
All in all, 15 sizes with 40 different carpet designs were developed and realized
for the Alysea project: as rectangles, circles and even in the form of a „piece
of cake“ complete with curved exterior. The result resembles a 5-star hotel.
The mix of wooden and textile flooring differs in every room. And the individual
designs let it appear as though personally made for each room‘s resident.
AP 950 Easy Lift (rooms)
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JAB Anstoetz
Snow Polo Masters
SNOW T I M E FOR POLO
As an equestrian sport, polo is already a fairly elite sport. But snow
polo? Whoever associates snow polo with even larger hats and alpine
jet set locations is way off the mark. Former European polo champion
Rolf Zimmermann – the only German ever to have won the championship – has made this noble sport socially acceptable in East-Westphalia. Germany‘s first ‘Snow’ Polo Tournament was held at Schloss
& Gut Wendlinghausen shortly before Christmas. Halbmond was there
and inspired the organizer to even more interesting ideas.
The palace Christmas party at Schloss & Gut Wendlinghausen in the Lipperland region has a long tradition. Last year,
it was rounded off by a very special première: around 3,000
visitors were able to enjoy something that is usually reserved only for the beautiful and wealthy visitors to St. Moritz
or Kitzbühel, namely a Snow Polo tournament with 8 riders,
26 horses and the first snow of the year – which naturally
did not fall from the sky, but was instead specially (machine)
delivered and spread over the meadow for the tournament.
For the organizer, Rolf Zimmermann and his reputed sponsors, such as JAB Anstoetz or Porsche, the investment paid
off. Never before has a game of polo attracted so much attention in Germany. All the regional media as well as three
major national television stations were there and delivered
live reports. Actor and winner of the Grimme award, Heino
Ferch, was also there to see his wife Marie-Jeanette win the
tournament.
Prize-giving ceremony in the VIP tent –
the team from the Porsche Centre
Paderborn won the final game against
Serana Polo Home & Hotel Design.
Prominent polo fans:
Heino Ferch and wife
Marie-Jeanette
Polo-photos: Jan Kleine
Schloss & Gut Wendlinghausen: Built 1613 by a cousin of Baron
Münchhausen in the style known as Weser Renaissance.
Pop Art on carpets:
exclusively designed
for the snow polo event
The festivities took place in the VIP tent next door – on
carpets supplied by Halbmond and personally designed by
Rolf Zimmermann‘s wife Aletta. The wall and floor coverings
measuring 4x4 and 2x2 metres show the tournament‘s main
motif in the style of Pop Art: with a polo player in luminous
colours.
The Zimmermanns intend to continue this creative collaboration with Halbmond in the future, too. Right now, they are not
only planning further polo events, but also exhibitions of their
own small collection of furniture and textiles with the name
Serana Polo Home Design. It will also include high-quality
carpets – individually printed by Halbmond.
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READER FORUM
... and the Winner is ...
Dear Reader,
Do you remember? In the last issue of the Carpet Magazine we asked you to
send us your feedback on our magazine and possibly win an iPad2. The winner
was drawn shortly before Christmas: Joerg Grieder, head of the Swiss Netto
Einkaufsgruppe AG with over 280 independent retail outlets for floor coverings
and interior design.
We visited Mr. Grieder in his showrooms in Balsthal to present him his prize.
Here, some 50 km south of Basle, the trade and consumers have a permanent
opportunity to find out all there is to know about the latest trends and products.
Carpets always have been and still are one of the most important sources of
revenue for Netto. Why? Because Mr. Grieder and his team are
convinced by the advantages of carpets. „Carpets are essential in
order to feel good,“ they say and advertise them accordingly.
Congratulations to Mr. Grieder and our thanks to all who took part.
We value your opinion on the Carpet Magazine and look forward
to hearing from you.
Regards,
Sigrid Neumann
Marcel Bucheli (right), Halbmond
Switzerland, presenting the first
prize in our reader competition to
Joerg Grieder, managing director
of the Netto purchasing group.
New: Xtra Design Collection
Individual working worlds
Radifloor® by Radicifil
Perfection in every fibre
Every design is only as good as
the carpet on which it is printed.
Halbmond relies on the competence and experience of Radicifil
SpA in Casnigo near Bergamo, Italy.
For almost 40 years, the Radici Group
Company has produced polyamide
carpet fibres for the highest demands
and all areas of use. New Production
focuses above all on Polyamide 6.6.
Continuous investment in innovative
technologies has resulted in such
world famous brands as Radifloor® –
with a large range of high-end yarns
for durable, aesthetic carpet grades.
Radicifil SpA Italien
A RadiciGroup Company
www.radicigroup.com
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Xtra by Halbmond is a design collection that systematically extends the range of
individual design options. The high-quality carpets are particularly suitable for the
environments of the modern working world and meet the most extreme requirements – in a total of 8 grades and 24 colours, with 6 different backings and various
delivery forms.
Above all, Xtra is designed so that you can combine virtually everything. Not just
colours and designs, but even carpet modules or tiles with endless webs, provided
that the backing is suitable. In this way, overall design concepts can be realized
very easily, even in very large commercial properties. Whether offices, doctors‘
surgeries, shops, exhibition halls or event locations – Xtra effectively upgrades
every business area and brings it into line with the individual character of the
property. Even in hotels.
Ask for our Xtra brochure and let yourself be inspired by the new lightness
of design!
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Hotels tell many stories, but they very rarely form the central
starting point for the entire history of a city. The Ukrainian 4-star
Hotel Bristol is such a historical venue, for it was precisely here
that the Russian Empress Catherine the Great laid the foundation stone of what was to become Odessa in 1794. The modern
port city rapidly became the most important Black Sea port.
The Russian poet Alexander Pushkin praised its freedom and
nonchalance.
Hotel Bristol
in Odessa
The Hotel Bristol was built in precisely this spirit between 1889
and 1899. The famous architect Alexander Bernardazzi made
every effort to give the erstwhile wealth of his native city a
magnificent and hospitable face. With a mixture of renaissance
and baroque elements, he designed a building that was soon
to be one of the most beautiful in Russia. Even today, classical
statues and white marble pillars impress passers-by on the
outside, while elegance and luxury impress the guests inside.
The hotel owes its name to what was then the most popular
holiday domicile of Odessa‘s governors and aristocrats: the
Hotel Bristol in Vienna. Even the latter-day Soviet rulers were
unable to withstand the hotel‘s magnificent charm and called it
„Krasnaya“ – the „red“ or „beautiful“ one, as you please.
TRADITIONAL GLAMOUR
In 2002, the hotel was once again to become a „Bristol“ –
which in Old English means a „hallowed place“ or „meeting
place“. To this end, the hotel was closed, enlarged and completely
restored over a period of eight years. The talented young architect
and designer Natalia Mershievskaya – highly commended for her
sensitive, yet modern restoration of historical buildings – not only
gave the Bristol a new look, but also a completely new spirit,
skilfully combining the pomp and luxury of past centuries
with today‘s most modern facilities and the use of innovative
technology.
The Hotel Bristol reopened in March 2011. Since then,
literary people, Nobel Prize winners, film stars and heads of
state have wandered over carpets developed by Halbmond.
The complex patterns are based on the original designs
and all grades adapted to the modern requirements of a luxury
hotel. High-quality manufacture and printing technology have
made it possible to create a floor covering that still looks
as if it could withstand time and wear for ever more, even
after major balls and galas. Just like the original Hotel Bristol.
PROJECT
The Hotel Bristol in Odessa is legendary. For over 120 years, its guests have included
persons of rank and honour. It retained its glamorous aura even during the Soviet
era, when it was renamed the Hotel Krasnaya. Since 2011, this gem of Ukrainian
hospitality radiates fresh glamour under its former name. Halbmond helped to
continue the story of this luxury hotel and make it history of colour and design
accessible to future generations.
Location:
Odessa, Ukraine
Target group:
Tourists, business travellers
Size:
112 rooms
Category:
4 Star
Internet:
www.bristol.com
CARPET
Occasion:
Renovation
Completion:
2011
Design:
Natalia Mershievskaya
Quantity:
approx. 6,000 m²
Quality:
Artemis 1250
Artemis 1400
Artemis 1850
Exquisite materials and designs wherever you look: the complex patterns are based on the original designs
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Architect and designer
Natalia Mershievskaya
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References
Produced in Oelsnitz. Supply and Installations worldwide.
Below is an interesting selection of projects from the last months. Don’t hesitate to ask us if you
would like to find out more and we will gladly provide the information.
Kurparkhotel
A-Bad Hofgastein,
420 m2
Sporthotel Großglockner, A-Kals am
Großglockner, 240 m2
Hotel Kerschbaumer
A-Rußbach, 291 m2
Hotel Seebacherhof
A-Taublitz, 742 m2
Thon Brussels CC
BE-Brüssel, 842 m2
Hotel zum Harzer
D-Clausthal, 210 m2
Maxx Hotel
D-Jena, 110 m2
Dormero Hotel
D-Stuttgart, 3800 m2
Golden Tulip Central
NL-Amsterdam, 960 m2
Hotel Chesa Guardalej
CH-ChampferSt. Moritz, 2150 m2
Parkhotel Wittekindshof, D-Dortmund
331 m2
Mercure Hotel
D-Kassel, 2240 m2
Hotel zur Post
D-Trier Ruwer, 166 m2
Stadthalle Rotterdam
NL-Rotterdam, 300 m2
Hotel Warwick
CH-Genf, 652 m2
Günnewig Hotel
Esplanada
D-Düsseldorf, 200 m2
Hotel Zur Waffenschmiede
D-Kiel, 170 m2
Hotel am alten Strom
D-Warnemünde, 108 m2
Bilderberg Hotel
NL-Speulderbos,
1802 m2
Hotel Ermitage Golf
CH-Gstaad Schönried
1250 m2
Hotel Barbarossa
D-Düsseldorf, 1308 m2
Hilton Vienna Danube
A-Wien, 13410 m2
Hilton Apart Hotel
CH-Opfing, 2100 m2
Ramada Hotel
D-Frankfurt, 6096 m2
Parkhotel Schönbrunn
A-Wien, 5680 m2
Club Med Paris
CH-Villars sur Ollon
540 m2
Ramada Hotel
D-Friedrichsroda
103 m2
Hotel Kempinski
CH-St. Moritz, 1183 m2
Hotel Gästehäuser
Hartung, D-FüssenHopfen am See, 550 m2
Böhmerwald
A-Aigen, 533 m2
Hat Head
Bowling Club
AU-Hat Head, 500 m2
Hotel Savoy
CZ-Praha, 1295 m2
Camden Valley Inn
AU-Sydney, 350 m2
Cink
CZ-Karlovy Vary, 601 m2
Merivale Gaming
AU-Sydney, 800 m2
Hotel Drei Mohren
D-Augsburg, 1480 m2
QPAC Playhouse Bar
AU-Brisbane, 318 m2
Hotel Holzapfel
D-Bad Füssing, 327 m2
Hotel Mercure
D-Garmisch Partenkirchen, 1100 m2
Hotel Tenbrock
D-Gescher, 340 m2
Hotel Boltenmühle
D-Gühlen, 1067 m2
Ramada Hotel
D-Halle, 394 m2
Hotel Rodderhof
D-Bad Neuenahr
278 m2
Nord West Hotel
D-Bad Zwischenahn
520 m2
Hotel Schöneberg
D-Berlin, 210 m2
Sheraton Pelikan
Hotel, D-Hannover
1215 m2
Privathotel Lindtner
D-Hamburg, 1400 m2
Steigenberger Hotel
D-Heringsdorf, 146 m2
Renaissance Hotel
D-Köln, 144 m2
Ramada Hotel
D-Leipzig, 2012 m2
Hotel Maack
D-Maschen, 110 m2
Winters Hotel
D-München, 387 m2
Kempinski Airport
Hotel, D-München
225 m2
Holiday Inn Hotel
D-Neu-Isenburg
2736 m2
Hotel Pique
D-Norderney, 150 m2
Hotel Apoll
D-Regensburg, 140 m2
Hotel Restaurant
Heidejäger
D-Rotenburg/Wümme
110 m2
Hotel Winter
D-Schöppingen, 392 m2
Hotel Kaliebe
D-Seebad
Trassenheide, 327 m2
Holiday Inn City East
D-Berlin, 345 m2
Ashdown Apartments
AU-Sydney, 340 m2
Penleigh & Essendon
Grammar School
AU-Melbourne, 273 m2
Fitness First Australia
AU-Sydney/Adelaide
1200 m2
Pizza Hut
BE-Geel, 100 m2
Parkhotel
D-Cloppenburg, 870 m2
Hotel zur Post
D-Bremen, 400 m2
Editor:
Halbmond Teppichwerke GmbH
Carl-Wilhelm-Koch Straße 6
D-08606 Oelsnitz, Germany
Le Meridien
E-Barcelona, 808 m2
Club Med
F-Albertville, 3450 m2
Hotel Paris II SARL
Magic Circus
F-Magny-le-Hongre
5000 m2
Crowne Plaza
NL-Amsterdam
5420 m2
Rabo Bank
NL-Arnhem, 400 m2
Lindex fashion
NO-Oslo, 100 m2
Wioleta Kowalczyk
PL-Bukowina Tatrzanska, 734 m2
Hotel Savoy
F-Meribel les Allues
1190 m2
Hotel Aspel
PL-Kraków, 305 m2
Hotel ChamperretVilliers, F-Paris
420 m2
Centrum Konferencyjno-Hotelowe
PL-Serock , 3499 m2
Hotel Elysee Flaubert
F-Paris, 100 m2
Qubus Hotel System
PL-Wroclaw, 500 m2
Hotel le Dauphin
F-Puteaux 100 m2
Hotel Odinzovo
RU-Moskau, 6936 m2
Hotel Aquilon
F-St. Nazaire, 244 m2
Park Inn Rosa Khutor
RU-Sochi, 9125 m2
Hotel Le Flaubert
F-Trouville/Mer, 243 m2
Tulip Inn Rosa Khutor
RU-Sochi, 4032 m2
Casino Yport
F-Yport, 867 m2
Ibis Hotel
S-Stockholm, 229 m2
Restaurant
Panorama, FIN-Levi
200 m2
Hotel Lapland
S-Riksgränsen
335 m2
Hotel Sport
HR-Ivanic Grad
796 m2
Synot
SK-Poprad, 400 m2
Hotel Istria
HR-Brijuni Islands
1524 m2
Landhotel zur Eiche
D-Buxtehude, 380 m2
Altstadthotel am
Theater, D-Cottbus
735 m2
Hotel Goldener Pflug
D-Weinheim, 124 m2
Ramada Donezk
UA-Donezk, 3977 m2
Forest Park Donezk
UA-Donezk, 3268 m2
Van der Valk
NL-Wassenaar, 1160 m2
Novotel
D-Hildesheim, 2200 m2
Tel.: +49 (0) 37421-42-0
Fax: +49 (0) 37421-42-571
info@halbmond.de
www.halbmond.de
Wellnesshotel
Seeschlößchen
D-Senftenberg, 115 m2
Design, text, layout:
A2 GRAFIKDESIGN
Bad Salzuflen
www.a2-grafikdesign.de
Hotel Griendtsveen
NL-Erica, 286 m2
We apologise to all
customers not listed here.
Production and dispatch:
Druckhaus Cramer
www.cramer.de
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