CIUSSAI WINS WALLPAPER DESIGN AWARDS 2009

2009 starts well for Gruppo Ragaini that with Ciussai, radiator marked AdHoc designed by Giorgio Di Tullio and Stefano Ragaini, chairman of homonymous group, won prestigious Wallpaper Design Awards 2009, an international prize that American magazine considered lifestyle bible confers each year to many products´ categories distinguishing themselves for creativity of their design, following strict selection´s criteria. Ciussai won in BEST NEW DOMESTIC APPLIANCE category. Jury decreeting victory was composed by well known people as Kanye West, Jean Nouvel, Ines de la Fressange, Marc Newson, Sir Ken Adam and Italian Stefano Pilati. Ciussai, the only radiator sold in metres, boasts a highly innovative and original design: its tubular shape that reminds a watering cane allows keeping it rolled on a hook hung on a wall or unrolled on floor perimeter. It can be used to heat towels in bathroom or it can be laid on a bed to guarantee its right warmth… Ciussai is a versatile radiator, unique in shape and absolutely functional regarding heat supply.

“It introduces itself as a watering cane and, breaking traditional schemes of heating idea, it becomes aesthetic and design object: it combines classical heat irradiation function to new creative suggestions” tells us Giorgio Di Tullio, Ciussai designer “It´s able to heat any kind of environment, because it´s possible to grade and decide length, but what surprises is its total personalization and capability to adapt to any kind of furnishing. It elongates, it flexes, it extends, it rolls up, and it can be transported and moved. Ciussaì is a radiator in motion”.

“Ciussai is giving us infinite gratifications” Stefano Ragaini commentates “Each award gained gives us impulse to continue in this direction: enthusiasm, courage, competence and imagination left free to express itself are the fundamental ingredients of our creations and, I am not ashamed to say, that I enjoy improvising myself as designer very much!”