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Karim
Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000
designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 40 countries attest
to Karim's legend of design.
His
award winning designs include luxury goods for Christofle, Veuve Clicquot, and
Alessi, democratic products for Umbra, Bobble, and 3M, furniture for Bonaldo
and Vondom, lighting for Artemide and Fabbian, high tech products for Asus and
Samsung, surface design for Marburg and Abet Laminati, brand identity for
Citibank and Sony Ericsson and packaging for Method, Paris Baguette, Kenzo and
Hugo Boss.
Karim's
touch expands beyond product to interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant,
Philadelphia; Semiramis hotel, Athens; nhow hotel, Berlin; Universita Metro
Station, Naples as well as exhibition design for Deutsche Bank and Audi.
Karim's
work is featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries
world wide. Karim is a perennial winner of the Red Dot award, Chicago Athenaeum
Good Design award, I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, IDSA Industrial Design
Excellence award.
Karim
is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally
disseminating the importance of design in everyday life. He holds Honorary
Doctorates from the OCAD, Toronto and Corcoran College of Art & Design,
Washington. Karim has been featured in magazines and books including Time,
Vogue, Esquire, GQ, Wallpaper, and countless more.
Karim's
latest monograph, Sketch (Frame Publishing, 2011), features 300 hand and
digital drawings selected from the last 25 years. Other books include
KarimSpace, featuring 36 of Karim's interior architecture designs (Rizzoli,
2009); Design Your Self, Karim's guide to living (Harper Collins, 2006);
Digipop, a digital exploration of computer graphics (Taschen, 2005); Compact
Design Portfolio (Chronicle Books 2004); as well as two monographs, titled
Evolution (Universe, 2004) and I Want to Change the World (Rizzoli, 2001).
In
his spare time Karim's pluralism flirts with art, fashion, and music and is
determined to creatively touch every aspect of our physical and virtual
landscape.
www.karimrashid.com
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