KARİM RASHİD DESIGNS: FURNITURE & BUILDING PART 1
ABOUT KARİM RASHİD
Karim Rashid is one of
the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 4000 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 Fontana
Arte, 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,
XX (Design Media Publishing, 2015), features 400 pages of work selected from
the last 20 years. Other books include From The Beginning, an oral history of Karim’s life and inspiration
(Forma, 2014); Sketch, featuring 300 hand drawings (Frame Publishing, 2011);
KarimSpace, featuring 36 of Karim’s interior 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.
https://www.karimrashid.com/about
BUTTERFLIZE
CAIRO CHAIR
DUSK CHAISE
KOOCHY SOFA
HEARTBEAT
FIORE STOOL
DELTA STOOL
DOTTIE
GEMMA CHAIR
KOOP CHAIR
CONCEPT CHAIRS 2001
HIGH ROLLER CHAISE
ROCK & ROLL CHAIR
KONCORD STOOL
KOASTER USA 2020
CHURCH CONCEPT USA 2018
KISMET USA 2019
SYNAGOGUE CONCEPT USA 2018
TAJ MAHAL REVISITED USA
2018
WHITE HOUSE REDUX USA
2018
TWIZZ HOUSE
KAIRO KOLLECTION
RIVER MUST FLOW CHAIR
LAVA LOUNGER
MAGINO SERIES
ENDLESS NILE TABLE
SKOOP STOOL
EGO STOOL
EGO CHAIRS
BLOOSY SOFA
DOUX COLLECTION
RIPTIDE COLLECTION
JUXT
LEATHER WOOPY CHAIRS
OPPOSITE TABLE
PAL COLLECTION
POLY XOXO CHAIR
LUCKY TABLE
SIAMESE CHAIR
KASM CONCEPT HOTEL USA
2019
KARIM HOTEL USA 2020
K HOUSE USA 2020
BOUNCE USA 2019
KOLLAGE USA 2021
KHOBAR X
SKOPE USA 2019
VOXEL BAR STOOL
VOXEL MINI CHAIR
VOXEL CHAIR
SWISH LECTERN
KAT CHAIR
KRYLO BENCH
KOLOR DESK
NEXT COLLECTION
JUGO CHAIR
BLOAT
HUEY CHAIR
KIO
KRAK TABLE
OTTOWA CHAIR
OTTAWA SYSTEM
OTTAWA COLLECTION
OTTAWA COLLECTION
WOOPY STOOL
WOOPY CHAIRS
RIPTIDE COLLECTION
IKON CITIES
IKON CHAIR 1
JUX STOOL & TABLE
ALDEBARAN SEATING SYSTEM
‘’ FOR THE LONGEST TIME
DESIGN ONLY EXISTED FOR THE ELITE AND FOR A SMALL INSULAR CULTURE. I HAVE WORKED HARD FOR THE LAST 30 YEARS TRYING TO MAKE DESIGN A PUBLIC SUBJECT. ‘’
Karim Rashid