April 08, 2024

KARİM RASHİD DESIGNS: FURNITURE & BUILDING PART 1




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









KARİM RASHİD








‘’ 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