Friday, August 7, 2020

Artist of the day, August 7, 2020: Karim Rashid, an Egyptian-born Canadian-raised industrial designer. (#1061)

Karim Rashid (1960) is an Egyptian-born and Canadian-raised industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging. Time magazine has described him as the "most famous industrial designer in all the Americas" and the "Prince of Plastic". He is based in New York City, as well as Belgrade, Miami and Mexico.

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.


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Mr. Karim Rashid

Church concept

Koaster

 Krest Building

Bikini Lounger
Furniture design

Disk chair
Furniture design

 Ethos table
Furniture design

Goby Collection
Furniture design

Hydra
Furniture design

Juxt
Furniture design

Krate sofa
Furniture design

 Life table
Furniture design

Next connection
Furniture design

Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Furniture design

Pathos chair
Furniture design

Pyramid chair
Furniture design

 Riptide Collection
Furniture design

Great Gulf Condominium
Interior design

Prizeotel
Bonn, Interior design
Mitossi
Product design

MoMA Redeye glasses
Product design

 Hugo Boss yacht
Product design

Hyundai Art car

Bobble Infuse
Structural packaging

Cooking Spirit
Structural packaging

Koffy
Structural packaging

Method Body wash
Structural packaging

Method Dish soap
Structural packaging

Method Hand soap
Structural packaging

Paris Baguette Jus
Structural packaging

Pepsi prestige
Structural packaging

Rich Crystal
Structural packaging

Dirt Devil Designer Series
Product design

Kinx Lamp
Product design

Stack
Product design


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