Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid talks to the press at Innoprom 2012
Born 1960
Cairo, Egypt
Occupation Industrial Designer
Website www.karimrashid.com

Karim Rashid is an industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging.[1] Time magazine has described him as the "most famous industrial designer in all the Americas".[2]

Career

Rashid was born in Cairo, Egypt to an Egyptian father and English mother, and raised in Canada and is now a US Citizen.[3]

He received a Bachelor of Industrial Design in 1982 from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He pursued graduate design studies in Naples, Italy, with Ettore Sottsass and others, then moved to Milan for one year at the Rodolfo Bonetto Studio. Rashid went on to work with KAN Industrial Designers in Canada. There he co-founded and designed the Babel Fashion Collection and North between 1985-91. In 1992 Rashid opened a private design studio in New York City.

Rashid's designs include the Garbo waste can, the Oh Chair for Umbra, a concept store for Giorgio Armani, manhole covers for the sewers of New York, perfume bottles for Kenzo, bobble water bottle, watches and tableware for Alessi, lighting for Artemide and products for Veuve Clicquot.[3][4] He has also worked with Audi, Samsung, Swarowski and Armani.[5] In addition Rashid has designed for Kenzo, Method, Bombay Saffire, Finé Water Japan, Sexy Beast USA, Davidoff, Issey Miyake, Estee Lauder

His work, all sensual curves and bright colours, is instantly recognizable and has been variously described (by Rashid himself) as "sensual minimalism" and "blobjects".[6]

Karim has recently been selected to design several real estate developments in New York City for HAP Investments, a New York City based International investment group.[7]

Karim’s work is featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries worldwide including the MoMA, Centre Pompidou, and SFMOMA. He holds honorary doctorates from the Ontario College of Art & Design, Pratt Institute and Corcoran College of Art & Design. Karim is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences speaking about the importance of design in everyday life.[8]

In 2012, Danish designer and manufacturer BoConcept collaborated with Rashid to create the Ottawa Collection, which won the Red Dot Design Award.[9]

Personal life

Karim was formerly married to digital designer Megan Lang, but the couple divorced. Rashid married Ivana Rashid (née Puric) in 2008. Together they have one child, Kiva Rashid.[10]

Rashid is the brother of famed architect, Hani Rashid, of Asymptote.[11]

Karim is known for wearing all white or all pink clothing.[12]

Publications

Awards and honors

Rashid has won the George Nelson Award in 1999, the Canadian Designer of the Year award in 2001,[2] and the Red Dot Design Award in 2012.[9]

In 2010 Rashid won the Pentaward, a worldwide packaging design awards competition. The award (silver) was proudly won jointly by Box House and Karim Rashid Studio. He is the very first designer to receive this special Pentaward for his creative excellence in packaging design.

Other awards include:[13]

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References

  1. ↑ Velocci, Cristina. "Office tour: Karim Rashid". http://www.timeout.com. External link in |website= (help)
  2. 1 2 Belinda Luscombe (July 02, 2001). Design: The Poet Of Plastic; Karim Rashid wants to change the world one ordinary object at a time. Time Magazine. Accessed October 2013. (subscription required) for full article.
  3. 1 2 Caroline Ryder ([n.d.]). Karim Rashid. Swindle. Archived March 7, 2009.
  4. ↑ KenzoAmour Product Page at kenzousa.com
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Fairs, Marcus. "I want to change the world". http://www.theguardian.com/. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ Bernstein, Fred A. "Karim Rashid Brings Kool-Aid Colors and Curves to Manhattan Condo Buildings". http://archrecord.construction.com/. McGraw Hill Financial. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ Stone, Andrew. "10 Questions with...Karim Rashid". Interiordesign.net. Sandow.
  9. 1 2 Susan Thurston (April 17, 2013). BoConcept furniture, Smart car join hands. Tampa Bay Times. Accessed October 2013.
  10. ↑ cityfile. "Karim Rashid". gawker.com.
  11. ↑ "Designboom". http://www.designboom.com/. External link in |website= (help)
  12. ↑ Goddard, Joanna. "One Is the Loveliest Color". http://nymag.com/. New York Media LLC. External link in |website= (help)
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
  14. ↑ http://awards.architizer.com/winners/list/?id=3#cat-79-special
  15. ↑ Red Dot Communication Design Award- Best of the Best: Paris Baguette Koffy
  16. ↑ http://en.socialdesignmagazine.com/site/design-news/la-poltroncina-gemma-di-b-line-premiata-con-il-good-design-award.html
  17. ↑ http://news.infurma.es/design/sloo-chair-collection-of-vondom-designed-by-karim-rashid-wins-a-good-design-award/8558
  18. ↑ http://www.designfather.com/anestasia-vodka-by-karim-rashid-drink-up/
  19. 1 2 3 4 5
  20. ↑ Rashid-in-Aldigi-Oduller.PG-915.html
  21. ↑ 915.html
  22. ↑ in-Aldigi-Oduller.PG-915.html

Further reading

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