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Introduction

One of the best known personalities in the world of design and one of our favourite designers – Karim Rashid. Recognised immediately thanks to his fresh and truly unique style, use of fantastic curves and mesmerizing plays of colour. One of the most prolific designers of his generation with over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 40 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design.

Biography

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

His award winning designs include luxury goods for Christofle, Veuve Clicquot,

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Industrial designer Karim Rashid, often called the ‘Prince of Plastic’, pioneered ‘blobular’ forms in the 1990s using alloy and glass, when signature elements of his designs were folded ribbon and figure-of-eight shapes.

He believes in ‘sensual minimalism’ and amorphous objects, and in ‘dematerialising’ the way we live. This year has been a prolific one, designing glassware for Krosno, the Koncord stool and Jet table for Slide, and a further Chelsea collection for BoConcept – just some of the many creations the designer has in production.

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Glass is an amazing material; maybe my favourite material because it is biodegradeable and the possibilities are endless. The Krosno D’sign collaboration became about forward momentum; reimagining the sculptural possibilities of glass with an eye toward the future. Krosno was very progressive and I was determined to design a simple but monumental line with integral colours, that last and are machine-washable.

The Chelsea collection for BoConcept epitomises my design language of fluid organic forms. I want to remove h

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Pink is the new black_Interview with Karim Rashid - Gorenje

Gorenje designed by Karim RashidINTERVIEW_KARIM RASHIDINDUSTRIAL DESIGNER KARIM RASHIDPink is the new blackKarim Rashid is a man of many talents. He is an industrial designer with permanentresidence in New York - yet constantly on the road around the globe - who has createdalmost every piece of home equipment there is to design, from a salt shaker to sofasand light fixtures. He is also an architect, a decorator, a lecturer, a writer, an artist,even a fashion designer, and a DJ.