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Karim Rashid (Photo by Roman Leo)

Karim Rashid (born September 18, 1960) is an industrial designer. He received a Bachelor in Industrial Design from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada in 1982 and completed his postgraduate studies in Italy. Rashid has created over 2000 designs, including projects ranging from interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, art and music to installations. Born in Cairo to Egyptian and English parents, and raised in Canada, Karim now resides in New York managing his private design studio. To date he has had some 2000 objects put into production and has successfully entered the realm of architecture and interiors, designing the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel in Athens. His work is in the permanent collections of fourteen museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and he exhibits art in various galleries. Rashid was an associate Professor of Industrial Design for 10 years and is now a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally.

Awards and honors

  • The Semiramis Hotel earned the Sleep05 European Hotel Design Award
  • The Fragrance Foundation's FiFi Awards: Best Packaging - Women's Prestige for Kenzo Amour, 2007
  • Honorary Doctorate from the Ontario College of Arrt and Design, 2006
  • Honorary Doctorate from Corcoran College, 2005
  • Pratt Legends Award, 2005
  • A.D. Dunton Alumni Award of Distinction from Carrleton University (his alma mater), 2004
  • Best Retail Store in the USA, 2003
  • ID Magazine Annual Design Review Best of Category, 2002
  • Honorary Graduate of AWARD School, Australasia 2009

Publications

  • Design Your Self (Regan Books), a guide to living
  • Digipop (Taschen, 2005), a digital exploration of computer graphics
  • a portfolio book (Chronicle Books, 2004)
  • Evolution (Universe, 2004), a monograph
  • I Want to Change the World (Rizzoli, 2001), a monograph
  • Rashid edited the International Design Yearbook 18 (Calmann and King, 2003)
  • Two CDs on a boutique label, Neverstop

Trivia

Karim Rashid is the brother of architect Hani Rashid, principal of New York based architecture practice Asymptote.

Rashid has been credited by Bruce Sterling with coining the term "blobject", but this is disputed; others credit it to Steven Skov Holt.

He is known for wearing white and pink.

References

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