Famous interior designer

KARIM RASHID

BACKGROUND

From : 1960, Cairo , Egypt

Type : industrial /interior

Luxury goods,furniture, Lighting,surface design,brand identity packaging.

Father: EgyptianMother : english

Raise : Canada

Lives : New York

Manage : private studio

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

• sketching churces in England

'He taught me to see - he taught me perspective and that I could design anything and touch all aspects of our physical landscape’

• bachelor of industrial design in 1982 from carleton university in ottawa, canada.

• graduate design studies in naples, italy

• one year at the rodolfo bonetto studio

• 1993 : products for companies such as nambé, issey miyake, pure design, fasem, guzzini, tommy hilfiger, sony, zanotta, citibank, and others.

CAREER

• For seven years he is at KAN Industrial Design

• co-designs the Babel Fashion Collection for 6 years.

• Guest lecturer at universities and conferences disseminating the importance of design in everyday life

• He holds Honorary Doctorates from the OCAD, Toronto and Corcoran College of Art & Design, Washington.

• has been featured in magazines and books including Time, Vogue, Esquire, GQ, and Wallpaper.

ACHIEVEMENTS

• His works are in the permanent collections of 14 Museums

• more than 3000 designs in production ranging from furniture and accessories to store designs and luxury goods

• Over 300 awards

Red dot design award,

Designer Magazine,

IF Packaging design Awards

Interior Design Best of the Year Awards

IDSA Industrial Design Excellence Award Finalist

• Latest monograph( sketch featured 300 hand and digital drawing for 25 years)

• Has written books : Karimspace, Design yourself, Digipop, I Want To Change The World

OTTAWA COLLECTION , BOCONCEPT

Bobble

Malissa

AnestasiA Vodka Morphescape

Acme desk pen Pyramid chair bombay sapphire

Iiamo feeding bottle Alessi Kaj

‘SMART-OLOGIC CORIAN® LIVING

environmentally-sustainable energy

LED for efficiency and low energy consumption .

radiant floors are powered by solar

Eko bench”: collects rain water used to self-water

BETA SHOES MUSEUM, TORONTO

1800s to today with 40 foot from 4 top Nike designers

ACHIEVEMENT

• Morimoto restaurant , Philadelphia

SEMIRAMIS HOTEL, ATHENS

NHOW HOTEL , BERLIN

University of Naples metro station

AGATHA RUIZ DE LA PRADA BOUTIQUE, NEW YORK

OAZA ZDRAVLJA PHARMACY , SERBIA

SAYS KARIM……….

• You concentrate on the object but there should be a sense of humanity too. Something soft that touches you and makes you feel at ease.

• there is no boundaries to what you can create. We can’t wait to see what he comes up with next!

Date : 11 09 2013

Created by Mony sothara