Karim Rashid è un creatore eccezionalmente prolifico il cui lavoro trascende i confini del design tradizionale. La sua capacità di connettere idee, materiali ed estetiche da diversi campi consente la creazione di prodotti e spazi innovativi. Il lavoro di Rashid, riconosciuto a livello globale, riflette un impegno nella democratizzazione del design e nel suo impatto positivo sulla vita quotidiana. La sua visione si estende oltre gli oggetti all'architettura e all'arte digitale, spingendo costantemente i confini dell'espressione creativa.
Karim Rashid is one of the best-known and most prolific designers at work in the world today, he enjoys a reputation for endless invention and innovation. This book on his designs includes newly commissioned photography and Rashid's own digital renderings of his work. It showcases all of his award-winning work and also features other items such as his new cosmetic's packaging for Prada.
Celebrated industrial designer Karim Rashid explains how to optimize all areas of life, aesthetic and spiritual, in this colorful, beautifully designed book. Design wonderkind Karim Rashid, whose projects range from the Trump Towers apartments to Lacoste sportswear to the ubiquitous Umbra garbage can, prescribes an organizational and style overhaul in Design Your Life. In short, sharp chapters, he tackles topics as diverse as the wardrobe, office space, love life, and diet, answering perplexing questions like how to properly pack a suitcase, use colors to accent a room, and carve out free time in a busy schedule. Whether the reader is looking to redesign his physical space or spiritual life, Design Your Life offers comprehensive guidance that is straightforward and easy to follow. Rashid's philosophies center on quality over quantity, space over clutter, clarity over complexity, and a marriage of form and function in every design. With each page in vibrant color and packed with his charming artwork and sketches, Design Your Life is an ideal gift book–and the very embodiment of Rashid's functional style.
Form Editions promotes and deepens the research on contemporary designers through the publication of a volume devoted to works by Karim Rashid in collaboration with companies from around the world. The objective is to present objects, installations, and testimonials from friends and associates, capturing all aspects and facets that make his career and life extraordinary. Hundreds of products are described and commented on by the author to investigate the evolution of his design language and contemporary design. Text contributions, interviews, and personal images show the figure of Karim Rashid and his relationship with leading figures in the world of art, fashion, design, and industrial production. The book is written in collaboration with Marco Casamonti, former curator of the exhibition "Karim Rashid an edit from the last 15 years," presented at the Triennale in Milan during the Salone del Mobile 2011. The figure of Karim Rashid goes beyond the designer; he enjoys a popularity without boundaries and expresses the personality of a complete artist. A global creative, he has starred in sensual and minimalist design that has captured the market with over 3000 designs in production, eclectic and eccentric, capable of perceiving more than the standard reactions and sensations generated by space and what occupies it. Karim Rashid aims to change the world with design.
Virtuelles Design von Karim Rashid – Der New Yorker Designer Karim Rashid – Autor des Buches – hat eine extreme Vorliebe für die Farbe Pink. Organische Formen in schrillen Farben bestimmen die Entwürfe des gebürtigen Ägypters. Seine Ideen für Dinge des Alltags (Möbel, Kleidung, Verpackungen, etc.) als auch seine wilden Creationen für namhafte Marken (Coca Cola, Armani, Estée Lauder, Davidoff) sind absolut hip. Das Buch widmet sich speziell den knallbunten Welten seines virtuellen Graphic Designs.