Karim Rashid is a leading figure in the fields of product, interior design, fashion, furniture, lighting and art. Half-Egyptian and half-english, Rashid was born in Cairo, raised in Canada, and now practices in New York. He is best known for bringing his democratic design sensibility to the masses. Designing for an impressive array of clients from Alessi to Georg Jensen, Umbra to Prada, Miyake to Method, Karim is radically changing the aesthetics of product design and the very nature of the consumer culture.
To date he has had some 2000 objects put into production and has successfully entered the realm of architecture and interiors as evidenced by the design of the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel in Athens which won a Sleep05 European Hotel Design Award. Rashid was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in 2006 from the Ontario College of Art and Design. Other awards include a 2005 Honorary Doctorate from Corcoran College, 2005 Pratt Legends Award, 2004 A.D. Dunton Alumni Award of Distinction from his alma mater, 2002 ID Magazine Annual Design Review Best of Category, and 2003 best Retail Store in the USA. His work is in the permanent collections of 14 Museums worldwide including MoMA and SFMoMA 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. Rashid has also published many books, including his recent guide to living "Design Your Self' from Regan Books, 'Digipop' a digital exploration of computer graphics (Taschen 2005), a portfolio book published by Chronicle books (2004), and two monographs titled 'Evolution' (Universe, 2004) and 'I Want to Change the World'(Rizzoli, 2001). He edited the International Design Yearbook 18 for Calmann and King 2003 and has released two CD's on the boutique label, Neverstop.
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