Karim RASHID (Born in 1960)
Education
1982
Bachelor in Industrial Design, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Awards
2015
HolidayCheck Award: prizeotel Hamburg-City
2014
Spark Awards Silver: Silhouette Fragrance and Packaging
Spark Awards Bronze: Prizeotel Hamburg-City
Pentawards Bronze: Kenzo MyAmour
Core77 Design Awards Furniture & Lighting: NewForm Hook Desk
HBA Global: International Package Design Awards Winner: iluminage Skin Smoothing
Laser
2013
Red Dot Communication Design Award- Best of the Best: Paris Baguette Koffy
Good Design Award: Riva1920 Fiamma Lamp
Good Design Award: B-LINE Gemma Chair
Good Design Award: Vondom Sloo Chair
Good Design Award: TVS Pots & Pan Collection
Good Design Award: Anestasia Vodka
Interior Design Best of Year Award: Muma Juga Chair
Interior Design Best of Year Finalist: Glamora Multiverse Wallcovering
Interior Design Best of Year Finalist: Martela Koop Chair
Interior Design Best of Year Finalist: Vondom Twist and Shout Rug
Interior Design Best of Year Finalist: Bata Shoe Museum
The Great Indoors Award Finalist: Naples Universita Metro Station
PentAward Gold: Anestasia Vodka
PentAward Gold: Paris Baguette Koffy
Dieline Packaging Award: Paris Baguette Koffy
Lapiz de Acero Award: Muma Juga Chair
Red Dot Award: BoConcept Ottawa Collection
iF Packaging Design Award: AnestasiA Vodka
Spark Space Finalist: Amoje Food Capital
Spark Product Finalist: Artemide Empirico
Spark Space Finalist: Bata Shoe Museum Out of the Box Exhibtion
Spark Communication Finalist: Solen MiLanGo
Spark Silver: Hyundai PYL Brand Identity
Spark Product Finalist: Artemide Empirico
Spark Product Finalist: Artemide Solium
Spark Product Finalist: B-Line Gemma
Spark Product Finalist: Newform Hook Desk
Spark Product Finalist: Vondom Sloo
Spark Product Finalist: TVS Hook Pans
2012
Good Design Award: Silicone Zone Scrub Brush
Good Design Award: Axo Nafir Pendant
Good Design Award: Artemide Doride
Good Design Award: BoConcept Ottawa Dining Table and Chair
Good Design Award: Nimbus Squeeze Pendant Lamp
Good Design Award: Ceramica Cielo Amedeo Sink
Good Design Award: Fun Factory Mr. Pink Dildo
Desginer Magazine: Simon Taylor Award for Lifetime Achievement
AZ Award 2012 Finalist: Naples Universitá Metro Station
Design Turkey Good Design Award: Solen Milango
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iF Product Design Award: Siliconzone foldable dish rack
iF Packaging Design Award: Bobble Jug
Interior Design Best of Year Award Honoree: Axo Nafir Pendant
Interior Design Best of Year Award Honoree: Tonelli Kaddy
Spark Product Design Award: Bobble Jug
Spark Product Design Award: Axo Nafir Pendant
Spark Space Design Award: Queen's University Human Media Lab
Spark Communication Award: AnestasiA Vodka
Red Dot Award - Product Design: Silicone Zone Folding Dish Rack
Red Dot Award - Product Design: nhow Hotel Berlin Elevators
MicroLiquor Spirit Awards Gold Packaging Design Award: AnestasiA Vodka
MicroLiquor Spirit Awards Triple Gold Medal: AnestasiA Vodka
Granddesign Etico: Morfeus Play, Elephant Parade
World Architecture News Award: Sancal Float Sofa
Passenger Terminal World Trendsetter: Kopperscape, Edmonton Airport, Canada
2011
Edison Award- Consumer Packaged Goods: Bobble Water Bottle
International Housewares Association Design Defined Honoree: Umbra Skinny Can
iF packaging award: Bobble Water Bottle
HolidayCheck Specialty Award: Prizeotel, Bremen-City
iF product design award: Artemide Doride
iF product design award: Asus EeePC 1008P Karim Collection
2010
Interior Design Best of Year Awards: Oaza Zdravlja Pharmacy
Interior Design Best of Year Awards: Vondom Surf Chaise
Interior Design Best of Year Awards: Alloy tiles
Karim inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame
MDIMP Annual Restaurant & Bar Space Award: Switch Restaurant
Spark Awards - Gold: Bobble Water Bottle
Kitchen Innovation of the Year at the Design Awards: Karim Rashid for Gorenje
Pentaward Gold - Other Markets: Bobble Water Bottle
Golden Pin Design Mark: Asus EeePC 1008P Karim Collection
IDSA Industrial Design Excellence Award Finalist: Asus EeePC 1008P Karim
Collection
GOOD DESIGN Award: Bobble Water Bottle
GOOD DESIGN Award: Asus EeePC 1008P Karim Collection
Pentaward Gold - Other Markets: Slice
Pentaward Gold - Luxury: HUGO Packaging
Pentaward Silver - Beverages: Paris Baguette Eau Water
Pentaward Silver - Beverages: Paris Baguette Jus
Pentaward Silver - Other Markets: Aekyung Bubble
Pentaward Silver - Other Markets: iiamo Baby Bottle
Kind + Jugend Innovation Award: iiamo Go Baby Bottle
Creative City Challenge by WFB Wirtschaftsförderung Bremen: Best Collaboration
Award: Prizeotel, Bremen
Red Dot Communication Award - Information Design/Public Space: Fun Factory
Flagship Store, Berlin
Red Dot Communication Award - Posters: Proposte 2010 Identity
Red Dot Communication Award - Packaging: Paris Baguette Eau
Red Dot Communication Award - Packaging: Aekyung Bubble Dishwashing Foam
International Card Manufacturer Award: Citi One Piece Mobile Payment Tag Card
Selected Exhibitions
2014
SPORTART, Group Show, Art & Space Gallery, Munich, Germany
SUMMER ART FESTIVAL, Group Show, Artwork and Furniture Installation, Waterfall
Gallery, NYC, USA
2013
GLASSKAPE installation, Vennice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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OUT OF THE BOX, Group show, Installation, Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto, Canada
FIEREMILANO, Nhow Hotel, Milan, Italy
2012
Art Stage Singapore, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
IDEOLOGY OF BEAUTY, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Zagreb, Croatia
KARIM RASHID 20X12, Gering&Lopez Gallery, NYC, USA
Design Days Dubai 2012, Edizioni Galleria Colombari, Downtown Dubai, Dubai
2011
Avant Première, Art Plural Gallery, Singapore
SIGN OFF DESIGN, Group sculpture installion Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
ELEPHANT PARADE, public art installation across Singapore
Karim Goes Dutch, retrospective of designs at Woonbeurs, Amsterdam, Netherlands
KARIMODWORKS, Retrospective, MOD, Moscow, Russia
Effetto Acciaio, Edizioni Galleria Colombari, Milan, Italy
Karim Sampler: Last 15 Years, Triennale, Milan, Italy
LED light installation at the International LED Festival, Milan, Italy
2010
UNPLANNED BRUTALISM - Vintage20, NYC, USA
KARIM RASHID NEW WORK - Spoke Club, Toronto, Canada
EDIZIONI GALLERIA COLOMBARI - Pavilion Art & Design, Stand 43, London,
England
TECHNORGANIC - Object Gallery, Claremont, CA, USA
THE HAND OF THE DESIGNER - Group show, Molesine, 210 Eleventh Ave, NYC/td>
2009
Konvolution, new collection for Bitossi, Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, New York, NY
Galerie Yves Gastou, Paris, France
Totally Rad, curated by Karim Rashid, Museum of Art & Design (MAD), New York, NY
2008
From 15 minutes Into the Future - Retrospective, Domotecka Design,
Warsaw, Poland
Second Skin, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Monterrey, Mexico
Casa Digitalia, with Abet Laminati, Milan Triennale, Milan, Italy
"Sex in Design/Design in Sex", Museum of Sex, New York, NY
2007
Plastik Blobular Worlds, Gallery Hotel, Singapore
Ontario College of Art and Design, Ontario, Canada
Design on Stage, Triennale Museum, La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy
2006
Philippines International Furniture Show, Manila, Philippines
2005
Safe: Design Takes On Risk Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Touch me, V & A Museum, London, UK
2004
I Want To Change The World, Munich Design Museum, Munich, Germany
2002
Skin: Surface, Substance & Design, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New
York, NY
2001
Orgy Sofa, International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF), New York, NY
Workspheres, Museum of Modern Art, New York (MoMA), NY
010101, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2000
Design Matters, MoCA Showcases, North Miami, FL
Der neue Schmann-Flugel, Museum fur Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, Germany
New York 10 Designers, World Design City, Gifu, Japan
Design Culture Now, National Design Triennial, Cooper-Hewitt National Design
Museum, New York, NY
1999
Collab Award, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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1998
Young Designer of the Year Award, Modernism Show, Seventh Regiment Armory,
New York, NY
1997
Good Design, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture, Chicago, IL
Christie's Auction for Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum, New York. Table
Design, 10 Nambé Vases.
1996
GOOD Design, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture, Chicago, IL
1995
GOOD Design, Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Design and Architecture, Chicago, IL
(exhibition and permanent collection)
1995-97
Mutant Materials in Contemporary Design, Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York,
NY, traveled to Tokyo Gas Gallery, Tokyo, Japan; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei,
Taiwan
Review Show, Design Museum, London, UK
1993
British Design Museum, London, England. Permanent Collection
1991
Design Museum, London, England.
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