Think like Karim

by Karim Rashid

Think like Karimb A sketch drawing of the worlds three largest designer Karim RashidHow was his work born? Karims imagination through sketching bThis book is Karim Rashid, the worlds three largest designer This is a drawing book that follows the original sketches of the artworks.How did Karims original works come from? Looking into Karims sketches, we realize that our imagination has never changed or developed since childhood.Without any limitations, we are continually curious about the world and imagination, at least by design. His dream of changing seems to have been fulfilled so this book explores the highly intricate aspects of Karims child, who is armed with strong humanity, yet a great designer, and draws back our lost imagination. This is my training book. Drawing along some of Karims sketches will not develop creativity on your own, but at least I think this book could be an opportunity.Karim Rashid places `` love values above design, his brilliant ideas are based on constant interest and curiosity around him and above all affection. I put it in my sketchbook. It conveys the design philosophy that nice design is not only filled with aesthetics, but begins with care and love for the surroundings.

Paperback

Published September 8, 2017

About the author

Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design. Karim’s diversity affords him the ability to cross-pollinate ideas, materials, behaviors, aesthetics from one typology to the next, crossing boundaries and broadening consumer horizons.

His award winning designs include democratic objects such as the ubiquitous Garbo waste can and Oh Chair for Umbra, interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant, Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel, Athens and exhibitions for LG Hausys and Audi. Karim has collaborated with clients to create democratic design for Method and Dirt Devil, furniture for Artemide and Magis, brand identity for Citibank and Hyundai, high tech products for LaCie and Samsung, and luxury goods for Veuve Clicquot and Swarovski, to name a few. Karim has recently been selected to design several real estate developments in New York City for HAP Investments, a New York City based International investment group.

Karim’s work is featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries world wide. Karim is a perennial winner of the Red Dot award, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design award, I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, IDSA Industrial Design Excellence award. He holds honorary doctorates from the Ontario college of Art & Design and Corcoran College of Art & Design. 2011 highlighted Karim’s largest retrospective to date at the Triennale, in Milan, Italy. Karim is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally disseminating the importance of design in everyday life.

Karim has been featured in magazines including Time, Financial Times, NY Times, Esquire, GQ and countless more. Karim's latest monograph, Sketch (Frame Publishing, 2011), features 300 hand and digital drawings selected from the last 25 years. Other books include KarimSpace, featuring 36 of Karim's interior architecture designs (Rizzoli, 2009); Design Your Self, Karim's guide to living (Harper Collins, 2006); Digipop, a digital exploration of computer graphics (Taschen, 2005); Compact Design Portfolio (Chronicle Books 2004); as well as two monographs, titled Evolution (Universe, 2004) and I Want to Change the World (Rizzoli, 2001). In his spare time Karim's pluralism flirts with art, fashion, and music and is determined to creatively touch every aspect of our physical and virtual landscape.