Acme 'Orange' Card Case by Karim Rashid

£25.00

Karim rashid was born in Cairo in 1960 - half Egyptian, half English he was raised in Canada and practices in New York.

His perspective and clients are global and while considers him more of a cultural provocateur, his projects range from products, interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, art, music to installations. He received a bachelor of Industrial Design in Canada 1982 and postgraduate studies in Italy as well as having worked in Milan for Rodolfo Bonetto in 1984.

For seven years he was at KAN Industrial Design and co-designed the Babel Fashion Collection for 6 years.

In 1993, he opened his own studio in New York City. His clients include Umbra, Issey Miyake, Prada, Magis, Edra, Frighetto, Herman Miller, Sony, Foscarini, Artemide, Bozart, Giorgio Armani, Yahoo and Guzzini among others. He has designed and produced over 2000 products during his career, and won a plethora of design awards in the process. His works are in the permanent collections of 14 Museums and he has over 70 objects in permanent collections.

He is published internationally and he exhibits art at Sandra Gering Gallery, Elga Wimmer Gallery, and Deitch Projects in New York. He was also a full-time associate Professor in Industrial Design for 10 years, writes for various design publications, and lectures globally.

This stainless steel Acme card case has an enamel front depicting all his 'orange' design.

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