ACME BRAND X HOOLA
RETRACTABLE PEN
Designed by Karim Rashid who
is a leading figure in the fields of product, furniture and
interior design and is largely credited for bringing exceptional,
affordable design to the masses via iconic products like the Oh
Chair and Garbo Trashcan. His perspective and clients are global
and he considers himself a cultural shaper doing projects ranging
from products, interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, to art and
music. His clients include Umbra, Nambe, Magis, Prada, Mikasa,
Target, Issey Miyake, Copco and Alessi, among others. He designed
the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia, Semiramis hotel in Athens
and Nooch in NYC. Presently he is working in 23 countries. He has
won numerous awards and his work is in the permanent collection of
14 Museums including MoMA and SFMoMA . In 2006 Karim received
Honorary Doctorates from the Ontario College of Art and Design and
Corcoran College . He exhibits art at Sandra Gering and Deitch
Projects in New York . Karim has just published his 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), as well 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 released two CD's available on
Seattle boutique label, Neverstop.
