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KARIM RASHID
Karim Rashid (born in Cairo, September 18th 1960) is a Canadian industrial designer. He received a bachelor of industrial Design in 1982 from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada. He pursued graduate design studies in Italy. Rashid created more than 2000 designs and models, including projects for interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, light and music to installations. In 1993 he opened his design practice in New York City, where he continues to live. In Italy he also designed the interiors for the University Line 1 Metro Station, unique model in our country of union between art and urban mobility. His work is in the permanent collections of fourteen museums worldwide, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Rashid was an associate Professor of Industrial Design for10 years and is now a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally. About our company he says: “I feel very lucky to work with a company that wants to push itself beyond the boundaries”.
KOOK design Karim Rashid
“I take a minimalist approach in my kitchens, preferring to create a clean striking surface that is punctuated by splashes of strong color. For the Kook kitchen I wanted to create an innovative design to turn even the most challenging culinary endeavors into pure aesthetic pleasure”. The cabinets open to give expansive views of all that is to offer and then shut when the meal is done making a minimal and uncluttered kitchen. Rolling shutters reveal LED edged shelves and built-in hood above the hob. Utilizing the angled cabinet, larger items can be stored at the top while smaller, more readily used items on the bottom making cooking a breeze. The pressure opened bottom cabinets are accented with colored LED strips and angled to allow an easy approach to the work surface. Kook also features a sink that can be hidden using a matching cutting board to make a continuous surface. The use of solid Corian on frameless doors gives life to a combination of technicality, solidity and aesthetic minimalism.
