Topic: Karim Rashid

The Power of Shape Shifters

Three companies reinvent the paraphernalia of everyday life with an eye on aesthetics, utility--and profits.READ»

Design Fix of the Day

Just came across this cool site, by way of the cool-hunting site PSFK. It includes fun interviews with dozens of designers, revealing Karim Rashid's favorite flower (cacti), advice for young designers from Philippe Starck ("make a ...READ»

Color-Changing Appliances Take Mood Lighting to a New Level

First came multi-colored mood lighting, then came LED wallpaper, and now designer Karim Rashid is bringing high-tech ambiance to the kitchen with his Touch of Light line, a series of appliances that come emblazoned with LED strips ...READ»

Poetic Justice

On the sensual minimalism and psychedelic mind of Karim RashidREAD»

Design Lite

A boomlet of new books mostly dispense with words.READ»

Objectified: The New Design Film That Sickens, Inspires

"Your movie made me physically sick," one audience member told Gary Hustwit (left), the director of Objectified, the eagerly anticipated film about industrial design, last night at a screening in New York. Far from ...READ»

'Objectified' Review: A Hurricane of Consumer Values

    There's a moment, at the beginning of the documentary Objectified, where Jonathan Ive, Apple's head of design, takes his iPhone out of his pocket and wipes it along the hem of his shirt to remove the ...READ»

• Gary Hustwit's "Objectified" [video]

Liquid Agency collaborates with Michael Graves on product design project.

As the branding agency for Slice - a manufacturer of innovative products that cut, slice, grate, etc. - Liquid Agency is already collaborating with world-class architects and designers like Karim Rashid and Yves Behar. Now, Michael Graves - the renowned architect whose line of products for Target is wildly successful is developing a new line of products for Slice.READ»

Out of the Box

Ideo has had a hand in everything from Prada's Manhattan store to the Palm V. Now it has put is unique consumer-research system on cards, so everyone can play along at home.READ»

Legends of the Fall: Patti Smith, Marc Jacobs, and David Rockwell Headline Pratt Gala

"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award ...READ»

Design in Dubai: Future Shock on the Gulf

If you enjoy the smog of LA, the traffic of Washington DC’s Beltway at rush hour, the blistering heat of Orlando in August, the retail pizzazz of the Mall of America, the cultural attractions of Midland, Texas, and the sensitive ...READ»

My Q & A Interview With Born Rich

As an advertising creative and a blogger with a growing audience, I answer questions about social media, advertising and how to build a brand.READ»

The World's Most Innovative Companies

We canvassed the experts, analyzed the products, and crunched the numbers. From visionary upstarts to storied stalwarts, here are companies that dazzle with new ideas -- and prove beyond a doubt how business is a force for change. We call them the Fast 50.READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The Faces and Voices of Google
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies