Probably considered the most well known designer in America, Karim Rashid, has some huge advances in design from product to interior. He is known for the designs of the Oh Chair, as well as the Garbo waste receptacle, and was a collaborator for the design of the Dirt Devil prototype. For excellence in interior design, he has designed the interior of the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia and has won European wide awards for his design of the Semiramus Hotel in Athens, Greece. His works can be found around the world in popular art venues such as MOMA in NYC, SFMOMA, The Townhouse Gallery in his birthplace of Cairo as well as even the Wexner Center here at OSU. He is also the founder of Karim Rashid Inc. a highly successful design firm based in New York City. He is a repeated winner of the prestigious Red Dot Award, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design Award (where some of his pieces reside), the Industrial Design Excellence Award as well as many more. For 10 years he also stood in as an Associate Professor for Industrial Design but mainly does lectures for aspiring students.
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