Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Canadian designer Karim Rashid.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Karim Rashid is an Egyptian-born and Canadian-raised industrial designer. His designs include luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity and packaging. Time magazine has described him as the "most famous industrial designer in all the Americas" and the "Prince of Plastic". He is based in New York City, as well as Belgrade, Miami and Mexico.
Objects do not have meaning. But if an object is thoughtful we project meaning onto it in daily life.
Why are we here on earth? To create. It's in our nature.
I want industrial design to be a public subject. I want people to love objects the way they love clothing.
We control the machine. At one point the machine controlled us.
We should tell more young designers not to worry about what they're going to do with their design careers. They should start their own brands. Designers should create their own beautiful brands that can change the world.
There are no boundaries or borders in the digital age.
Never say 'I could have done that,' because you didn't.
Design is about the betterment of our lives poetically, aesthetically, experientially, sensorially, and emotionally.
My real desire is to see people live in the modus of our time, to participate in the contemporary world, to release themselves from nostalgia, antiquated traditions, old rituals, meaningless kitsch and meaningless paradigms.