Land+Living: Karim Rashid vs. Contempo

DesignBOT, Designers, Furniture — August 22, 2006 Posted by Adriean

Karimi Couch

Though he may have the odd hater, you have to respect the amount of pieces that K-Rad (that's right, you heard it here first) pumps out these days.

Of note for me has to be his latest sofa design for Italian manufacturer Contempo. The appropriately coined Karimi Couch stays true to the style that has been Karims bread and butter with the usage of his mainstay patterns consisting of his familiar "cross and peanut" motif.

Now I know some of you are moaning and groaning about this well travelled route, but really people what would you rather see him do ? A village pattern ?

Link: Karim Rashid
Link: Contempo

13 comments

Comments (13)

anonymous — August 22, 2006
K-Rad

I'd rather not see anything else designed by this clown. I've never heard or seen a bigger ego maniac who "thinks" he's saving the world with design. What's he birthed with this sofa? Another piece of crap. Who REALLY thinks this is interesting...and that the world needs it?

anonymous — August 23, 2006
Agreed

He needs to focus on quality — not quantity — and really needs to consult with someone possesing talent to improve his sad use of color and graphics. Karimi: what an egotistical joke. Uggh.

Anonymous — August 23, 2006

Looks like like a giant dogbed! yikes!

miles57 — August 24, 2006
...K-BAD!!

Enough of the cutie-pie-pink already... find a new color to wear out! Puts me to sleep like the latest Paris Hilton hype! Can we say backlash time??

Adriean — August 25, 2006
K-React

Good or bad, the man certainly get's a reaction out of people.

Margherita — August 26, 2006
K-R

Mah!

Purplereign — August 30, 2006
read between the lines

KARIM IS AN EXCEPTTIONAL TALENT THAT IS FRESH AND FORWARD THINKING. HIS USE OF ORGANIC LINE AND BOLD COLORS MAKES HIM ONE OF A KIND AND i THINK WE ALL CAN TAKE A FEW LESSONS FROM HIM IN DESIGN. HE DARES TO STEP OUT OF THE BOX AND FOR THAT I GIVE HIM PROPS.

Architorture — September 11, 2006
Don't forget to button your coat

I own a few of Rashid's pieces. I am a fan of his, but seriously this couch looks like a bored housewife went crazy on her sewing machine. I think that my mom made some sweat pants with a similar pattern. Put a couple doilies on the armrests and this thing would be perfect.

kayla — September 25, 2006
omg!!

its wanna be barbie!!! yea that would be good if u were a little kid again but seriously, get something different to work with if it had different fabric i would like it but..... well, u see it

Chelsie — November 1, 2006
Dont Hate!

Im currently in Interior design school right now and we had to do a project on a famous interior designer,a coulple girls picked him. I saw some of his art work I think it is cute, diffrent. Something I wouldnt put in my home but cute for Art purposes! since I am a fan of bright colors! So the people out their that dont like it, Stop haten on the mans style. He's doing better than yaw! LOL - Diva 06-

sarah — February 19, 2007
good

nice bright colourful muilticoloured

Bill — April 26, 2007
Bill

supermegaduper

Isaac-Architect — July 8, 2007

really the world could do without crap dished out from him.