
I happen to like Karim Rashid's designs, especially his line of products you can find at
Target (one of my favorite stores)! But, did you know he also produced a nicely modern, yet functional pet bowl?
The
white version made a big splash when it first hit the shelves and, when I spotted the Karim Rashid-designed
chocolate, pink, and
green Yum Bowls over at
Cheengoo, I decided that I like them even more than the originals!

Even though it would be rare to find one of his pieces that would fit into my home's
Bazaar Style-oriented design aesthetic, I still can't help but admire
Karim Rashid and covet his space-age designs.
I'm definitely loving his
Poly chair ($340), which looks like a clever cross between my beloved
Louis Ghost Chair and the
Blu Dot Real Good Chair. Like the Ghost chair, the Poly is made of polycarbonate.

Remember all that
noise I talked about desperately wanting to mount my flat screen to my wall? Well, I might have to take that back — IF I can have the
Prism 50 Media Stand, yet another
fabulous and inspirational piece from my design guru, Karim Rashid.
The Prism 50 comes in black and white or all black, and it's just modern simplicity at its sexiest.

Having worked as a studio assistant for
Jeff Koons, an art director at
Ogilvy and a designer for
Karim Rashid between '95 and '01,
Jason Miller decided it was time to step up his game and start his own design studio in Brooklyn — and he wasn't getting ahead of himself. Miller has pinned solo exhibitions all over the map, from LA to Tokyo, and everywhere in between, and been applauded with prestigious awards like Bombay Sapphire's "Rising Star" award and Wallpaper's "Best Breakthrough Designer" award, and named a "Tastemaker" by Forbes for his quirky contemporary designs, be it furniture, interiors, or bus stops. If that weren't enough of a pat on the back, his work is in the Permanent Collection of New York's Museum of Arts and Design, and he's got clients like Areaware, Persol, Brookstone, Carlo Rossi, Kikkerland, and Idee at his beck and call.

New York magazine recently profiled
five New Yorkers who only wear one color, all day, every day. Industrial designer
Karim Rashid, a Designer Spotlight, was one of them. Rashid wears white half the time, and pink half the time; somehow the pink
doesn't surprise me.
Here are some of my favorite quotes from the interview:
Rashid on why he wears all white:
In college, I was obsessed with wearing all white.

Leave it to over-the-top designer
Karim Rashid to give us a pretty-in-pink two-person chair for your
Love Shack. The
Veuve Clicquot Love Seat ($10,000) resembles two huge flower petals with an adjoining middle champagne bucket, connected on a chrome-plated pedestal. The loveseat is a contemporary take on an 18th century French armchair, and with only 120 produced, you know you're getting a rare and romantic piece indeed.
Semiramis Hotel is a 52-room hotel in Athens, Greece, and designer
Karim Rashid's first hotel project undertaking. I guess Rashid has beginner's luck (or really intimidating talent), because the hotel's design is inspiring, polished, and every square inch is original. Of the project, Rashid said, "Hotels today make you feel like you're living in the previous century.

Canadian-by-way-of-Cairo designer Karim Rashid appears to be a man of endurance. He's successfully tried his hand at designing products, interiors, fashion, furniture, lighting, art—and he's even put out
his own CD. Now based in New York, Rashid is best known for bringing his high designs to the average consumer.

This is your handheld vacuum.
This is your handheld vacuum on good design.
To find out all about these new, stylish hand vacs, just
Okay, I don't want to bust the Dustbuster's chops—I'm old enough to remember when it was an amazing new household tool.