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Karim Rashid
Karim Rashid (born 1960) 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".Belinda Luscombe (July 02, 2001)Design: The Poet Of Plastic; Karim Rashid wants to change the world one ordinary object at a time ''Time Magazine''. Accessed October 2013. for full article. He is based in New York City, as well as Belgrade, Miami and India. Early life and education Karim Rashid was born in 1960 in Cairo, Egypt to an English mother and Egyptian father, who was an abstract artist. Rashid is the brother of famed architect, Hani Rashid, of Asymptote. His sister is a painter and musician, Soraya Rashid. He was born with the umbilical cord wrapped around his neck and had developmental delays, unable to speak until the age of four. The family emigrated to Missis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Innoprom
Innoprom is the large-scale international industrial exhibition annually held in Ekaterinburg, Russia. As declared, "the purpose of the Exhibition is to present advanced technologies developed in Russia which are ready to be used in industry, to facilitate the spreading of the best innovation practices and developing business connections between industrial enterprises and technology developers." The first exhibit took part in July 2010 and the third one takes part in July 2012. For the second one, the Ekaterinburg-Expo exhibition and congress center was constructed, one of the largest in Russia. The purpose of the center is to hold future exhibitions of various scale, and Sverdlovsk Oblast authorities aim to make it a place to hold Expo 2020 World Fair. Unfortunately, the Ekaterinburg-Expo construction project ran over the budget dramatically, thus approximately half of the construction was abandoned. Innoprom 2011 was held in completed parts of the complex, abandoned parts being sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
