Title: I want to change the world
Description: "Karim Rashid is the best-known and most prolific designer practicing in America today. On the brink of household-name celebrity, he is already a superstar among design aficionados.".

"Rashid was born in Cairo and raised in London and Toronto. With a career that began at age nineteen, Rashid is now forty and the author of more than five hundred product designs, ranging from coat racks to mailboxes, perfume packaging to lighting, tableware to high fashion. His Garbo trashcan has become a design icon, with more than two million units sold. His extraordinary commercial success has been mirrored by critical acclaim.

His work is in the collections of museums worldwide, including The Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and The Montreal Museum of Decorative Arts." "Among the projects featured in this book are those designed for Nambe, Sony, Issey Miyake, Umbra, Tommy Hilfiger, Leonardo, Yahoo!, and many more. This, the first comprehensive book on his designs, has been written and designed in collaboration with Rashid and includes essays by a stellar list of contributors."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects: Industrial Design, Industrial design, Quality of life, Designers, Interior decoration
Places: North America
People: Karim Rashid (1960-)