Kopperscape
This sculpture is an evolution of Karim’s notion of space, surface and object, all integrated in one organic landscape.
It is an extension of 12 years of concepts he’s created about undulating ‘non-stop’ reconfigurable landscapes that become one large sculptural brush stroke. Karim has long been influenced by forms created in nature. The Canadian landscape with its soaring mountains, snowy peaks and rippling rivers all influenced the form of this functional sculpture. The piece is composed of 5 individual elements: chair, chaise, lounge, bench and side table. They are made of fiberglass and coated with Luminore copper to symbolize the Canadian copper penny.
- Collection Signature Collection
- Location of Work US Departures Lounge
- Creation Date 2011
- Installation Date 2011
- Medium Copper
- Website karimrashid.com
ArtistKarim Rashid
Karim Rashid is one of the most prolific designers and artist of his generation. Over 3000 designs in production, over 300 awards and working in over 35 countries attest to Karim’s legend of design and fine art. Karim’s diversity affords him the ability to cross-pollinate ideas, materials, behaviours, aesthetics from one typology to the next, crossing boundaries and broadening consumer horizons.
Karim’s work is featured in 20 permanent collections and he exhibits art in galleries world wide. Karim is a perennial winner of the Red Dot award, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design award, I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review, IDSA Industrial Design Excellence award. He holds honorary doctorates from the Ontario college of Art & Design and Corcoran College of Art & Design.
2008 highlighted Karim’s largest retrospective to date at the Instituto Tomie Ohtake, in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Most recently, Karim curated the exhibition Totally Rad: Karim Rashid does Radiators for Museum of Art and Design in New York City. Karim is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally disseminating the importance of design in everyday life. His award winning designs include democratic objects such as the ubiquitous Garbo waste can and Oh Chair for Umbra, interiors such as the Morimoto restaurant, Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel, Athens and exhibitions for Deutsche Bank and Audi. Karim has collaborated with clients to create democratic design for Method and Dirt Devil, furniture for Artemide and Magis, brand identity for Citibank and Hyundai, high tech products for LaCie and Samsung, and luxury goods for Veuve Clicquot and Swarovski, to name a few. Karim’s has been featured in magazines and books including Time, Financial Times, NY Times, Esquire, GQ and countless more. In 2009 Rizzoli released Karim’s latest monograph ‘KarimSpace,’ featuring 36 of Karim’s interior architecture designs. Other books include Karim’s guide to living, ‘Design Your Self’ (Harper Collins, 2006), ‘Digipop’, a digital exploration of computer graphics (Taschen, 2005), compact portfolio published by Chronicle Books (2004), as well as two monographs titled ‘Evolution’ (Universe, 2004) and I Want to Change the World’ (Rizzoli, 2001).