Tchochkes

There’s no arguing that Karim Rashid is an acquired taste. Either you like his work or you don’t, his style is that defined. I have to admit that I’ve always seen him as a sort of Starke wanna-be mixed in with an acid test dose of color. I still think that’s a rather accurate assessment, but today I decided that he has something and I like it.

I was looking through a bunch of Israeli company sites and I came across a company which is working with Rashid for design. I can not remember for the life of me which company this is (sorry) but I was interested enough to decide to have a look at his site. This wasn’t the first time I’ve checked out his work.

I took a glance at his products and got bored quick. Yes, they are colorfull and brilliant and lovely, but when you look at one after the other suddenly they all kind of look the same.

Then I decided to check out his Space link and in that was pictures of his own apartment.

A man lives in this vision of pink, pattern, and plastic. Oh my.

It’s over the top. Agreed. I don’t know if I could actually live there because the furniture just doesn’t look all that comfortable. But just look at the fabulous color - how amazing is that?!!!

He does tone things down for his bedroom and his kitchen. I’m loving that glass tabletop.

My favorite thing of all, however, would be the chess set in the bottom photo.

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