Name: Kountess, Karim Rashid
Brand: Purho
SKU: PURHVE-033
Price: 2016.0 USD
Availability: InStock

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Description

Designed by Karim Rashid in 2016, Kountess is a stately, sculptural jar with a lid. Just like its twin model, Kount, Kountess can also have different uses, whether aesthetic, acting as a stunning centerpiece, or functional, turning into a colourful container. Made of Murano blown glass, the jar plays with unusual combinations of bright colors that can be personalized to respond to everyone’s needs and taste colours that can be personalised to respond to individual needs and tastes.

Besides Kountess, Karim Rashid has designed for Purho: Flik Suspension e Flik Table Lamp, K1, Coppa, Blob, King, Queen, Knight, Kastle Bowl, Kount, Kastle Vase, Diamond.

Dimension: h 18 cm Ø 25 cm

Each item can be customized in color, choose your preferite here

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KARIM RASHID

He received a degree in industrial design from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada in 1982 and completed his post-graduate studies in Italy. Rashid has created over 2000 designs, including projects ranging from interior, fashion, furniture, lighting, art and music to installations. Born in Cairo from an Egyptian father and an English mother and raised in Canada, Karim now resides in New York where he runs a private design studio. Up to now it has had around 2000 items put into production and has successfully entered the realm of architectural and interior design, such as the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia and the Semiramis hotel in Athens. For Italy he has also designed the interior fittings of the University Station of the Naples Metro Line 1, a unique example in Italy of a combination of art and urban mobility. His work is in permanent collections in fourteen museums around the world, including the Museum of Modern Art in New York and San Francisco. Rashid has been an associate professor of Industrial Design for 10 years and is now an active participant at universities and conferences worldwide.