# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/karim-rashid
# Generated: 2026-09-01T03:34:28.697Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/karim-rashid"
name: "Karim Rashid"
slug: "karim-rashid"
description: "Karim Rashid is an Egyptian-born and Canadian-raised American industrial designer. His designs encompass a wide range of products, including luxury goods, furniture, lighting, surface design, brand identity, and packaging. According to Time magazine, Rashid was described by the Toronto Star as \"one of the world's most famous industrial designers\" and the \"Prince of Plastic\" by Time. He is primarily located in New York City."
tagline: "American industrial designer (born 1960)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/%EC%B9%B4%EB%A6%BC_%EB%9D%BC%EC%8B%9C%EB%93%9C.PNG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1960-09-18"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           51.38
  momentum:             3.131067961165046
  historical:           17.13265466666667
  currentAttention:     17.39482200647248
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://karimrashid.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Карим Рашид"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Քարիմ Ռաշիդ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "카림 라시드"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Рашид, Карим"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Karim Rashid"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump