The clean and striking IF Mode is aimed at commuters of the mobile generation who, until now, may have not considered cycling or folding bikes to be an option. IF Mode avoids oily chains, complex tubes with hidden dirt traps, and the clutter of traditional bike features. Meant for city commuters rather than bicycle warriors, it looks at home folded up on a subway or in an office, like other well designed accessories in your life. It also performs on the street like any lightweight, well-balanced full size bike.

Areaware is a New York City based company renowned for unique design products with an emphasis on forward thinking technologies and original expression. Our products are decorative but go beyond ornament. Each has an underlying meaning which we believe can deepen the relationship people have with the everyday objects in their lives.

Designer’ Bio:

Mark Sanders is the Principal of MAS Design — a product design and engineering consultancy established in 1984. He was an early graduate of the Industrial Design Engineering (IDE) course at the Royal College of Art/Imperial College, and has followed the same holistic design principles in business. He is now a visiting tutor on the IDE course and runs MAS Design from a self-built home/office/workshop. MAS design specializes in integrating engineering and industrial design. Its product portfolio includes a wide range of award-winning patented products from kitchen tools to operating tables, industrial valves to folding bicycles.

[ via Areaware, MAS Design, Yatzer ]

Our talented mexican friend will be showing these stunning, very original design pieces at the upcoming ICFF in New York (more info about this on his website).

This is what Joel had to say about his new pieces:

Just as if they were dancing together, the carpet and the table are inspired by Mexican Traditional Dances and Dresses.The goal was to design something inspired by Mexican’s culture and folklore, so I look at some of our dresses and colors and try to capture the shapes made by dresses in movement in order to design the Dancing Table and the Dancing Carpet.

THE DANCING TABLE is a rigid surface with small waves in the exterior, which leaves plenty space in the center for a lamp and small things. THE DANCING CARPET is one big surface with soft waves in different vibrant colors; acting like one big dress in movement on the floor.

Karim Rashid is a leading figure in the fields of product and interior design, fashion, furniture, lighting and art. Born in Cairo, half Egyptian, half English, and raised in Canada, Karim now practices in New York. He is best known for bringing his democratic design sensibility to the masses. Designing for an impressive array of clients from Umbra to Prada, Miyake to Method, Karim is radically changing the aesthetics of product design and the very nature of the consumer culture.

To date he has had some 2000 objects put into production and has successfully entered the realm of architecture and interiors as evidenced by the design of the Morimoto restaurant in Philadelphia and Semiramis hotel in Athens which just won a Sleep05 European Hotel Design Award. Karim was awarded a Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from Corcoran College of Art & Design in D.C. Other awards include the 2004 A.D. Dunton Alumni Award of Distinction from his alma mater, 2002 ID Magazine Annual Design Review Best of Category, and 2003 best Retail Store in the USA. His work is in the permanent collections of 14 Museums worldwide including MoMA and SFMoMA and he exhibits art in various galleries. Karim was an associate Professor of Industrial Design for 10 years and is now a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences globally.

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Karim has published two monographs titled ‘I Want to Change the World’(Rizzoli, 2001) and ‘Evolution’ (Universe, 2004) as well as a new portfolio book published by Chronicle books (2004), and ‘Digipop’ a digital exploration of computer graphics (Taschen 2005). He edited the International Design Yearbook 18 for Calmann and King 2003 and released two CD’s available on boutique label, Neverstop.

Awards

• 2005 — House Beautiful Giants of Design Award
• 2005 — Friends of the Upper East Side Historic District’s Clean Sweep Award: Madison Avenue Newspaper Boxes
• 2005 — I.D. Magazine’s Annual Design Review Furniture category: Honorable Mention, Kurl Shelf, Zeritalia
• 2004 — I.D. Magazine’s Annual Design Review Best of Category: Copco Barware
• 2003 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: Kurve Chair, Nienkamper
• 2003 — Esquire Magazine’s Best New Restaurant Design, Nooch
• 2003 — Nation Association of Store Fixture Manufacturers
  • Grand Prize: Retail Store of the Year: Nambe Flagship, Denver, CO
  • Grand Prize: Store Fixtures of the Year: Nambe Flagship, Denver, CO
• 2003 — I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review
  • Design Distinction Packaging: Issey In Your Pocket, Issey Miyake
  • Design Distinction: Method Home Dish Soap
• 2002 — I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review
  • Design Distinction Packaging: Summer Fragrance, Issey Miyake
  • Best of Category: 5S Metasense Perfume
• 2002 — International Interior Design Association Star Award: Morimoto Restaurant
• 2002 — Industrial Design Excellence Award
  • Gold Winner: Chess Set, Bozart Toys
  • Silver Winner: Kapsule Kids Chair, Bozart Toys
• 2001 — Industrial Designers Society of America [Gold Winner — Furniture]: Kovacs Soft Lighting Collection, George Kovacs
• 2001 — Best of Canada Design Competition Product Design Winner: Q-Chaise, Umbra
• 2001 — I.D. Magazine Annual Design Review
  • Design Distinction Furniture: Q-Chaise, Umbra
  • Design Distinction Packaging: L’Eau D’Issey Pour Homme, Issey Miyake
  • Design Distintion Concepts: Pleasurescape
• 2001 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: ‘New Move’ Boom Bowl, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
• 2001 — Design Journal Award for Design Excellence [Platinum Award]: Wavelength , Nienkamper
• 2001 — National Post Design Exchange Awards
  • Gold Award: Leonardo Glass Collection, Leonardo
  • Silver Award: Umbra table Collection, Umbra
  • Merit Award: Q-Chaise, Umbra
  • Merit Award: Wavelength, Nienkamper
• 2001 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: Wicker Sofa, Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization
• 2001 — Interior Design Show: Canadian Design Hero of the Year
• 2000 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: ”˜New Move’ Deco Decanter, Chicago Athenaeum Museum
• 2000 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: Wavelength, Nienkamper
• 2000 — Design Journal Award for Design Excellence — Platinum Award: Wavelength, Nienkamper
• 2000 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: Kovacs Soft Lighting Collection, George Kovacs
• 1999 — Damler Chrysler Design Award
• 1999 — George Nelson Award
• 1999 — Home Decor Award Best Product, Decorative Accessories: Oh Chair, Umbra
• 1999 — Chicago Athenaeum Museum Good Design Award: Oh Chair, Umbra

Exhibitions

• Oct 05 — SAFE: DESIGN TAKES ON RISK, MoMA, New York, NY
• Sep 05 — OSKO, Tatintsian Gallery, Russia
• Jul 05 — EXTREME ABSTRACTION, Albright Knox, Buffalo, NY
• Jun 05 — TOUCH ME, V& A Museum, England
• May 05 — MACRO DESIGN ACTION FUN, Sandra Gerring Gallery, New York, NY
• Apr 05 — SUPER DESIGN ACTION FUN, Spazio Tashi Delek, Milan, Italy
• Apr 04 — GET OFF, Museum of Sex, New York, NY
• May 03 — MULTI-NATIONAL DESIGNERS IN NY, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
• May 03 — IMAGOLOGOS, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
• May 03 — KREEM, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
• Apr 03 — TURBOSCAPE, Capellini, Superstudio, Milan Italy
• Jan 03 — IDEAL HOUSE, Cologne Fair, Cologne, Germany
• Oct 02 — LATENT UTOPIAS, WOOM, Gratz, Austria
• Oct 02 — PLEASURESCAPE, Pron Gallery, Paris, France
• Oct 02 — WHAT IS DESIGN TODAY?, The Design Center, Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA
• Oct 02 — INTERIOR BIENNALE, PLEASURESCAPE Kortrjik, Belgium
• Sep 02 — Sandra Gering Art Gallery, New York, NY
• Aug 02 — HABITAT: CANADIAN DESIGN NOW, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada
• May 02 — SITTING PRETTY, Belsay Hall , Northumberland, England
• May 02 — SKIN: SURFACE, SUBSTANCE & DESIGN, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, New York, NY
• Apr 02 — GRID TO BLOB Roberto Giustini Gallery,Milan ITALY
• Apr 02 — INTERNATIONAL GLASS VESSELS Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery Louisville, Kentucky
• Feb 02 — MOOD RIVER Wexner Center for the Arts, Colombus, Ohio
• Feb 02 — US DESIGN Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
• Jan 02 — MATERIAL MATTERS Red Gallery, Savannah, Georgia
• Dec 01 — STRATASCAPE, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
• Nov 01 — I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD, Modernbook Gallery 1060, Los Angeles, CA
• Nov 01 — DESIGNERS AT WORK: A VISUAL JOURNAL, Pratt University, Brooklyn, NY
• Oct 01 — ORGANOMICS, Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, KSMay 03
• Sep 01 — VITAL FORMS, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
• May 01 — ORGY SOFA, International Contemporary Furniture Fair, New York, NY
• Apr 01 — MOMO 100 PINK, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
• Feb 01 — FUNITURISM, Totem Gallery, New York, NY
• Feb 01 — WORKSPHERES, MoMA, New York, NY
• Feb 01 — 010101, SFMoMA, SanFrancisco , CA

Lectures

• Dec 05 — KOLEKSIYON CAMPUS, Istanbul, Turkey
• Dec 05 — LUXURY KITCHEN AND BATH COLLECTION, Miami, Fl
• Nov 05 — STEEL IN FORM, BETWEEN LUXURY AND DURABILITY, Dusseldorf, Germany
• Nov 05 — SLEEPER EUROPEAN HOTEL DESIGN CONFERENCE, London, England
• Oct 05 — SHENZHEN CHINA BRANDS AND DESIGNERS, China
• Oct 05 — BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARDS, Melbourne, Australia
• Oct 05 — BOMBAY SAPPHIRE DESIGN DISCOVERY AWARDS, Sydney, Australia
• Sep 05 — PIFS MANILA PHILIPPINES, Manila, Philippines
• Sep 05 — CALGARY CANADA HOME & INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW, Calgary, Canada
• Sep 05 — EDMONTON CANADA HOME & INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW, Edmonton, Canada
• Jun 05 — ARCHITEKTURGESPRACHE LUZERN KULTUR & KONGRESSZENTRUM, Luzurn, Switzerland
• Jun 05 — V CONAD, Sao Paulo, Brazil
• May 05 — MAGIS ROAD SHOW, Raleigh, NC
• May 05 — COPENHAGEN INTERNATIONAL FURNITURE FAIR, Copenhagen, Denmark
• May 05 — CORCORAN COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT, Washington, D.C.
• May 05 — MAGIS ROAD SHOW, Richmond VA
• Nov 04 — ALBRIGHT KNOX MUSEUM, Buffalo, NY
• Oct 04 — VANCOUVER HOME & INTERIOR DESIGN SHOW, BC Place Stadium, Vancouver, Canada
• Oct 04 — CORCORAN GALLERY, Washington, DC.
• Sep 04 — MONTREAL HOME & TRENDS SHOW, Montreal, Canada
• Sep 04 — ROYAL INSTITUTE OF BRITISH ARCHITECTS (RIBA), London ‚United Kingdom
• Apr 04 — KENT STATE UNIVERSITY, Akron, OH
• Mar 04 — UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS-URBANA, Champaign, IL
• Feb 04 — DESIGN INDABA, Cape Town, South Africa
• Feb 03 — HOSPITALITY DESIGN CONFERENCE BY HOSPITALITY DESIGN MAGAZINE, Sonoma, CA
• Nov 02 — FUTURE DESIGN DAYS, Boras , Sweden
• Oct 02 — INTERNATIONAL INTERIOR DESIGN ASSOCIATION, Mexico City, Mexico
• Oct 02 — CLEVELAND CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ART, Cleveland, OH
• Mar 02 — UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, Austin, TX
• Feb 02 — MOOD RIVER, Wexner Center for the Arts, Minneapolis, MN
• Jan 02 — SAVANNAH COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN, Savannah, GA

Contributing Books

• Antonelli, Paola “Safe: Design Takes on Risk” The Museum of Modern Art 2005
• McDonagh, Deana “Impact” University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2005
• McCormack, Lee “Designers are Wankers” About Face 2005
• Ghion, Christian “Collection Privees 1999–2005” Tarkett 2005
• Scott, Grant, Samantha Scott-Jeffries ”At Home with the Makers of Style” Thames & Hudson 2005
• Weaving, Andrew “The Home Modernized” Jacqui Small 2005
• Bangert, Albrecht, Jeremy Gaines “olani — Back in Japan” Bangert Verlag 2005
• Harvey, Wilson “1000 Type Treatments: From Script to Serif, Letterforms Used to Perfection” Rockport Publishers, 2005
• Jeong, Ji-seong “Design & Detail Vol. 02 Furniture” CA Press, 2005
• Rashid, Karim “Digipop” Taschen, 2005
• Skov Holt, Stephen and Maria “Blobjects & Beyond: The New Fluidity in Design” Chronicle Books, 2005
• Serrel, Alison “At Home in the Hudson Valley” Chronicle Books, 2005
• Rashid, Karim “Evolution” Universe Publishing, 2004
• Bartolucci, Marisa “Compact Design Portfolio: Karim Rashid” Chronicle Books, 2004
• Dixon, Tom “The International Design Yearbook 2004? Laurence King, 2004
• Bradbury, Dominic “American Designes Houses” Vendome Press, 2004
• Conran, Terrence and Max Fraser “Designers on Design” Conran Octopus, 2004
• Rashid, Karim ” International Design Yearbook 18? Laurence King Publishing, 2003
• Lefteri, Chris “Glass: Materials for Inspiration” Rotovision UK, 2003
• Lupton, Ellen “Skin: Surface, Substance, and Design” Princeton Architectural Press, 2002
• Zendron, Nancy “Swarovski: Crystal Premium” Swarovski AG, 2002
• Lefteri, Chris “Plastic: Material for Design and Inspiration” Rotovision Publishing, 2002
• Fiell, Charlotte & Peter “21st Century Design” Taschen Publishing, 2002
• Weaving, Andrew “Understanding Modern” Quadrille Publishing Limited, 2001
• Holt, Lupton & Albrecht “Design Culture Now” Princeton Architectural Press, 2000

Clients

• Acme, USA
• Alain Mikli, France
• Aisin Seiki, Japan
• Area Group, Canada
• Arnolfo di Cambio, Italy
• Artemide, ITALY
• Artbox, USA
• Bart, Italy
• BDI, USA
• Benza, USA
• Beaute Prestige International, France
• Biomega, Denmark
• Bozart Toys, USA
• Canada Post Corporation, Canada
• Cappellini, Italy
• Carolina Herrera, Spain
• CNCP, Canada
• ConEdison, USA
• Copco, USA
• Curvet, USA
• Cybercouture, France
• Danese, Italy
• David Design, Sweden
• Davidoff, Switzerland
• Decorum, Turkey
• Edra, Italy
• Egizia, Italy
• Elika, USA
• Estee Lauder, USA
• EXPO 86, Canada
• Fabbian, Italy
• Fasem, Italy
• Fauchon, France
• Felice Rossi, Italy
• Feracchi Casa, Spain
• Foscarini, Italy
• Frighetto, Italy
• Gaia + Gino, Turkey
• Galerkin, USA
• Georg Jensen, Denmark
• George Kovacs, USA
• Giorgio Armani, Italy
• Golay Switzerland
• Guzzini, Italy
• Hanspree, Taiwan
• Herman Miller, USA
• Idée Co. Ltd., Japan
• IHW, USA
• Ioli, Greece
• Issey Miyake, Japan
• L’Art du Temps, USA
• Label, Netherlands
• Leeds, USA
• Leonardo, Germany
• Macallan, Scotland
• Magis, Italy
• Maybelline, USA
• Marburg, Germany
• Method Home, USA
• M Glass, Portugal
• Mikasa, USA
• Minka Group, USA
• Mobielcom, Austria
• Morimoto Restaurant, USA
• My Hotel(s), UK
• Nambé, USA
• Natison, Italy
• Natuzzi, Italy
• Nemo, Italy
• Neverstop, USA
• Nienkamper, Canada
• OFFECCT, Sweden
• Offi, USA
• Prada, Italy
• Prescriptives, USA
• Pure Design, Canada
• Ralph Lauren, USA
• Ritzenhoff, Germany
• Ronson, UK
• Salviati, Italy
• Sceye, Sweden
• Semiramis Hotel, Greece
• Serralunga, Italy
• Sony, Japan
• Step, Turkey
• Taschen, Germany
• Teppich, Germany
• Timex, USA
• Tommy Hilfiger, USA
• Totem, USA
• Toyota, Japan
• Umbra, USA
• Unilever, USA
• Wolf Gordon, USA
• Yves Saint Laurent, USA
• Yahoo!, USA
• Zeritalia, Italy
• Zerodisegno, Italy

*From Karim Rashid’s Resume — Provided by Karim Rashid Inc. *Images courtesy of Karim Rashid Inc. and Karim Rashid Shop.

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