WRITER

Karim Rashid

1960 - Today

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Karim Rashid (born 1960) is an Egyptian-born and Canadian-raised 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 is hailed as the "most famous industrial designer in all the Americas" and the "Prince of Plastic" for his innovative work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Karim Rashid has received more than 325,436 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Karim Rashid is the 5,391st most popular writer (down from 4,692nd in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from Egypt (down from 466th in 2019) and the 58th most popular Egyptian Writer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 330k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.25

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Chini na
1990
Karim Rashid
Designer, Design industriel, Industrial Design
2001
Digipop
2005
Design Your Self
2006
Das Internationale Design Jahrbuch 2003/2004
2003
International Design Yearbook 18 (International Design Yearbook)
2003

Page views of Karim Rashids by language

Over the past year Karim Rashid has had the most page views in the with 28,574 views, followed by Russian (7,294), and Spanish (4,703). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (70.20%), Southern Azerbaijani (60.61%), and Hungarian (56.07%)

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Karim Rashid ranks 5,391 out of 7,302. Before him are Richard Llewellyn, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Kim Newman, Catharine Trotter Cockburn, Ōshikōchi no Mitsune, and László Németh. After him are Roland Dorgelès, Jorge Icaza Coronel, Adolf Bartels, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Ring Lardner, and Aya Kitō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Karim Rashid ranks 308. Before him are Rachel Portman, Delio Rossi, Beata Poźniak, Kaz Hirai, Dmitri Vrubel, and Catherine Coleman. After him are Kristin Hannah, Protase Rugambwa, Alfred Gusenbauer, Eliane Elias, Jeffrey Eugenides, and Steve Bruce.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Karim Rashid ranks 533 out of 642. Before him are Leila Ahmed (1940), Farid Simaika (1907), Mido (1983), Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh (1905), Ibrahim Isaac Sidrak (1955), and Pope Julian of Alexandria (200). After him are Khadr El-Touni (1915), Pope John I of Alexandria (450), Maximos V Hakim (1908), Mohamed Ali Rashwan (1956), Mohamed M. Atalla (1924), and Mohamed Latif (1909).

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Among WRITERS In Egypt

Among writers born in Egypt, Karim Rashid ranks 58. Before him are Gamal El-Ghitani (1945), Latifa al-Zayyat (1923), Mahmud Taymur (1894), Ahmed Zaki Abu Shadi (1892), Bahaa Taher (1935), and Magdi Allam (1952). After him are Alifa Rifaat (1930), Penelope Lively (1933), Leila Aboulela (1964), and Mona Eltahawy (1967).

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