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'History is history. Let's now build the future'

Karim Rashid makes his second visit to Mumbai, notices the high rises, but scoffs at their lack of context. Contemporary design that speaks to the city it inhabits, is what the man who loves pink, advocates.

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Karmausoleum

Karmausoleum

For their 100th cover, Elle Decor India in June 2018, celebrated the milestone by inviting Egyptian-born, Canadian-raised industrial designer Karim Rashid to bring alive his vision of India on their cover. A prolific designer of his generation, Rashid decided to revisit India's sacred building, Taj Mahal. Designed with lightweight cement and displaying perforations inspired by the jaali work of the original building, Rashid offered a 21st-century take on the landmark and called it Karmausoleum. The contemporary design, Rashid, 59, said, was driven by his need to "see people live in the modus of our time, to participate in the contemporary world, and to release themselves from nostalgia, antiquated traditions, old rituals, kitsch".

The University subway station has Rashid’s artworks as part of the Art Station Line 1 project in Naples
The University subway station has Rashid’s artworks as part of the Art Station Line 1 project in Naples

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