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A Portable Studio

Designers and artists need inspirations to create more. 
Thus, a portable studio is needed for them to move around and get more ideas.
Again, this is a project in group of three.
We chose Karim Rashid as our design client.
He is well-known by his dynamic, human works which he called them as 'sensual minimalism'.
Being an industrial designer and interior architect, he is bold in using striking colors in his designs: pink,white, white, green, purple, blue but not black.
He thinks colors are able to create a pleasant atmosphere and black color makes him feeling restrained.
Karim Rashid often dressed up in pink and white, which he felt angelic and free.

The design is inspired by a leaf blowing in a wind.
It symbolises free, untrimmed and relax.
The shape of the window was taken from one of Karim Rashid's design symbol called 'soul'.
This symbol appears in his design very oftenly and we think it would be bringing out the identity of Karim Rashid.
We named the portable studio as 'Color Realm'.
Color, like shape and texture, is an inherent visual property of all form.
We are surrounded by colors in our environment settings.
That is why Karim Rashid plays with colors in his designs.
'Color Realm' is the specially designed for him to create more stunning works.







[Don't be afraid for being different]

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