Bitossi Ceramiche - Symbolik centerpiece green

Centerpiece made by using the casting technique in white clay. Glossy green enemels, with decals application in the center.
Production Year: 2006.
Limited Edition 349 pieces.

Karim Rashid

Karim Rashid was born in Cairo, Egypt in 1960; he is half English and half Egyptian but raised mostly in Canada. He received a degree in Industrial Design in 1982 from Carleton University in Ottawa, in Canada. He pursued graduate design studies in Naples, Italy, with Ettore Sottsass and others, then moved to Milan for one year at the Rodolfo Bonetto Studio. On his return to Canada, he has been worked for seven years with KAN Industrial Designers. While at KAN, he also co-founded and designed the Babel Fashion Collection and North from 1985 to 1991. All of Karim Rashid's works are exhibited in the world's most famous museums, including: the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco and New York and the Centre Georges Pompidour in Paris. With his works Karim Rashid won many honors and awards including the prestigious Red Dot Design Award. He opened his own practice in New York City in 1993. He has worked for numerous clients globally such as Alessi, Bonaldo, Vondom, Artemide, Fontana Arte, Umbra, Bobble, Prada, Yahoo!, Edra, Foscarini, Davidoff, Zero Disegno, Magis, Method Home, Issey Miyake, Totem, Pure Design, Zeritalia, Guzzini, Estee Lauder, Tommy Hilfiger, Giorgio Armani, Sony, Leonardo, Zanotta, Maybelline, YSL and others. Nowdays Karim Rashid represents one of the most famous designers thanks to his works heading toward a better future.

Bitossi Ceramiche

Bitossi is a historic identity of Italian manufacturing, present since the second half of the nineteenth century in the area of Montelupo Fiorentino, Tuscany. The Bitossi manufactory, today Bitossi Ceramiche, belongs to the family for five generations and has been located in the same place since 1921. The company in the year 2014 was included in the Register of Italian Historical Enterprises. Bitossi production until the end of the 1940s reflects the traditional taste linked to local production, and then evolved into unique creations exported worldwide that still represent the excellence of Made in Italy. Many designers have approached the production of Manifattura Bitossi over the years, creating new collections. First of all, the architect Ettore Sottsass, who started to collaborate the Bitossi factory from 1955 to experiment and created new modern ceramics.