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1995

  • Work on this object began.

2000

  • We acquired this object.

2012

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Drawing, Design for Decola Project Stacking Chair, IDEE Japan

This is a Drawing. It was designed by Karim Rashid. It is dated 1995 and we acquired it in 2000. Its medium is rollerball pen in black ink on white paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Karim Rashid. It is credited Gift of Karim Rashid.

  • Penicillin Culture Vessel (England)
  • ceramic, slip cast (glazed interior, unglazed exterior).
  • Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, Cat. M-06669.
  • 14.2012.40

Its dimensions are

22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in. )

It is signed

Signed and dated in rollerball pen in black ink, lower edge: Karim 1995

It is inscribed

Inscribed in rollerball pen in black ink, lower edge, left: Idee [underlined]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Design for Decola Project Stacking Chair, IDEE Japan; Designed by Karim Rashid (Canadian, b. Egypt, 1960); rollerball pen in black ink on white paper; 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in. ); Gift of Karim Rashid; 2000-50-14

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