Karim Rashid is one of the most unique voices in design today. With more than 4,000 designs in production, more than 300 awards and work for clients in more than 40 countries, the Egyptian is one of the most respected creatives of his generation.

Karim’s designs include luxury goods for Christofle, Alessi, Veuve Clicquot and Riva 1920, egalitarian products for Umbra, Paul Mitchell and 3M, timeless furniture for Bonaldo, Tonelli, BoConcept and Vondom, unique lighting for Artemide and Fontana Artem, high-tech products for Asus and SirinLabs, or iconic branding for Hugo Boss and Citibank. He has also collaborated with Method, Paris Baguette, Kenzo and Eos.

He designed not only interiors. Switch in the United Arab Emirates, the hotel project for Park Inn by Radisson Amsterdam City West, Temptation Resort Cancun and budget hotels for Prizeotel in Bremen, Hamburg, Munster and Erfurt are based on his ideas.

Karim is a recipient of the American Prize for Design Lifetime Achievement, as well as a long-time winner of Red Dot, Chicago Athenaeum Good Design, Pentawards and IDSA Industrial Design Excellence awards. He holds honorary doctorates from Carlton University, Pratt Institute, OCAD in Toronto, British Institute of Interior Design and Corcoran College of Art & Design.

Warsaw Home & Contract is Europe’s most important trade event, bringing together entrepreneurs and manufacturers related to architecture, design and construction. It is divided into six fair zones (furniture, textile, light, kitchen, bathroom, build), where the best Polish and foreign designers will present their ideas.

The mission of Wydawnictwo Inwestor is to create the best possible conditions for the development of the wood and furniture industry in Poland, as well as to promote wooden and furniture products both domestically and abroad.

Wydawnictwo Inwestor provides entrepreneurs who use wood or wood-derived materials in their production, services or trade with reliable, expert, up-to-date, practical, and above all useful knowledge. All of this is done through the magazines it publishes:

• Gazeta Przemysłu Drzewnego (Wood Industry Gazette)
• Meblarstwo Komponenty i Technologie (Furniture Components and Technologies)

Gazeta Przemysłu Drzewnego is a leader in the market of trade publications aimed at the wood industry entrepreneurs. It has been published continuously for 26 years. GPD is read every month by most of the companies in the industry, and its circulation is 20,000 copies. Since 2012, GPD has been published in a modern graphic design and divided into six thematic sections: News from Poland, News from the World, Economics and Market, Up Close, Products and Components, and Techniques and Technologies. This allows for clear and attractive reporting on what is most important for the wood industry.

Meblarstwo – Komponenty i Technologie is a magazine mainly aimed at furniture producers and components used in their production. The monthly publication provides knowledge about current design trends, presents the latest technologies, and informs about important events related to the furniture industry. It also allows for familiarization with the current offer of suppliers of semi-finished products, components, and accessories used in furniture production – both regarding wood and wood-derived materials, as well as fabrics, plastics, glass, or metals.”