http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T11:11:39Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Karim%20Rashid http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/16/92118/9808 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/karim_rashid2.jpg" class="top"><p> It's been a long, long time since we checked in on the prolific "Designer, DJ, Hotelier, Self Proclaimed World Changer" <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/karim%20rashid"><b>Karim Rashid</b></a> but after we posted the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2010/2/15/11225/7892/hotels/Prizeotel_Does_a_LipDub_Birthday_Video">Prizeotel's charming LipDup video</a> yesterday, the hotel responded to us on <a href="http://twitter.com/prizeotel/statuses/9176890490">Twitter</a>, letting us know that Rashid is the man behind their hotel design. Prizeotel pointed us to this statement on <a href="http://www.prizeotel.com/portal/index/statement">their website</a> where Rashid sums up his intention for Prizeotel: <blockquote><p>prizeotel was a project in <b>&#145;Designocrasy&#146;</b>: high design affordable to all. Design is not for the elite or the rich. I have always wanted to design a very inexpensive hotel and prizeotel brought the opportunity! The concept had to be very smart and economical yet juliana 2010-02-16T13:23:06-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/23/15820/0690 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/rashid_vc_1.jpg" class="imgborder"/><p>The other night when we popped into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+Hotel+Los+Angeles+Westwood/local/408"><b>W Westwood</b></a> we noticed two of these odd looking Barbie-esque sculptures just outside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/3/22/165933/396/hotels/Hotel_Restaurant_Review_Seven_Thirty_at_Nine_Thirty_at_the_W_Westwood_">NineThirty</a> restaurant.<p>Turns out these sculptures are actually pink loveseats inspired by the French loveseats of the 18th century when men and women were not allowed to sit facing the same direction. But more shocking is that they were created by none other than designer-hotelier and lover of all things white, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Karim%20Rashid"><b>Karim Rashid</b></a>.<p>As part of a Veuve Cliquot promotion, Rashid, know for his love of all things white, added a special champagne bottle bucket and a small table to set down glasses. Rashid's endorsement: <blockquote><p> It is a festive bubbly celebration of a great juliana 2007-03-23T15:58:34-05:00 34.063011 -118.44138 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/21/13247/3772 <![CDATA[<p> <img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/karim_rashid.jpg" class="imgborder"> <p> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Karim%20Rashid">Karim Rahid</a>, aka, Karim the White, has seen the future of hotels, and it involves the ghost of Freddie Mercury, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi">Maharishi</a>, and Britney Spears on a rotating bed. Well, maybe not Britney, but we can't help but think Rashid at least chuckled when he <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/2/12/134314/254/hotels/Britney_Spears_Yahoo_Try_Out_Sky_Villa_Rotating_Bed">read this</a>. <p>Super hip <a href="http://www.myhotels.co.uk/">myhotel</a> chain in Britain already has two hotels up and running: <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/myhotel+Bloomsbury/local/281"><b>myhotel Bloomsbury</b></a> "where east meets west" and much more intriguingly, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/myhotel+Chelsea/local/280"><b>myhotel Chelsea</b></a> where "Sex and the City meets Brideshead Revisited". So it's with more than a little anticipation that we wait for the new myhotel Brighton to get up and running, which should be sometime during the winter.</p><p>The word is amandak 2007-02-21T11:08:59-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2006/10/24/115234/82 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/karim_and_the_kone.jpg"><p> Worldchanging designer Karim Rashid is at it again. Last night we spotted him hawking his new <a href="http://www.dirtdevil.com/Products/productDetail.aspx?id=39409">Dirt Devil Kone</a>--it is the new shape of clean y'all. &nbsp;<p> Of course, the design guru was dressed in his trademark white suite for the Dirt Devil spot, which eerily reminded us of the Dyson vacuum ads.<p> While Karim toils in the Dirt Devil lab, across the globe at his <a href=" http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Semiramis+Hotel/local/93"><b>Semiramis Hotel Athens</b></a>, some question his choice of palette. A recent French guest critiques Semiramis (read the following tip in a <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0415306/">Jean Girard</a> over-the-top accent for added amusement):<blockquote><p> We are big fan of design hotel, however this one is not what we like. I will recommend visiting the markj 2006-10-24T12:15:16-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/21/11025/4723 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3/turkey_hotels.jpg" align="right"></p> <p>When <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2004/10/7/74154/3802/Title/Karim_Rashid_Designer">Karim Rashid,</a> self proclaimed world changer, wearer of all white all the time, and now, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2005/2/18/8010/88410/Title/%26quot%3BHello_I_m_Single">hotelier,</a> goes hotel shopping, we are guessing the <a href="http://www.hillside.com.tr">Hillside Su</a> is near the top of his list.</p> <p>Hillside Su is an all-white design hotel on Turkey's southern Mediterranean coast. The hotel boasts cordless phones, a balcony with a sofa, a bar with "a range of booze", and mood lighting. Yup, that's right, when you check-in to Hillside Su you will be asked to choose between pink, white, or red mood lighting for your room. Oh, and each room is equipped with big giant mirrors on the wall. Whaa, Chicka, Whaa, Whaa.</p> <p>Furthermore, the television in your room comes markj 2005-02-21T11:20:39-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/