Canadian designer Karim Rashid has opinions about as loud as his interiors, so love him or hate him, we respect him for his ability to give a juicy interview. In the most recent issue of fab Magazine, he goes to great lengths to talk about how he "designs" rather "styles", how he is "not arrogant", and how his low, 60s-like couches are not copying the 60s.

His thoughts on the color pink are particularly telling:

I use pink a lot. I’ve been using pink since I was a teenager. I went to my high school graduation in a pink satin suit with pink hair and pink nails in 1976. It’s not like I’ve changed a lot. It’s always been a part of me. Pink is strong.

But we definitely disagree with him on his point that "The formal shoe of today is the running shoe." We personally think running shoes are so hideous that we don't even wear them to the gym, sore feet be damned.

Karim Rashid on colours, high heels and orgies of conversation [fab]

We absolutely adore the industrial designer Karim Rashid. Standing at 6 feet 4 inches he is a giant of the design world in more ways than one. With over 2,000 designs in production it is hard to pick the ones we love. There are just too many: the Method Home bottles, Umbra's very affordable Garbino trash can, and the ACME Studios two time zone wristwatch come to mind immediately.

Rashid's latest collaboration with Turkish design company GAIA & GINO sees the designer moving in a very different direction. Taking inspiration from the skyline of Istanbul the prolific designer has unveiled a 15 piece tableware collection in white porcelain named Morphescape . Each piece fits with one another to create a single surface on the table. It is as practical as it is beautiful.