this is what two and a half million
dollars
buys you in new york city my name is
Erik
Conover and i'm going to take you on a
tour of this luxury penthouse
in new york city
huge thanks to lg for sponsoring today's
episode
today we have the pleasure of touring
the home of top industrial designer
Karim Rashid. My name is Karim Rashid
and
i'm a designer to say karim is a
designer is a bit of an understatement
he is one of the most prolific
and influential voices working in design
today
time magazine has described him as the
most famous industrial designer
in all the americas karim is known for
bold and vivid colors
and has been dubbed the prince of
plastic
Karim's penthouse has 1336
square feet of living space it features
two bedrooms
two bathrooms and a 357 square foot
rooftop terrace with sweeping views of
midtown
manhattan it's located in hills kitchen
the heart of midtown west
now upon entering the penthouse it is
very clear
even in this foyer that this is karim's
space
this gracious foyer leads the way into a
classic
new york city open concept living and
dining room floor plan
this is an apartment that is perfect for
entertaining
and it's a great space for creating
given that flexible floor plan
another thing i love is that this
penthouse has tons of natural light
with these floor-to-ceiling windows
looking down at those iconic
red brick walk-up apartments right
across the street
as you can see this penthouse has
Karim's world famous design
signature touch all over it so i sat
down with him to talk about his work
this beautiful penthouse and his
insights into design
you know i've been practicing now about
35 years
probably only in the last 15 20 years is
when i
figure out exactly what my contribution
is because i think every one of us
we're all creative i always have this
theory of this philosophy that we all
have something within us we have to find
it in a way
outside of finding your passion you have
to find your original fingerprint
in a way innovation and technology are
symbiotic with design
they're not inseparable that these
objects and these things or these spaces
become very much emotionally
responsive in other words it elevates
their well-being they feel better
they feel alive and i realized for many
years that i always wanted to make
people feel alive
how do i make that space better meaning
that take advantage
take advantage of light take advantage
of again circulation
take advantage of where i place the
infrastructure
one of the main points of the of the
space here the living room obviously is
this huge
77 inch g10 new lg tv it's an oled tv
it comes with a lot of artwork so your
tv can stay there as a kind of a picture
frame
here this is all my work that's that's
on here now because usually what i do is
i put art everywhere
all these are like quite well-known
artists and i wouldn't take up a whole
wall for a television
you know so i had a painting here by the
way and then i realized it is a painting
in itself
that's the beauty the beauty of this is
that not only do i can put up my own
paintings
but i can look at all lg's paintings
actually that come with the television
you know so there's monet
and sero and all these famous uh
paintings right
so it's quite beautiful and the fact
that i guess it's so flat
it starts to feel less like television
it doesn't have that kind of intrusion
into my living room like a big object
now it's becoming almost like the
wallpaper but what i love about it is
the flushness of it it's like
it's so flat because the technology of
the oled doesn't need a backlight screen
as all televisions did to be brighter
the sound of this is so amazing i don't
need a sound bar sound is so impressive
i'm
blown away frankly so i don't see any
wires you know it's seamless
and even with the remote it's kind of
seamless i don't need any other remotes
i love it so quite amazing actually
from the living room the apartment flows
into this beautiful
open kitchen with this waterfall edged
oversized
island really defining the space and
breaking up the kitchen
from the rest of the home along this far
back kitchen wall you can see this
modern poured concrete staircase
with stainless steel and glass railings
which will go up a bit later in the tour
this kitchen is minimal yet functional
with custom
italian cabinetry a gas cooktop
and a wine cooler i really love the
functionality of this center island
it could serve as a place to have your
morning coffee or if you wanted to
really cook up an impressive meal
which can then be served in the dining
room right across
from this kitchen moving into the dining
room space
karim really made great use of the
staging with this couch
and that pink column to divide up the
living space from the dining room
which has seating for four and more than
enough room to entertain and enjoy a
nice meal
towards the end of the kitchen galley
area we have the home office
which is a functional minimal desk
perfect for checking up on business
right around the corner from the home
office is the guest bathroom
which is a very decent sized room
complete with a deep
soaking tub shower and oversized italian
porcelain tile
from the bathroom we head across the
hallway to the guest
bedroom now this is a very typical
second bedroom for a new york city
penthouse apartment
and it's staged with a full-sized beda
now in new york city vertical storage is
everything
and this guest bedroom makes great use
of the space with built-in
floor-to-ceiling storage karem also uses
this guest bedroom as his home gym
with the treadmill off in the corner to
stay fit during the colder months in the
city
leaving the guest bedroom we're going to
head across the kitchen
towards the entry foyer into the master
bedroom
of the penthouse the master bedroom
is about double the size of the guest
bedroom and it's staged with a
king-sized bed
right in front of his 55-inch lg
g10 tv the 55 inch g10 is a great fit
for a bedroom
and it really blends with the minimal
style of his room looking like a piece
of art
hanging on his wall the master bedroom
also has more than enough storage
with this built-in wall closet across
from the dresser and this artistic
mirror
towards the back of the master bedroom
is the ensuite
bathroom this bathroom comes complete
with a deep
soaking tub and a separate glass shower
in the center of the bathroom is a
backlit full-length mirror
set against bright pink paint the master
bathroom also has a double
sink vanity and more of that timeless
oversized italian
porcelain tile heading back out towards
the entryway
we're going to head up that poured
concrete staircase
which leads us up to a private 357
square foot rooftop terrace with
panoramic views
of midtown manhattan
a big thanks again to lg for sponsoring
this video
i want to thank you for watching this
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