"The purpose of this book is to help you rethink the way you live, love, work, play, eat, sleep, etc." (Karim Rashid).

Being so interesting and provocative, Design Yourself will leave its mark on you. You will be intrigued and captivated by the categorical tone of its recommendations and the confidence with which the author advocates his theory about life and style. If you will not subscribe to Karim's opinions, you will without doubt meditate on the problems he raises, from preparing your luggage, taking care of your skin or furnishing your home to living your social life, communicating in your relationship or preparing your death.

Karim Rashid is more than a prolific designer, he holds a portfolio of more than 2,500 projects, from furniture, lighting objects, crockery, wall paper to restaurants, hotels, shops or credit cards, watches, shoes, glasses and even hard-drives. His belief - Karimanifesto - can be found not only in his creations but also in his books and his music.

"My desire is to see people living in our time, taking part in our contemporary world, without any nostalgias and old-fashioned notions. I hope we will become aware and we will be connected with our senses to this world, to the present moment. If it is in human nature to live in the past we have to change our nature. The present is all we have and the more we are surrounded by present the more intense we live."

Living intensely in present - with passion and style - is a recurrent theme for every chapter of the daily routine. His theory about life-style supports quality over quantity, space over disorder, clarity over complexity.

It is the designer's perspective on the day-to day life, on the details which make the routine and which you can analyze and adapt to your own personality, giving that note of style and passion which will always place you in present. These are conclusions and pieces of advice that "should inspire you to become your own best creation" because the author thinks that "people are here, on Earth in order to create".