Industrial designer Karim Rashid has collaborated with Danish furniture company LOOPE to bring a circular approach to his sensual, minimalist design style. The partnership yielded a circular furniture collection set to debut at Salone del Mobile 2026. Embracing the brand’s circular design ethos, Rashid has designed the ANIMA collection of chairs and tables, the RISE collection of planters, and the SWAY Collection of sunbeds in his bold style.
While the contemporary designer’s work is known for an eclectic palette and swooping shapes, the LOOPE collection pairs that flair with a subtle, minimalist approach. Each design is based on a closed-loop system, with emphasis on conscious use of material and form that remains in a continuous cycle of transformation.
Karim Rashid for LOOPE
Rashid’s philosophy that “Design should evolve, not expire” became the starting point for the collaboration with LOOPE. Łukasz Karaszewski, Founder and CEO of LOOPE, shares that the brand wanted to collaborate with someone who truly understood that “bold design begins with asking what we can do with what already exists,” and Karim Rashid’s ethos of approaching the works shows that responsibility and design ambition can go hand in hand.
For more than forty years I have believed that design must evolve beyond disposable culture. With LOOPE we created objects that live in a continuous cycle. The chair, sunbed, table, and planters are not static products. They are part of an ongoing transformation. When the user returns the product, the material becomes a new design. This circular process removes waste and creates a new emotional relationship between people and the objects they live with
– Karim Rashid
The three collections fueled by one circular idea reflect Karim Rashid’s flamboyant flair, while inviting a new way of thinking about what furniture can be. ANIMA, RISE, and SWAY toe the boundary between furniture and sculpture by combining functionality with the designer’s organic elegance, characterized by sensual minimalism.
Each furniture piece is designed to fit a wide range of spaces, including private interiors to public spaces, and indoor and outdoor environments. Made from durable UV-stabilized polyethylene, each element can be reprocessed multiple times, creating a closed material loop. As for the design, each collection draws from nature and organic shapes.
ANIMA
ANIMA collection of chairs and tables explores the equilibrium between skeletal strength and organic grace. It is inspired by the biomorphic elegance and symmetry in nature, and flaunts a centrally rooted four-point base that looks like it is blooming from a central core. The collection is characterized by sensual minimalism, where every curve serves a purpose, aside from aesthetics.
“With Anima, I wanted to strip away the ‘machine’ look of the dining room. I looked for a soul in the object; a fluid, biological connection between the chair, the table, and the person. It is about creating an environment that feels soft, human, and perpetually in motion,” Karim Rashid said.
The chair has a wasp-waist silhouette, whereas the table flaunts a branching structure. With its petal-like backrest and slender arching legs, the chair offers an ergonomic comfort that flawlessly suits residential and commercial spaces. The table, on the other hand, is defined by its refined HPL surface poised on a sturdy quadrilateral star base, adding to the collection’s organic movement and structural elegance.
SWAY
SWAY daybed is inspired by the rhythm of Mediterranean waves, wherein it feels like an extension of the human body. It perfectly redefines outdoor relaxation with the designer’s signature style, serving both as functional furniture and a modern sculpture.
“I wanted to create a form of organic essentialism. Something so natural it feels as if it has always belonged in our landscape,” shares Karim.
The daybed is made through LOOPE’s own rotocycling process, resulting in a seamless, uniform article free of any visual interruptions. Its contoured S-frame provides intuitive lumbar support and a weightless reclining experience. It is 100 percent recyclable and resistant to salt, chlorine, and fading, making it perfect for patios and poolside.
RISE
The RISE planter is far from how traditional garden vessels are supposed to be. Karim reimagines the planter as an architectural element that elevates greenery in any setting, making it a focal point. It is marked by sharp diagonals and elongated proportions and strengthened by the idea of sculptural verticality.
Talking about the planter, Karim shares, “With Rise, I wanted to design an object that doesn’t just hold nature, but celebrates the energy of growth. It is about a vertical gesture, a poetic rise that connects the earth to the sky through the language of contemporary form.”
The vessel appears to stretch toward the light. Its angled rim frames the foliage dramatically. The tapered body maintains a minimal footprint while adding a strong visual presence. The planter is perfectly adaptable to expansive commercial interiors and intimate terraces.
Aside from their strong visual presence, the collections enhance the spaces with their poetic presence. Each item in the collection is recyclable over and over again to maintain a closed-loop material economy, using what is already in circulation instead of using virgin materials.
Karim Rashid’s foray into LOOPE’s circular ethos is likely to elevate the portfolio of both brands, while marking them with each other’s characteristics without losing individuality. Set to debut at Salone del Mobile, you can catch the collection and the designer this year.
