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DOMINI CLARK Karim Rashid In this age of talentless superstars, it seems wrong to pick on someone with actual skill. But whether it's warranted or not, overexposure is a crime that cannot go unpunished. And so is the case of Karim Rashid, the Egyptian-born, Canadian-raised designer who has made his mark on everything from trash cans to credit cards. His latest work, just announced, is the Kone from Dirt Devil -- "a hand-held vacuum disguised as a contemporary work of art," according to the ...