Luminaire: Design Showrooms & Discoveries
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Luminaire is an interactive design research center focused on creating environments that affect people's lives. They offer curated showrooms, educational programs, and philanthropic efforts, showcasing and promoting design thinking and design retail.
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“Where curiosity comes to dream” Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team Our Mission Luminaire is an interactive design research center, a playground for the soul, an esplanade for discovery....
“Where curiosity comes to dream” Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team Our Mission Luminaire is an interactive design research center, a playground for the soul, an esplanade for discovery. More than anything else, it is a resource focused on creating environments that affect people's lives. The component parts of this unifying philosophy – the necessity of design education, the desire for limitless inspiration, and the requirement for impeccably detailed execution – affect every item in our collection and reflect our dedication to make good design accessible to all. Redefining what a Design Showroom can be since 1974 At its core, Luminaire is about democratizing design – helping people to become fluent in its particular language. Simultaneously, a classroom, gallery, laboratory and playground – Luminaire is most importantly a place of discovery, not just for design but how we can use it to accentuate and improve our lives. The idea for Luminaire emerged out of Nasir and Nargis Kassamali’s love for the work of European design visionaries such as Le Corbusier, Mies van der Rohe, Alvar Aalto and Arne Jacobsen, which developed while students of design in Copenhagen in the early 1970s Every city has its own unique energy — an almost palpable presence shaped by its residents, communities and physical attributes. Interwoven amongst and connecting these elements is the design sensibility of a location, what gives a city its distinctive flow and feel: crisscrossing streets, buildings rising to create a skyline, how one neighborhood gives way to another and the movement of people in and through these spaces. Responding to, channeling and redirecting this energy is a vital part of the Luminaire ethos. Through its curated showrooms, educational programming and philanthropic efforts, Luminaire has been a pioneer in design thinking and design retail in the United States, and has established itself as a timeless brand in the design industry A Playground for Design Discovery Over the years, the company has emphasized the necessity for design education and regularly sponsors curated exhibitions and hosts a lecture series every year which has featured design luminaries, such as Patricia Urquiola, Davide Groppi, Marcel Wanders, Antonio Citterio, Piero Lissoni, Philippe Starck, Richard Sapper, Ron Arad, Amanda Levete, the Bouroullec brothers, Ingo Maurer, Konstantin Grcic, Massimo and Lela Vignelli and Naoto Fukasawa, among many others. Luminaire Today 6X 300k Locations around the United States Website Visitors in 2021 150+ 17+ Vendors in our Family New Collections in 2021 85+ 13 Creative Minds within the Company Exhibitions in 2021 30k+ 50+ Social Media Followers Collections of Top Designers from around the World 1x ∞ Industry leading Ecommerce Destination Creative Possibilities Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team “A sanctuary for good design” 01 Coral Gables 02 Design District 03 Chicago 04 Los Angeles 05 San Francisco 06 Menlo Park 07 Online Coral Gables Design District Chicago San Francisco Los Angeles Menlo Park Luminaire’s 15,000 sq ft. flagship Coral Gables showroom, designed by Mateu Architects, opened in 1984, showcases the company’s original vision that good design is a way of life and continues to be a background to the unparalleled collection of the best in contemporary design and now features B&B Italia Miami mono-brand space spread across 7,000 sq. ft. on the first floor of the flagship showroom. Highlighting Miami’s Design District, Luminaire Lab deviates from the traditional showroom to serve as an experimental and investigative playground that juxtaposes the most innovative modern and contemporary design. Since its 2002 inception, the 15,000-square foot space has hosted an array of differing exhibitions in addition to showcasing individual products, challenging one’s sensibilities and driving new directions in design thinking. Opened in 1989, Luminaire Chicago is situated in a timber loft building located in the heart of the city’s River North district. This unique area boasts the largest concentration of art galleries outside of Manhattan. An inviting three-level, 21,000-square foot showroom displays the latest collections from the world’s most preeminent designers, evoking the company’s philosophy of how good design affects people’s lives. Luminaire San Francisco’s passion for modern furnishings is driven by the belief that good design is ultimately about living with greater comfort, elegance and ease. The Luminaire San Francisco showroom embodies this philosophy, with its carefully curated furniture, art and accessories and it guides its designers and sales staff as they work with homeowners, architects and interior designers and their clients. Luminaire opened in the West Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA in November of 2018. Spanning 15,500 square feet, Luminaire Los Angeles features some of the most important brands in design, and debuts of new works including kitchen designs by Minimal exclusively for Luminaire. In addition to furniture, the showroom features an expansive collection of accessories and a compelling assortment of lighting from innovative brands. Luminaire Menlo Park acts as the company's most recent expansion. With a rooftop garden oasis furnished by Paola Lenti to an unparalleled street presence in the Silicon Valley neighborhood of Menlo Park, the showroom is positioned to be the goto destination for Good Design in the southern bay area. Experiencing Luminaire Curious minds entering our spaces become immersed in an environment that exemplifies Luminaire’s unique point of view.Within the showrooms are over 150 vendors representing furniture, accessories and lighting for all aspects of life.Luminaire exists as a laboratory for curated exhibitions, thought-provoking lectures and other types of educational endeavors. Many of the things our clients like best about Luminaire are not to be found on the showroom floor. Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team “Discovering & curating the best of design from around the world under one roof” Vendor Relationships Arper Arturo Alvarez B&B Italia Bocci Boffi Cappellini Cassina ClassiCon Davide Groppi Desalto Edra Established & Sons Flexform Flos Foscarini Foster + Partners Fritz Hansen Glas Italia Herman Miller Holaria Ingo Maurer Kymo Lars Zech Lasvit Living Divani Marsotto Maruni MDF Italia Minimal Moooi Moroso Nemo Paola Lenti Pastoe Poltrona Frau Porro Prostoria Sollos USM Haller Vincent Sheppard Vitra Walter Knoll Zaha Hadid Zanotta Arper Arturo Alvarez B&B Italia Bocci Boffi Cappellini Cassina ClassiCon Davide Groppi Desalto Edra Established & Sons Foscarini Fritz Hansen Glass Italia Ingo Maurer Flexform Flos Kymo Lasvit Living Divani MDF Italia Minimal Moroso Nemo Paola Lenti Poltrona Fraud Porro Prostoria Sollos USM Haller Vincent Sheppard Vitra Walter Knoll Zaha Hadid Zanotta Design Minds Ron Arad Omer Arbel Michael Anastassiades Antonia Astori Gijs Bakker Enrico Baleri Yves Behar Ronan & Erwan Bourellec Fernando & Humberto Campana Guilio Cappellini Achille Castiglioni Piero Castiglioni Antonio Citterio Herzog De Meuron James Dyson Enzo Enea Rolf Fehlbaum Naoto Fukasawa Konstantin Grcic Zaha Hadid Jonathan Kline Kengo Kuma Claudio Laviola Amanda Levete Paola Lenti Piero Lissoni Anke Loh Ross Lovegrove Enzo Mari Ingo Maurer Alberto Meda Issey Miyake Patricia Moroso Pascal Morgue Jasper Morrison Enrique Norten John Pawson Herbert Ohl Paolo Piva Maurizio Peragali Franco Raggi Arne Quinze Carlo Santambrogio Piet Stockmans Pirko Stenros Philippe Starck Daniela Puppa Richard Sapper Claudio Silvestrin Oscar Tusquets Patricia Urquiola Shigueru Uchida Gerard Van Der Berg Maarten Van Severen Massimo & Lela Vignelli Elke Walter Marcel Wanders Gunter Wermekes Tokujin Yoshioka Cassina Established in 1927 by Cesare and Umberto Cassina in Meda, Italy, Cassina launched industrial design in Italy in the 1950s, based on a totally innovative approach that marked the transition from artisan production to mass production. With a mindset focused on research and innovation, Cassina combines technology and long-standing artisan craftsmanship. Memory, research, innovation. Cassina blends traditional skills and superior productivity, meticulous attention to detail and passion, uniqueness and experimentation, wellbeing and sustainability. Today, the company continues to address new lifestyles with the creation of complete, harmonious interior decor solutions that embody the best contemporary design for all areas of the home. Cassina Headquarters Renovation | Meda La Mamounia | Marrakesh Cappellini Founded in 1946, Cappellini has become synonymous with contemporary, avant-garde design. Over the years it has launched some of the world’s greatest designers, producing innovative and high-quality furnishings. Cappellini’s collection is characterized by experimentation and the exploration of new ways of living, furnishing the whole domestic landscape from the living room to the studio and bedroom, but also contract areas such as lounges, hotels and restaurants. Many of these products have also become iconic pieces which are exhibited in museums throughout the world such as the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the MoMa in NY and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. Haworth Hotel | Michigan Haworth Hotel | Michigan Bocci Bocci has always remained committed to fostering a lateral and open-ended relationship between creative direction and craft. Under the leadership of designer Omer Arbel, Bocci’s growing portfolio of sculptural lighting is developed, engineered and fabricated in-house, through an infrastructure calibrated to provide full control over technique, quality and scale. The resulting flexibility invites a level of customization that allows for almost infinite creativity, bringing a uniquely personal level of drama and elegance to any project. Victoria & Albert Museum, London | London Design Festival Victoria & Albert Museum, London | London Design Festival MCM 1976 X Bocci, Berlin Zanotta Zanotta believes in an idea of home based on quality and durable products, which become life partners. Furnishings and accessories capable of building pleasant relationships. Products with a soul that become part of the story and history of people, finding their ideal space. The pieces of the Zanotta collection are designed to fit in without claiming to belong to a style, alongside other products through the stratification of experiences and passions that characterizes each house making it unique and identity. Each time this happens in a different way, sometimes unexpected, because it is interpreted by different subjects. MCM 1976 X Bocci, Berlin Davide Groppi Davide Groppi is synonymous with Italian excellence in lighting. The company preserves master craftsmanship while mindful of modern paradigms. Davide Groppi lighting graces the most prestigious interiors with its balance between aesthetics, functionality, and ability to evoke emotions - one of the company's hallmarks. Davide Groppi is a national and international leader in the sector. The company's elusive, artistic, and always-innovative soul brought the brand to the fore in the design and lighting world, confirmed by the many awards and recognitions obtained over the years. Behind every Davide Groppi creation lays a precise philosophy meant to excite and seduce. Heterogeneous in character, the brand's interior lamps are the result of the most varied inspirations ranging from art to crafts. Fixtures that play with light and draw joyful and cheerful lines flank the brand's more austere installations. Living Divani Living Divani is an Italian company, founded in 1969 from an intuition of Renata Pozzoli and Luigi Bestetti. Perfect, harmonious proportions and a feeling of understated luxury are the distinguishing features of this dynamic and vibrant family-owned Company that has made its trademark of upholstery. Since the early 1970s, the Company located in Brianza, the heart of the Italian furniture district, has followed a clear path becoming one of the landmarks in the design landscape. Strategic is the alliance with Piero Lissoni who, since 1988 his dual role as art director and designer, has led the firm’s unique style, through his unmistakable stylist code. Billia Hotel | Saint Vincent Bora HotSpaResort | Radolfszell Ristorante Maitò | Forte dei Marmi Flos Founded in Merano in 1962, FLOS is recognized as a leading international-level manufacturer of top-end designer lighting and innovative lighting systems for both residential and professional sectors. FLOS boasts a catalogue packed with iconic lamps created by legendary names in the history of design including Achille and Pier Giacomo Castiglioni, Philippe Starck, Antonio Citterio, Piero Lissoni, Marcel Wanders, Konstantin Grcic, Jasper Morrison, Patricia Urquiola, Ron Gilad, Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, Michael Anastassiades, Vincent Van Duysen, Nendo, Formafantasma, and many others. Poltrona Frau Renzo Frau founded Poltrona Frau in Turin in 1912. In the 30’s it was already a status symbol. From 1926 it was appointed supplier of the Italian Royal Family, the Savoia dynasty. From then on, it will furnish all the most important houses, grand hotels, the interiors for Expo Turin 1928, and the lavish transatlantic Rex, pride of the Italian Navy. The more you “live” a story, the more interesting it becomes. This is true for the leather of our sofas as for our company’s history, so full of personal experiences, encounters, professional skills and inspiring visions, which have made it a “unicum”. A story that completes itself and stands out in the multi-coloured Italian manufacturing and creative world. Opera Garnier Restaurant | Paris Shaikh Ebrahim Center | Bahrain Desalto For nearly 30 years, Desalto has spread worldwide an idea of an aesthetically sophisticated product based on constant technical and technological research focused on greater functionality. Thirty years of activity make Desalto a young but also time-honoured brand. Of both dimensions Desalto is titled. A young spirit capable of combining iconic seating and complements, like graphic signs sketched in the air, with tables as adaptable as everyday life is. But also a story which began in 1990 when the four Orsenigo brothers – the heirs of a metalworking family company – envisaged a firm that would be more in step with the times and, from the very beginning, called on the cooperation of established or up-and- coming designers. Issey Miyake | London Issey Miyake | London Porro One of the most successful furniture design brands thanks to its research on finishings, refinement of line and the technical quality of its details, Porro celebrated the 90th anniversary’s important milestone in 2015. Founded in 1925 in the Brianza area, by tradition the Italian cradle of high-quality furniture manufacturing, today Porro is an international brand characterized by an intrinsic ability to select, work and interpret wood, offering an incredibly wide and accurate range of finishings and using it in unexpected ways by implementing cutting-edge technologies for glossy and matt lacquers alongside fine woodworking techniques of the past. Santorial Boutique | Beijing Content Summary 01 Our Story 02 Our Spaces 03 Our Brands 04 Our Team We are a group of creatives working to support you in your design needs, project logistics and creative resources.