Luminaire to Auction Glass Works for Fundraiser for Cancer Research
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Luminaire and auction house Phillips have joined forces to present the fourth “Love” fundraising auction in support of cancer research. The “GlasLove” sale will present donations and creations by renowned designers and manufacturers including Arcade,Luminaire to Auction Glass Works for Fundraiser for Cancer Research
Luminaire and auction house Phillips have joined forces to present the fourth “Love” fundraising auction in support of cancer research. The “GlasLove” sale will present donations and creations by renowned designers and manufacturers including Arcade, Naoto Fukasawa, Glas Italia, Lasvit, Piero Lissoni, Nendo, Nao Tamura, Patricia Urquiola, Venini, and Marcel Wanders, all of whom have contributed unique pieces, limited-edition, or prototype glass works.Initiated by Luminaire founders Nasir and Nargis Kassamali, the “Love” fundraising auctions support research at the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami Florida, one of the most prolific cancer research facilities in the United States.The sale will comprise an online auction from September 19 to October 11, 2016, as well as a live auction and gala dinner on Thursday, October 6 at the Moore Building in the Miami Design District.Among the highlights created for the sale are more than thirty prototypes by Japanese designer Oki Sato (Nendo) with Glas Italia for his 2015 exhibition “Nendo-Works” at Museo della Permanente in Milan; a glass work by Japanese architect Tadao Ando, donated by Venini, and a “Candy Collection Sphere Chandelier” by Fernando and Humberto Campana, which was produced and donated by Czech glass company Lasvit.Since 2006, the Kassamalis’s “Love” auctions (previous editions themed “PuppyLove”, “PaperLove” and “DesignLove”) have raised $ 900,000, with the help of prominent support by famed artists, designers, architects, and colleagues such as Eero Aarnio, the Bouroullec Brothers, Zaha Hadid, Herzog & De Meuron, and Intramuros magazine, among many others. Click here to find out more about this year’s “GlasLove” auction by Luminaire and Phillips. Read more