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Nasir Kassamali

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Luminaire

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Nasir Kassamali, along with his wife Nargis, is the creator of Luminaire, a design store that specializes in lighting, furniture and home accessories. Luminaire’s first showroom opened in North Miami Beach in 1974 as a 500 square-foot kiosk, which grew into a 4,500 square-foot space in two years. Trailblazers of design, the Kassamalis idea is to bring the best designs from around the world to the American public; and as such, many major projects tap Nasir’s talent as a design consultant.