6.21.09 | Chicago, IL | Each year during NeoCon, Luminaire, the world-renowned design showroom hosts an event celebrating a designer.  This year featured James Dyson and Airblade - the fastest, most hygienic hand dryer.  Showroom owner and design arbiter, Nasir Kassamali, celebrated Airblade technology through a custom-designed exhibition depicting Airblade as more than just a hand dryer – but as a finely engineered product with superior technology.  Dyson design engineers were on-hand to answer questions and provide invaluable insight into Dyson’s innovative design and development process.

More than 250 architects, designers, press and design enthusiasts attended the event. Among those in attendance:
Paola Antonelli, curator of Architecture + Design, Museum of Modern Art, NY
Zoe Ryan, Neville Bryan Curator of Design, Art Institute of Chicago
Joseph Rosa, curator, Architecture + Design, Art Institute of Chicago
Arki Levy, designer
Yves Behar, designer
Jo Kaiser, managing director, Vitra
Jan Vingerhoets, CEO Artemide