Style: Chairs for Charity
MIYO Home Commissions Chairs to Benefit Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation
Miami is home to a slew of people undertaking charitable endeavors; for Haiti, for Japan, for Diabetes Research, for cancer, for education. The design world is no exception when it comes to big hearts and charitable giving. MIYO Home, a Miami-based home design store commissioned eight local artistic visionaries along with a celebrity interior designer to create a customized MIYO Home Chair, to mark the launch of their virtual boutique. Artists were invited to translate their visions onto a classic design piece – a chair – using the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation as a reference of inspiration. The chairs and the charity were celebrated with a cocktail party at the MIYO Home Zen Garden in the Design District. The one-of-a-kind chairs were on display throughout the evening and auctioned off with 100% of the proceeds from all eight chairs donated to the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation.
“The Juvenile Bipolar Research is a foundation that is very near and dear to me,” said MIYO Home co-owner and long-time supporter Fati Rosenberg. “It’s the first charitable organization fully committed to the support of research for the study of early-onset bipolar disorder; my ultimate goal is to draw awareness to the foundation and further aid in the study and treatment of this debilitating condition.”
Party-goers gathered while the artists shared insight on their inspiration as well as why they chose to collaborate for this important cause. On behalf of the Juvenile Bipolar Research Foundation, Dr. Demitri F. Papolos, M.D., Director of Research, was on hand to commemorate MIYO Home and supporters.
Among the eight visionaries who donated their talents were Thom Filicia, celebrity interior designer and TV personality; Seth Browarnik, celebrity lensman; local designer and developer, Mario Egozi; Miami-based European artist, Iran Issa Khan; Coral Gables interior designer, Hillary Scrutis; renowned interior designer, Briggs Solomon; Miami’s most sought after landscape designers, Fernando Wong and Miami-based interior designer, Robert Zemnickis.
To donate or for more info on JBRF visit jbrf.org. MIYO Home is located at 3621 NE Miami Ct., Miami. miyohome.com or call 305-576-4170.
