- 2010
- 09/01/2010 - Opening Night of AMBER De VOS's "Me Nycelf and Eye"NEW
- 08/30/2010 - UNVOGUE.com Celebrity Charity Auction for VH1 Save The MusicNEW
- 08/21/2010 - Atlanta Gallery Association Citywide Gallery Openings
- 08/12/2010 - Museum of the City of New York's Big Apple Bash
- 08/10/2010 - CRI Young Philanthropists Midsummer Social 2010
- 08/10/2010 - BCA’s 17th Annual Black Tie Gala
- 08/07/2010 - Princess Grace Foundation Louis Vuitton Midsummer Garden Fete
- 08/07/2010 - LL COOL J receives the American Red Cross Humanitarian Award
- 08/07/2010 - Givology 2nd Annnual Benefit for Education
- 08/07/2010 - Southampton Hospital's 52nd Annual Summer Party
- 08/05/2010 - Autism Speaks to Young Professionals 2010
- 08/05/2010 - NBC Universal Foundation Awards Ceremony
- 08/03/2010 - GLAAD Manhattan 2010
- 07/31/2010 - Art on the Waterfront
- 07/31/2010 - Planned Parenthood Mid Summer Art Show
- 07/31/2010 - ACRIA’s Cocktails at Sunset
- 07/31/2010 - Super Saturday 13
- 07/29/2010 - Power Players Celebrity Dinner Cruise
- 07/29/2010 - 8th Annual Run for GusNEW
- 07/28/2010 - Human Intonation Benefit
- 07/28/2010 - Social Justice in the Garden Party
- 07/27/2010 - Club 13 Fashion on the Hudson
- 07/24/2010 - MacDella Cooper Foundation’s 2nd Annual Champions of Education benefit
- 07/24/2010 - Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation Unconditional Love Benefit
- 07/24/2010 - Norton Museum Benefit
- 07/24/2010 - Hampton Designer Showhouse Gala Preview NEW
- 07/21/2010 - Hip Hop Saves Lives Benefit
- 07/21/2010 - AMIT ReceptionNEW
- 07/20/2010 - NYC 2010 Paddle for Autism Event
- 07/17/2010 - Bay Street Theatre "Rock the Dock" Summer Gala Benefit
- 07/16/2010 - The Hamptons Social Series Salutes Help for Orphans International at Lily Pond
- 07/15/2010 - Young Patrons of AFTAM Rooftop Soirée
- 07/15/2010 - The Frick Collection Garden Party
- 07/13/2010 - The Orthopaedic Foundation for Active Lifestyles cocktail celebration
- 07/12/2010 - Touch Foundation Cocktails on the Terrace
- 07/11/2010 - Na'Amat USA 40th National Convention
- 07/10/2010 - 2010 Hampton Designer Showhouse Kickoff Party
- 07/10/2010 - Oceana Conservation Cocktail Reception
- 06/30/2010 - New York City Marines "Mess Night"
- 06/29/2010 - A Night the Stars Shine On with The Skin Cancer Foundation
- 06/29/2010 - Artfully AWARE Summer Gala
- 06/26/2010 - Nature Conservancy Beaches and Bays Gala
- 06/26/2010 - Art Project LA Celebrity Art Auction
- 06/25/2010 - Evening to Honor Sentebale
- 06/24/2010 - American Museum of Natural History Summer Terrace Party
- 06/24/2010 - Masquerade for Harboring Hearts
- 06/23/2010 - DarkHorse Charitable Fundraiser
- 06/22/2010 - The 2010 Hampton Designer Showhouse Kickoff Party
- 06/22/2010 - Singin' With the Stars Benefit Concert
- 06/22/2010 - Young New Yorkers for the Philharmonic
- 06/21/2010 - Riverside Park Fund's Gala
- 06/21/2010 - For a Day Foundation Friend-raiser
- 06/21/2010 - Hospital for Special Surgery's 27th Annual Tribute Dinner
- 06/19/2010 - SOPAC Benefit
- 06/17/2010 - 7th Annual Luke Boisi Memorial Benefit
- 06/17/2010 - ETM's Summer Kick-Off Party
- 06/17/2010 - A Benefit for UNICEF's Recovery Efforts in Haiti
- 06/17/2010 - Leake & Watts YPC Spring Happy Hour
- 06/17/2010 - Henry Buhl's Black and White Ball for A.C.E
- 06/17/2010 - Historic House Trust of New York City Annual Founders Award Dinner
- 06/17/2010 - Fourth Arts Block Party
- 06/16/2010 - LLS Fighting With Fashion 2010
- 06/16/2010 - UJA-Federation’s Music Visionary of the Year Award Luncheon
- 06/16/2010 - The Israel Cancer Research Fund Women of Action benefit
- 06/16/2010 - Signature New York benefit for University Settlement
- 06/15/2010 - Institute for Civic Leadership Spring Benefit
- 06/15/2010 - Manthropy Summer Party and Date Auction
- 06/15/2010 - Presbyterian Hospital's 3rd Annual Charity Golf Outing Kickoff
- 06/14/2010 - Apollo Theater Gala Benefit Concert and Awards Ceremony
- 06/14/2010 - Fashion Gives Back for History Starts Now
- 06/14/2010 - Boys & Girls Harbor Salute to Achievement
- 06/13/2010 - CARMA Foundation's Geminis Give Back Fundraiser
- 06/10/2010 - The Wildlife Conservation Society's Flights of Fancy Gala
- 06/10/2010 - BrazilFoundation Fundraiser
- 06/09/2010 - Services for the UnderServed Gala
- 06/09/2010 - Solar One Revelry By The River
- 06/09/2010 - 2010 Whitney Art Party
- 06/08/2010 - A Central Park West Celebration to Benefit The Nature Conservancy
- 06/08/2010 - City Parks Foundation's 25th Anniversary SummerStage Gala
- 06/08/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Workshop Performance Benefit
- 06/08/2010 - Give-A-Gift Party
- 06/08/2010 - Calvary Hospital’s 27th Annual Awards Gala
- 06/07/2010 - Carnegie Hall Medal of Excellence Gala
- 06/07/2010 - 28th Annual Fred & Adele Astaire Awards
- 06/05/2010 - YAI and Broadview Networks Central Park Challenge
- 06/05/2010 - Mikey's Way Foundation at Ronald McDonald House
- 06/05/2010 - Highway to Health Festival
- 06/04/2010 - Fountain Gallery Celebration
- 06/03/2010 - Summer Solstice Party
- 06/03/2010 - Seeds of Peace 2010 Peace Cruise
- 06/03/2010 - American Friends of the Louvre Soirée
- 06/03/2010 - Kids in Distressed Situations Luncheon
- 06/02/2010 - Carnegie Hall Notables Party
- 06/02/2010 - Central Park Conservancy’s Taste of Summer
- 05/29/2010 - Kites for a Cure Family Benefit
- 05/26/2010 - Black Alumni of Pratt 20th Anniversary
- 05/25/2010 - NYU KiDS Springlfing Gala 2010
- 05/25/2010 - Kaufman Center's 2010 Honors Gala
- 05/25/2010 - The Hunger Project's YPC Benefit
- 05/24/2010 - Central Park Conservancy Annual Playground Party
- 05/24/2010 - Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Celebration
- 05/20/2010 - The Pink Agenda Annual Spring Gala
- 05/20/2010 - Drama League Awards Reception
- 05/20/2010 - VillageCare Tulips & Pansies Runway Show
- 05/20/2010 - Big Brothers Big Sisters of NYC: A Night of Dreams
- 05/20/2010 - The Child Study Center Foundation Benefit
- 05/20/2010 - Oceana's Junior Council Spring Cocktail
- 05/19/2010 - Martha Graham Dance Company 2010 Gala
- 05/19/2010 - Wildlife Conservation Society's Explorers' Party 2010
- 05/18/2010 - 17th Annual Gridiron Gala
- 05/17/2010 - 2010 Theatre Museum Awards
- 05/17/2010 - Save the Eggs Benefit Cocktails 2010
- 05/17/2010 - Music Unites 1st Anniversary Concert
- 05/17/2010 - Starlight's Spring Fling
- 05/17/2010 - Musica Sacra of New York Spring Gala
- 05/15/2010 - Haiti Rebirth Charity Brunch
- 05/14/2010 - 2010 Lower Eastside Service Center Gala
- 05/13/2010 - Easter Seals Evening to Imagine
- 05/13/2010 - Second Annual Rock 4 the Cause
- 05/13/2010 - Pratt Institute Fashion Show After Party Honoring Catherine Malandrino
- 05/13/2010 - American Friends of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Gala
- 05/13/2010 - 6th Annual Glamour in the City
- 05/13/2010 - JDRF's Spring For A Cure
- 05/13/2010 - The Carter Burden Center for the Aging’s 2010 Annual Spring Benefit
- 05/12/2010 - The Spring Celebration Event to benefit Solving Kids’ Cancer
- 05/12/2010 - Bal du Printemps Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
- 05/12/2010 - PENCIL's Spring Gala
- 05/12/2010 - 2010 DanceGiving FUNraiser
- 05/11/2010 - Project Sunshine's 7th Annual Benefit
- 05/10/2010 - Lutheran HealthCare's 127th Anniversary Dinner Dance
- 05/10/2010 - Literacy Partners "Evening of Readings" Gala
- 05/10/2010 - Storm King Art Center Gala
- 05/09/2010 - Teddy Share Bear Luncheon
- 05/07/2010 - The Second Annual Teens Making a Difference
- 05/07/2010 - 69th Annual Bal des Berceaux
- 05/07/2010 - 7th Annual Prospect Park Alliance Hat Party
- 05/06/2010 - Friends of Hudson River Park Riverfront Gala
- 05/06/2010 - Arts Connection Benefit
- 05/06/2010 - Collective Consciousness Gala
- 05/06/2010 - The 9th Annual Women Who Care Luncheon
- 05/05/2010 - Annual Spirit of the City Awards
- 05/05/2010 - The Salvadori Center Annual Cocktail Benefit
- 05/05/2010 - Central Park Conservancy Hat Luncheon
- 05/05/2010 - PetNet's Cinco de Mayo
- 05/04/2010 - Noguchi Museum Benefit
- 05/04/2010 - US Holocaust Memorial Museum New York Tribute Dinner
- 05/03/2010 - 2010 Costume Institute Benefit Evening at Metropolitan Museum Celebrated ‘American Woman’
- 05/03/2010 - 6th Annual Fur Ball
- 05/03/2010 - 2010 Fountain House Symposium and Luncheon
- 05/02/2010 - Legacy 2010 Gala
- 05/01/2010 - Bark in the Park
- 05/01/2010 - The Society of Young Philanthropists’ fundraiser
- 05/01/2010 - New York Junior League Spring House Tour
- 05/01/2010 - The Benjamin School's 26th Annual BASH Gala
- 04/30/2010 - The Art of Elysium Second Annual's Fundraiser “Bright Lights”
- 04/30/2010 - First Focus: Art Chicago Preview
- 04/29/2010 - Southampton Hospital Luncheon
- 04/29/2010 - New York City Ballet Spring Gala 2010
- 04/29/2010 - 5th Annual Poker4Life Tournament
- 04/29/2010 - ACRIA Unframed 2010
- 04/29/2010 - Young New Yorkers for the Fight Against Parkinson’s and the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation
- 04/28/2010 - Christie's Green Auction: A Bid to Save the Earth
- 04/28/2010 - Crohn's & Colitis 17th Annual Women of Distinction Luncheon
- 04/27/2010 - The BCRF Hot Pink Party
- 04/27/2010 - City Opera Luncheon
- 04/26/2010 - Palm Beach Flappers Fundraiser
- 04/26/2010 - 31st Annual Sidewalks of New York Gala
- 04/24/2010 - POSH Benefit High Tea Party
- 04/23/2010 - The Point Suite Pop-Up Show
- 04/23/2010 - Hops & Grapes, Toasts & Tastes with LLS
- 04/22/2010 - YoungArts In the Studio Benefit
- 04/22/2010 - Project Morry's 14th Annual Spring Blast
- 04/22/2010 - Cocktails for a Cure 2010
- 04/22/2010 - The HUV Project Launch
- 04/22/2010 - A Toast to Brighter Futures
- 04/21/2010 - Made in New York Benefit
- 04/21/2010 - Scully&Scully celebrates Fund for Park Avenue
- 04/21/2010 - Twentieth Annual Spring Environmental Lecture and Luncheon
- 04/21/2010 - HealthCorps’ Garden of Good & Evil Gala
- 04/21/2010 - Kismet for Kidsave
- 04/21/2010 - Watering Seeds Organization Gala
- 04/21/2010 - Images of LOVE benefit
- 04/20/2010 - Point Foundation “Point Honors – New York” Gala
- 04/20/2010 - Friends of the Children Friendraiser
- 04/20/2010 - 2010 ANNUAL CAN-DO AWARDS DINNER
- 04/20/2010 - 2010 Drama League Awards Nominations
- 04/19/2010 - Reach Out and Read of Greater New York celebrated its 11th Anniversary
- 04/19/2010 - BALLET HISPANICO SPRING GALA
- 04/19/2010 - The Collegiate Chorale's 2010 Spring Benefit
- 04/19/2010 - Pre-NFL Draft Spin Charity Event
- 04/17/2010 - UNICEF's Third Annual Message of Hope gala
- 04/17/2010 - Parrish Art Museum’s Spring Fling
- 04/15/2010 - The I Heart Teenok Party
- 04/15/2010 - American Museum of Natural History Museum Dance
- 04/14/2010 - City Harvest’s 16th annual, An Evening of Practical Magic
- 04/13/2010 - Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health Sports Ball
- 04/13/2010 - Tribeca Ball 2010
- 04/12/2010 - The Actors Fund Gala
- 04/09/2010 - Spring for a Cure
- 04/08/2010 - New Yorkers for Children Seventh Annual Spring Dinner Dance
- 04/08/2010 - 11th Annual Valentine Salon "Back To Basics"
- 04/07/2010 - Wild Wine Tasting
- 04/06/2010 - Somaly Mam Foundation Voices of Change Launch Party
- 04/06/2010 - "Connections": Infinite Family
- 04/05/2010 - 2010 Dressed to Kilt
- 04/05/2010 - 2010 Skating with the Stars Gala
- 04/03/2010 - American India Foundation New York Young Professionals Third Annual Benefit
- 04/01/2010 - The 2nd Annual A.E.R Walk With Style
- 04/01/2010 - East Side House Settlement Auto Show Preview
- 03/27/2010 - Children's Alopecia Project 6th Annual Spring Spectacular
- 03/25/2010 - The Cancer Research Institute's Young Philanthropists Council Cocktail Soiree
- 03/24/2010 - CCE Spring Luncheon
- 03/23/2010 - The House of Faith and Fashion Hosts Dexter Phillip
- 03/22/2010 - ABT 2010 Culinary Pas De Deux
- 03/22/2010 - The Grapes of Wrath
- 03/22/2010 - AMIT Young Leadership March Madness 2010
- 03/21/2010 - The House of Faith and Fashion Tea Event
- 03/20/2010 - NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE FOUNDATION HOSTED ITS THIRD ANNUAL FUNDRAISER, CURIOUS III
- 03/20/2010 - Unveil Your Pink
- 03/20/2010 - FACE Africa’s 1st Annual Gala
- 03/20/2010 - Chappaqua Rocks Out for Haiti's Kids
- 03/18/2010 - New York City Opera’s Spring Gala and Opera Ball
- 03/18/2010 - DIFFA's Dining by Design
- 03/18/2010 - AIPAD Photography Show New York
- 03/17/2010 - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum’s New York Next Generation Board Speaker
- 03/16/2010 - New Yorkers For Children and Akris Cocktail Party
- 03/16/2010 - THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE FOUNDATION HOSTS 32ND ANNUAL GALA TO BENEFIT NEW YORK’S FINEST
- 03/16/2010 - UJA's Annual REX Event
- 03/16/2010 - Real Estate Executives Benefit
- 03/13/2010 - MIR Charities Lanvin Fashion Show
- 03/13/2010 - Red Cross South County Gala
- 03/12/2010 - Bloomingdale’s Palm Beach Gardens Honors FoundCare Health Center
- 03/11/2010 - The WGirls NYC 2010 Ties and Tiaras
- 03/10/2010 - Oscar Night America Fundraiser
- 03/10/2010 - Evening of Ethical Shopping
- 03/09/2010 - JDRF Benefit: Walk to Cure Diabetes
- 03/09/2010 - The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's 19th Annual Bunny Hop
- 03/08/2010 - Eighth Annual Taste of Greenwich House
- 03/08/2010 - Gay Men's Health Crisis Culinary Fundraiser
- 03/05/2010 - Starlight Children's Foundation 25th Annual Gala
- 03/05/2010 - Saks Fifth Avenue Toasts FoundCare
- 03/05/2010 - Chicago Lights Carnaval 2010
- 03/04/2010 - 2nd Annual St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Dinner
- 03/02/2010 - American Ballet Theatre’s Junior Council and Quest Magazine
- 03/02/2010 - Hanley Center Foundation's 15th Annual Luncheon
- 03/02/2010 - ADAA 22nd Annual Art Show Gala
- 03/01/2010 - The School of American Ballet’s Winter Ball
- 03/01/2010 - Literacy Partners 26th Annual Evening of Readings Gala Kick-off
- 02/27/2010 - New York Junior League 58th Annual Winter Ball
- 02/27/2010 - 2010 GOTOs Annual Black-tie Gala
- 02/27/2010 - Society Ties' Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night
- 02/26/2010 - Caron Renaissance Gala
- 02/26/2010 - Jewels & Jesters Fundraiser for Crown Jewel Club
- 02/25/2010 - Bailey House 22nd Annual Auction and Party
- 02/25/2010 - Hedge Funds Care 12th Annual New York Open Your Heart to the Children Benefit
- 02/25/2010 - Toast to "Justice is Served" Dinner Benefit
- 02/25/2010 - 2010 Frick Museum Young Fellows Ball
- 02/25/2010 - Chabad’s Children of Chernobyl's Third Annual Purim Ball
- 02/25/2010 - Party With Purpose and Partners Present The Benefit For Haiti
- 02/24/2010 - Kick Off Party to Benefit The East Side House Settlement Gala Preview of the 2010 Auto Show
- 02/24/2010 - C-CAP 20th Anniversary Celebration
- 02/24/2010 - POSH Palm Beach 2010 Gala Dinner
- 02/23/2010 - ForEverglades Benefit
- 02/20/2010 - 5th Annual Childhelp Fashion Show and Luncheon
- 02/19/2010 - MacDella Cooper Foundation Fashion Week Finale Party
- 02/17/2010 - Friends of the South Florida Science Museum Toast
- 02/14/2010 - Action Against Hunger Help Heart Haiti Valentine's Day Benefit
- 02/13/2010 - 55th Annual Palm Beach Heart Ball
- 02/09/2010 - Museum of Design Patron Preview event
- 02/09/2010 - Animal Fair and Wendy Diamond’s Yappy Hour
- 02/06/2010 - Lighthouse Center for the Arts’ 46th Annual Beaux Arts Ball
- 02/06/2010 - Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Gem of an Evening Gala
- 02/06/2010 - Norton Museum of Art Bal des Arts 2010
- 02/05/2010 - The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's annual Light The Night Awards Party
- 02/05/2010 - The Princes Ball Mardi Gras Masquerade Gala
- 02/04/2010 - City Chicks 4 Charity & Young Wall Street benefit Chess in Schools
- 02/03/2010 - International Women's Health Coalition 2010 Gala
- 02/02/2010 - The Associates Council Lunch at The Oak Room
- 02/02/2010 - Parsons Dance Opening Night Gala
- 01/31/2010 - KIDs Strikes Back Bowling Party at Chelsea Piers
- 01/30/2010 - 53rd Annual International Red Cross Ball
- 01/30/2010 - Epilepsy Foundation’s Taste of Love Gala 2010
- 01/29/2010 - Partnership for the Homeless’ Auction at the Gagosian Gallery
- 01/28/2010 - Hearts 4 Haiti
- 01/26/2010 - Peggy Adams Unveils Much-anticipated Grace Pavilion
- 01/26/2010 - Art Battles
- 01/25/2010 - Fashionable opening night for Red Cross Show House
- 01/25/2010 - MICHAEL KORS and GRAFF Fashion Show Honors Heart Ball
- 01/24/2010 - National Dance Institute's Benefit Performance of Imagine: A Celebration of John Lennon
- 01/22/2010 - LADACIN Polar Bear Plunge
- 01/21/2010 - Help Haiti Now
- 01/21/2010 - Hospice Evening 2010 with Oscar de la Renta
- 01/21/2010 - UJA-Federation of New York's Generosity Event
- 01/20/2010 - Citymeals-on-Wheels Winter Cocktail Benefit
- 01/20/2010 - The American Antiques Show (TAAS) Benefit Preview Celebrating Texas
- 01/19/2010 - Cocktails for Vital Voices Global Partnership
- 01/14/2010 - Winter Antiques Show Preview Party
- 01/14/2010 - CCE Honors Over the Big Top Chairs at Saks Fifth Avenue
- 01/12/2010 - Zac Posen Fashion Show Featuring Cartier
- 01/12/2010 - Hope For Haiti With The Red Cross
- 01/11/2010 - Young Friends Red Cross Beach Bash
- 01/10/2010 - AICF-American-Israel Cultural Foundation 70th Anniversary Gala and Concer
- 01/07/2010 - Autism Speaks to Young Professionals
- 01/07/2010 - CHIC @ the Ames hotel
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DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 2009 DINING BY DESIGN Tour
03/26/2009 - By Pier 94, 12th Ave. at 55th Street in New York City
DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS Kicked Off The 2009 DINING BY DESIGN National Tour In NYC.
The multi-city tour launched in New York City on Thursday, March 26th raising approximately $750,000.
DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS launched the 2009 DINING BY DESIGN tour with 5-days of events that ran concurrently with the Architectural Digest Home Design Show at Pier 94, 12th Ave. at 55th Street in New York City on Thursday, March 26th through Monday, March 30th. DIFFA’s DINING BY DESIGN brings together some of the most talented and celebrated individuals in the worlds of fashion, interior design, art, and architecture to create spectacular, over-the-top dining environments.
Notable guests included Whoopi Goldberg, David Rockwell, Robert Verdi, Olivia Palermo, Tracy Reese, Miss Universe Dayana Mendoza, David Stark, Evette Rios and Marc Blackwell.
The multi-city tour, which in past years has raised more than $13 million for DIFFA, features awe-inspiring dining installations by design luminaries such as David Rockwell for Rockwell Group, Marc Blackwell for Castello di Gabbiano, Jason Wu for Stolichnaya elit, Campion Platt for Architectural Digest, David Stark for Benjamin Moore, David Beahm for Continental Airlines, Alfredo Paredes for Ralph Lauren Home, HP, Christopher Coleman & Angel Sanchez for Profiles, Tracy Reese, Brad Ford I.D., Tracy Stern for SalonTea, Susan Lawton for Center44, Poggenpohl with Vasi Ypsilantis and Margreet Cevasco for Architects & Designers Building, Supima & sHoP for The New York Times, ddc, Jens Ahlemeyer and New Day Woodwork for The New York Times, Michael Tavano for the New York Design Center, Kravet Inc., Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc. as well as Jerry Sibal for Design Fusion, Jorge Cazzorla for Celebrate Flowers, jesGORDON/properFUN, Eric Warner, Faune Yerby, Shelly Sabel, -ful Studio, The Alpha Workshops, and Razortoothdesign.
In support of DIFFA, Michael C. Fina proudly outfitted five tables for DINING BY DESIGN with exclusive merchandise from their 5th Avenue store and also held an event entitled “After Hours: A DINING BY DESIGN After Party” at their store on April 1st which featured smaller-scale versions of the tables and installations showcased at DINING BY DESIGN. Michael C. Fina donated 20% of all purchases to benefit DIFFA’s future programming and outreach efforts.
The 2008 introduction of a Student Design Initiative, presented by Benjamin Moore, returned again this year. Participating design schools included: FIT with mentor David Beahm, the New York School of Interior Design with mentors Rick Shaver and Lee Melahn of Shaver/Melahn, NYU with mentor Miles Redd, Parsons with mentor Vicente Wolfe and SVA with mentor Robert Verdi. Each design mentor guided their student team through the creative process from conception to execution, working within a strict budget. The goal of the Student Design Initiative is to give the next generation of great designers the rare opportunity to work with some of the best design veterans in the business and participate in one of the industry’s keynote events.
DINING BY DESIGN once again featured TABLE HOP & TASTE. Open to the public on Sunday afternoon, ticket buyers were able to view the amazing design installations and savor culinary treats from New York’s top restaurants and gourmet food purveyors paired with Castello di Gabbiano wines. Participants include: Bella Cucina Artful Food, Dandoy Biscuits, Estiatorio Milos, French Culinary Institute, ICON, Ilili, Kittichai, LA Burdick Chocolate, Murray’s Cheese, North Square, Paris Commune and Tribeca Grill.
Guests at the gala dinner on Monday, March 30th dined within the design installations, making the event a truly unique experience for all who attended. Following DINING BY DESIGN New York, the installations will travel across the country to various cities including Kansas City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Chicago and Columbus.
For more information, please visit www.diffa.org or call 212-727-3100
DIFFA’s DINING BY DESIGN 2009 is generously supported the following national sponsors: Castello di Gabbiano and Stolichnaya elit.
National media sponsor: The New York Times.
Local sponsors for DINING BY DESIGN New York included: Benjamin Moore, HP, Continental Airlines, New York Design Center and Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.
Local media sponsors included: Architectural Digest and Gourmet.
About DIFFA
DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS is one of the largest funders of HIV/AIDS service and education programs in the United States. Since being founded in 1984, DIFFA has mobilized the immense resources of the design communities to provide over $38 million to hundreds of AIDS service organizations nationwide. For more than 23 years, DIFFA has been one of the country’s largest supporters of both direct care for people living with AIDS and preventative education for those at risk. For more information visit diffa.org.
Photos: Amanda Schwab
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