fashionably petite: DIFFA

Monday, April 30, 2018

DIFFA DINING BY DESIGN 2018

The 21st edition of DIFFA's annual DINING BY DESIGN took place on March 22-25th at Pier 92 in NYC.

This year, installations from the design industry's top talents leveraged themes including light, darkness, truth, communication, and of course the color red, to show support for an important cause. Approximately $700,000 was raised to fund HIV/AIDS education and prevention services across the country.

Check out the designs from the 2018 table installations. View the 2017 DINING by DESIGN table installations here.

Alessandra Branca for Benjamin Moore

Rockwell Group + The Rug Company

Pratt Institute, Mentored by Barry Richards

Crate and Barrel

HOK + FLORIM + Teknion | Studio TK | LUUM + FCI

Ralph Lauren Home

NBBJ with BOLD and West Elm

Jeffrey Beers International + Akdo + Maya Romanoff + Walters

School of Visual Arts, Mentored by Tyler Wisler

Franke

Luxe Interiors + Design, Designed by Wesley Moon

Porcelanosa + Krause Sawyer

The New York Times, Designed by One Kings Lane

Sunbrella + Peter Pennoyer Architects

Design Within Reach, Designed by Matthew Goodrich and Kendall Lowe

Bennett Leifer for DONGHIA

Interior Design Magazine

The Light Within

Rottet Studio + S. Donadic Inc + Fendi Casa

Parsons School of Design, Mentored by Michael Tavano

Novità Communications + Maiarelli Studio

Tabletop Sponsor: Michael Aram

Gensler + Knoll + Evenson Best

- Kim Weling

Monday, April 10, 2017

DIFFA's DINING BY DESIGN Celebrates 20 Years in NYC

M Moser Associates

This year marked the 20th Anniversary of DIFFA's DINING BY DESIGN in New York. The annual fundraiser took place on at Pier 92 on March 16-20th, raising approximately $800,000 to fund HIV/AIDS education and prevention services across the country.

The 20th annual DINING BY DESIGN New York, co-located with the Architectural Digest Design Show at Pier 94. brought together over 40,000 guests experiencing over-the-top table designs by more than 30 designers, architects, manufacturers and brands. Leading brands included Florim, Roche Bobois and Gensler, and M Moser, utilizing their table installation to raise awareness toward the fight against HIV/AIDS. Through their table design, M Moser aims to encourage contemplation and ultimately action in the race to zero: zero new infections and zero discrimination in the continued fight against HIV/AIDS.

Through DIFFA's Student Design Initiative, sponsored by the Angelo Donghia Foundation, local design schools built installations, taking special care to create an installation that raises awareness about HIV/AIDS care and prevention. Students from Parsons incorporated found materials from each of New York City's five boroughs, coming together in a single color; an analogy for the many New Yorkers affected by HIV/AIDS. The Pratt Institute's installation represented a "home" in the fight against AIDS.The New York School of Interior Design titled their installation "Shining bright Together."Evoking emotion and energy through light and color, it symbolically references a pulsating heartbeat. A series of lines merge in the center to embrace a theme of unity.

Check out the table designs below from the event sponsors.