Saturday, March 21, 2015

DAZZLES and DELIGHTS at DIFFA's DINING BY DESIGN

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Thursday, March 19, 2015 6:55pm 40°

Part 1

Dining by Design's annual 4 day party and show series kicked off a with momentous affair.  A splendid cocktail party for more than 2500 design enthusiast.

The new expanded venue is a few steps and a freight elevator ride from the years past. The location may have changed but the idea remains the same.

DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) has once again brought together a talented group of artisans highlighting the hottest new trends in design. Each year, DIFFA transforms a raw space into a showcase of magnificent, over-the-top dining environments.

There are 50+ fantastic dining installations and an impressive list of creative geniuses helping to make it all happen.  This year boasts innovation and imagination from Tyler Wisler, Robert Passal, Robert Verdi, Hunt Slonem, Kitty Hawks and Andrew Harrington.

DIFFA never fails to bring in the elite -so industry favorites like Benjamin Moore, Kravet, Lee Jofa, Roche Bobois, Ralph Lauren Home, Hermes of Paris and the New York Design Center all played a special role in various installations.  

DIFFA continues to raise the bar for exciting and entertaining parties.  While mingling and viewing dazzling dining vignettes we enjoyed delicious wine from Oyster Bay Wines as well as cocktails by Patron.  Guests had the opportunity to bid on the silent auction along with posing for  pictures at the popular photo booth.  Tasty treats from NYC's top restaurants and gourmet food purveyors were stationed at each corner.

Thank you Architectural Digest + Interior Design Magazine + the New York Times and DIFFA your annual cocktail event was a dazzling display of dining delight.

I had the pleasure of attending with my good friend and photographer Peter Kubilus. We took more than 200 images - this is the first of 2 stories for #DiningbyDesign2015.  Stay tuned . . . 



Interior Designer Ghisliane Vinas
+Cindy Allen Editor in Chief Interior Design Magazine
+Rio Hamilton
Architectural Digest Editor in Chief Margaret Russel
+ NYDC President James Druckman
Head and Hand PR Queen Katharina Plath + Rio Hamilton
 + Designer -TV Personality Libby Langdon
Glam design team Lydia Marks + Lisa Frantz
Executive Director of Designer Visions 
for Hearst Publications Alana Frumkes
Friend + Interior Designer Brad Ford
Edward Celata + Interior Designer Robert Passal
Robert Passal
Catarine Wright + Richard Segal
Interior Design Legend Charlotte Moss


Mary Jane Young + Eric McLaughlin
Echo Design
Flexform 
David Meister + Amir Kazerani + Doug Meyer


Rio Hamilton + Antonino Buzzetta

Antonino Buzzetta
Marks and Frantz
Tyler Wisler

Interior Designer Tyler Wisler and his burlesque beauties
Top New York Restaurants set up fresh food stations throughout
Pier 94's vast second level
Andrew Lee + Photographer Peter Kubilus
Thursday's cocktail party garnered a cool mix of New York's most exceptional designers, architects, socialites and city celebs.
This year's event has already broken records expanding into 30,000 square feet at Pier 92 in Manhattan.


Authors Brian Hays + friend + Jeanine Hays
After DINING BY DESIGN New York is completed, it will travel to cities across the country.
Nationwide DINING BY DESIGN tour has raised $17million for DIFFA
Who knew there was a lounge upstairs?? Custom designed by the good people of Naula

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#DIFFA #PARTYEXTRODINAIRE #InteriorDesignMagazine


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A Design Industry Blog highlighting events, product launches and parties specifically focused in the Fashion, Real Estate, Interior and Architecture design communities. It has become a selective society focused Chronicle that has garnered an increased following of high profile professionals.

Manager, Business Development - A luxury publishing company expanding the sublime world of art, history and inspiration. Responsible for setup and coordination of the mass production of custom furniture collection. .

-Director, Sales and Marketing - A multi-faceted design driven company that creates and manufactures' distinctive modern furniture, lighting and accessories. - Responsible for 1.74 million (average) in annual sales for East Coast accounts for the past 5 years for NIEDERMAIER New York and instrumental in evolving a former retail operation into a successful trade resource. - Develop marketing and correspondence to Interior Design community. - Grow and maintain client roster with more than 2300 current design professionals. - Manage event planning and production for; product launches, artist exhibitions, magazine promotions, designer show houses and designer presentations. - Design and execute lobby window displays, tradeshow vignettes, showroom visuals, showroom floor plan and designed several successful furniture collections sold exclusively at NIEDERMAIER. - Hire, train, motivate all East Coast employees for various sales and support positions. - Manage day to day operation for a modern, multi-line, fast paced showroom. - Market product and services to Architects, Interior Designers, Retail Visual Designer and building developers.

Born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and raised in the small city of Las Cruces.
BBA from University of New Mexico
+ 3 years at UC Berkeley's Interior Design School. Resided in Albuquerque, San Francisco, Los Angeles, London, New York Member of: ASID, IIDA, Design Lab 13, NYC Film Critic Association