On Monday, March 24^th, DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS 17^th annual DINING BY DESIGN tour, which ran concurrently with the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, featured their annual GALA DINNER
where guests had the opportunity to dine inside the fabulous installations created by the world’s foremost designers.

DIFFA’s DINING BY DESIGN brought 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. The event featured cocktails and table-hopping, followed by an elegant seated VIP dinner that was accompanied by dancing and a silent auction loaded with hospitality experiences and luxury items. 

DIFFA 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 $40 million to hundreds of AIDS service organizations nationwide.  For 30 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.

www.diffa.org

Awe-inspiring dining installations from the likes of David Rockwell, Diane von Furstenberg, Jamie Drake, Robert Verdi, Kara Mann, Margaret Russell, Marc Blackwell, Kati Curtis, Ralph Lauren, Barneys New York, ESSIE, Calvin Klein, Gensler, Herman Miller, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Maya Romanoff, and Roche Bobois, among many others. Other guests included Nate Berkus, Shawn Henderson, Jeremiah Brent, Hanneli Mustaparta among others.