Great Design, Doing Good: DIFFA's Dining by Design
By Georgina McWhirter and Athena Waligore
New York’s Dining by Design continues to raise crucial funds for DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. See the slideshow and video for a look at the 2015 tables.
Designer: Dune.
Theme: For a warm welcome at the event’s entry, DIFFA-red cushions enlivened Richard Shemtov’s modular seating in solid-surfacing and stainless steel.
Designer: Bolon by Viiir.
Theme: “Joy” was represented by goldfish swimming in the eight wine glasses, as they awaited guests in a setting almost entirely surfaced in Bolon’s vinyl matting.
Designer: Dransfield & Ross.
Host: Sunbrella.
Theme: Inspired by Casino Royale, a James Bond classic, multicolored strips of this brand’s solution-dyed acrylic created “shag” chairs.
Designer: Ghislaine Viñas Interior Design.
Host: HBF and HBF Textiles with Manhattan Renovations.
Theme: A “zero” from a marquee headlined among objects reminiscent of the Memphis group, active when the AIDS crisis began.
Designer: Design Within Reach.
Theme: Chairs by Omar De Biaggio were upholstered in fabric by Hella Jongerius, whose inspirational quote was applied to the wall in vinyl, nails, and yarn.
Designer: M Moser Associates.
Theme: To symbolize optimism breaking through troubles, bands of light appeared where white fabric-wrapped panels met walls clad in black acrylic.
Designer: Gensler.
Host: 3Form.
Theme: Glass House May, a Maharam Digital Project by James Welling, was laminated onto backlit resin panels to create a garden party hosted by Philip Johnson.
Designer: Perkins + Will.
Theme: White paper sheets were suspended over a table on which folded pieces of paper invited the guests to write their stories about HIV/AIDS.
Designer: New York School of Interior Design.
Host: Benjamin Moore & Co.
Mentor: Brad Ford ID.
Theme: A gazebo of white polystyrene foam-board slats formed a serene embrace around an internally lit table, its glow deepening the sense of calm.
Designer: Pratt Institute.
Mentors: Marc Blackwell New York and Elizabeth Bolognino Interiors.
Theme: Considering HIV/AIDS from dual perspectives, fear versus knowledge, corresponding words appeared printed over the wall covering’s images of closed or open flowers.
Designer: Ali Tayar.
Hosts: Interior Design with Adapative Textiles and SilverLining Interiors.
Theme: Akira Kurosawa’s 1985 film Ran inspired the banner, its plus and minus signs referencing positive and negative HIV/AIDS diagnoses.
Designer: Echo Design Group.
Theme: Ishana Festival, a woven linen upholstery pattern from Kravet, cloaked this domestic mise-en-scène from top to bottom, even the models.
Designer: Doug Meyer Studio.
Host: Flexform and Luxe Interiors + Design.
Theme: Vitrines contained portraits of early HIV/AIDS victims, including Interior Design Hall of Fame members Kalef Alaton, Angelo Donghia, Frank Israel, and Jay Spectre.
Designer: Calvin Klein Home.
Theme: A “dusk moon,” aka a backlit cutout, lent a contemplative glow to a granite-topped table surrounded by stools hewn from solid red oak.
Designer: Hermès.
Theme: An Eastern-inflected scenography, incorporating artwork found in the 178-year-old company’s archives, backdropped ikat-printed porcelain tableware.
Designer: Massive Design.
Hosts: Casali with Tonon & C., Mohawk Group, Ghelamco, and Artemide.
Theme: Michele De Lucchi and Giancarlo Fassina’s lamps illuminated Mac Stopa’s exuberant nature-inspired pattern, printed on almost everything else.
Designer: StephanieGoto.
Hosts: Caesarstone and Gaggenau.
Theme: Representing a chef’s dream eat-in kitchen, 350 oven knobs formed a perfectly spaced grid on the wall behind a table topped in quartz composite.
Designer: Ege.
Theme: A carpet manufacturer went on safari, with recycled felt carpet backing for tent material and carpet patterns inspired by African topography affixed to the plywood chairs.
>>See more from the April 2015 issue of Interior Design
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