DIFFA:
This year, DIFFA will honor Alfredo Paredes, Executive Vice President and Chief Retail Officer for Ralph Lauren Corporation, with the inaugural David Rockwell Award, for his years of dedicated service and support as a trustee of the foundation for over 14 years. Mr. Ralph Lauren will present Paredes with the award during the Gala Dinner celebration on Monday, March 26th.
The multi-city tour, which in past years has raised more than $13 million for DIFFA, will feature awe-inspiring dining installations by some of today’s most prominent design luminaries such as David Rockwell, Richard Chai, David Stark, Evette Rios, Jonathan Adler and Christopher Peacock as well as New York’s top design schools led by mentors like Clodagh and Isabel & Ruben Toledo. The full slate of participants will be announced in the coming weeks, each of them tasked to create a magical environment that must adhere to only one rule allowing ten people to dine within the installation.
“We are thrilled to be able to honor Alfredo Paredes at this year’s DINING BY DESIGN,” said David Sheppard, Executive Director of DIFFA. “His continual commitment of time, resources and energy has generated an incredible amount of attention to our work and we are delighted to be able to recognize his efforts. Alfredo speaks to the core of what DINING BY DESIGN is all about, using creativity and passion to inspire change.”
Guests at the gala dinner on Monday, March 26th will dine within the design installations, making the event a truly unique experience for all who attend. Also, for the first time, DIFFA’s DINING BY DESIGN tour will expand beyond dining installations and feature an EFFEN Vodka inspired custom bar and lounge area created by the brand’s designer partner, Richard Chai.
Sponsors include EFFEN Vodka, Benjamin Moore, MMPI and the New York Design Center. Media sponsors include Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Manhattan Magazine and LX.TV.
Installation hosts include Artistic Tile, Rockwell Group, Ralph Lauren Home, Kravet, Hayneedle, HBA, Ethan Allen, JENN-AIR, Lenox, Liebherr, Resource Furniture and The Rug Company.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.diffa.org