EventCo Designs DIFFA's
Dining BY Design
New York City

DIFFA’S DINING BY DESIGN- New York City – EventCo Productions kicked off their line-up of spring events with a phenomenal showing at DIFFA’s Dining by Design in New York City! Dining By Design is an opportunity for New York’s top designers to bring over-the-top table top designs to one location and raise money for DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) to benefit AIDS research and awareness. The 3-day launch of the 11th annual National Tour, held at Skylight, began with Table Hop and Taste on the first day and Cocktails by Design on day 2. The final evening contained a Gala Dinner in which many celebrities and New York socialites came to see the elaborately designed tables followed by an elegant seated dinner.

Chris March, Season 4 contestant on Project Runway, Jill Zarin and LuAnn de Lesseps of Bravo’s The Real Housewives of New York City, songstress Vanessa Carlton, Stacy London host of TLC’s What Not To Wear, Tony Award winner for her directing role of The Lion King musical Julie Taymor, Doug Wilson designer for TLC’s Trading Spaces, Damien Fahey host of MTV’s TRL, model Maggie Rizer and Top New York Designer Jamie Drake were just a small portion of the elite guest list for the Gala Dinner.

With National Sponsors Benjamin Moore, Beringer Vineyards, Elit by Stolichnaya, Hewlett Packard and National Media Sponsors: Architectural Digest, Domino, Gourmet, and The New York Times made this event nothing short of fabulous! Additional table installations were done by Ralph Lauren Home, Crate and Barrel, Viking Range Corporation, Continental Airlines, New York Design Center, and Parson The New School For Design, just to name a few.

EventCo also designed their own unique installation, “Queen Acres,” a quirky spin-off of the 1960’s hit TV show Green Acres. The EventCo team recreated the famous rural kitchen of Oliver Wendell Douglas and wife Lisa with the exterior as an old farmhouse and the elegance of Park Avenue décor! EventCo put their installation over the top by using drag queen, Dee Ranged to portray Lisa Douglas!

In addition EventCo oversaw the full production of this extensive 3-day event. From management, lighting, décor and acrylic installation designs EventCo surpassed all expectations and was even asked to have all acrylic installations be apart of each DBD throughout the country! After this amazing event EventCo has now been nominated for a Biz Bash Style Award!

Click on this link to see an excerpt from the Rachael Ray Show where designer Evette Rios will take you on a tour of New York’s Dining by Design!

DIFFA’s Dining by Design will continue on to Kansas City, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Chicago and Boston throughout 2008. DIFFA was able to raise $1,150,000 at Dining by Design New York