Newyork Blog: Dining by Design

The "Don't Miss" Event of the Season: DINING BY DESIGN San Francisco

The most exciting and glamorous designer event of the year in San Francisco is coming soon! For an inspiring and magical evening don't miss DINING BY DESIGN , co-produced by DIFFA and the AIDS Research Institute at the University of California, San Francisco, this November.

The Gala Dinner (formal and fabulous!) is Thursday, November 19 and the Table Hop & Taste (fun cocktail party!) is Wednesday, November 18. Get your tickets now so you don't miss out on an evening or two at the glamorous Galleria in the San Francisco Design Center!

Photo of Table

Designed by Martha Angus

for the Gump's Preview Party this week

Courtesy of the wonderful and gorgeous

Chic Coles blog!

I can tell you from my own personal experience (I designed a table for the event) that this is a unique and magical extravaganza.

This signature fundraising event showcases the most inspired dining installations created by a talented and intriguing cast of designer, architects, personalities and artists. You will not be disappointed.

DINING BY DESIGN travels through eight US cities and has granted more than $38 million for the fight against HIV/AIDS. DINING BY DESIGN in San Francisco benefits the UCSF Positive Health Program (PHP) at San Francisco General Hospital.

What I love about this is that the programs developed to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS here ultimately benefit poverty-stricken populations in the most wretched areas of the developing world also.

So you see, you can't go wrong! See you there, on the side of the angels!

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We are again this year donating a few days at our family's seaside Mexican villa, Casa Gala in Sayulita, to the Silent Auction....you'll want to bid on this wonderfully relaxing and enchanting holiday!

Casa Gala, Sayulita, Nayarit, Mexico

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CONTACT:

Kit Golson Design

for elegant, sustainable and pragmatic

Chic Provence Interior Design

Elegant, Sustainable? Yes: My Table for Dining By Design

Well we do use what we have these days, don't we? It's a fiscal challenge to keep up with the very latest design trends. In post-Obama inauguration, I say do what you love with what you have. And do it with all your heart.

This amazing chandelier was made from found things. It graced an exquisite setting to the adoration of the critics. It did not cost much money, but it took time, energy and intense creativity to bring it to light.

Table for DIFFA's San Francisco Dining by Design:

Tresors de la Mer

Tresors de la Mer Chandelier Made

Entirely From Found Objects

{It's For Sale!}

Design concept? You are out to sea in your little boat and your anchor catches on something. It's this rusty old basket pulled out of the ocean and after the mermaid slithers out, you find it is filled with treasures like old mercury glass, silver, coral, shells and crystals. You have found Tresors de la Mer much to your delight!

It's was handful, this chandelier and tabletop. But it didn't cost the moon, and it treaded softly on the earth; every single component is a reused item, including the IKEA table underneath it all.