Hangover Observations: A Look at the NYDC's Table at DIFFA's Dining by Design

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The Event: Dining by Design Gala dinner in support of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS)
In the House: Decorators, designers, publicists, DIFFA reps, shelter magazine editors, design-world bloggers, socialites, celebrity industry folk such as Jonathan Adler.
The Dress Code: Effortless cocktail-party chic: predominantly dark frocks with very few sequins.
The Menu: A strong rotation of light nibbles (marinated shrimp, tiny bites of brie adorned with rosemary and apple), an avocado summer salad, roast stuffed baby chicken. Rumor had it that the pouring of delicious La Crema wines was kept to a minimum because Ralph Lauren, who presented an honor, didn't want everyone schickered before his speech.
Spotted: House Beautiful editor in chief Newell Turner proudly displaying on his iPhone the magazine's poll to find the next great paint color; Elle Decor editor in chief Michael Boodro yukking it up with interior designer Brad Ford; Ralph Lauren looking sharp in a double-breasted pinstripe suit; Cottages & Gardens publisher Marianne Howatson beaming about the recent New York Cottages & Gardens launch; The Chew's Carla Hall (formerly of Top Chef) cutting a rug on the dancefloor post-dinner; Marchesa co-founder Georgina Chapman idly toying with her cellphone by the entrance.
The Music: Gaga, Rihanna, any and all dance-happy remixes.
The Gift Bag Contents: The April issue of Architectural Digest (one of the media sponsors), some marketing pamphlets, and a set of Crabtree & Evelyn hand creams. Sadly, exactly zero bottles of La Crema.

The Scoop: Last night, the design glitterati descended upon Pier 94 on Manhattan's West Side for the annual Dining by Design gala dinner in support of DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS). Brands ranging from Marimekko to the Tilton Fenwick duo to Jonathan Adler (who debuted a new fabrics collection for Kravet) decorated a seemingly endless array of tables, which guests proceeded to dine at as the night unfolded. The event coincided with the tail end of the Architectural Digest Home Design Show; editor in chief Margaret Russell gave a speech, as did Ralph Lauren, who honored his executive vice president and chief retail creative officer Alfredo Paredes for his contributions to DIFFA.

Curbed attended as a guest of the New York Design Center, which tapped a handful of design firms from its Access to Design program to mastermind two place settings each for their dinner guests of choice. The result? A "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" table styled by former shelter editor and decorator/Curbed contributor Alexa Stevenson to achieve a "glamorous haunted mansion" feel—all the dinner guests, including Alexander McQueen, Emilio Pucci, Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Jackson, Cleopatra, and Elvis, are no longer alive. As for the actual guets, they included NYDC CEO and president Jim Druckman, Elle Decor editor in chief Michael Boodro, Traditional Home publisher Beth Brenner, and more. Click through the gallery above to glimpse the place settings crafted by Drew McGukin, Laura Bohn, Robert Passal, Thomas Burak, the girls of id 810 Design Group, West Chin, Coffinier Ku Design, Kati Curtis, and Vanessa Deleon, all incorporating furnishings and decor from the NYDC.

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A Touch of Iron: Dining Tables, Accents & Consoles

A Touch of Iron: Dining Tables, Accents & Consoles | Apartment Therapy MainStyleDIYHomekeepingFamilyTechRenovatingShopping The KitchnMarketplaceLogin A Touch of Iron: Dining Tables, Accents & Consoles

Iron is sturdy and beautiful. It gives the impression of a bygone industrial era. Like heavy industry, it has a slightly course quality, not perfectly refined. Use iron furniture whenever you'd like to introduce a bit of casual style in your decor.

(Shown above from left to right)
1. Raquel Console Table, $2,100.00 from Arteriors Home
2. Metal Accordion Side Table, $64.00 from Urban Outfitters
3. 92" Factory Zinc & Cast Iron Rectangular Dining Table, $1,495.00 from Restoration Hardware
4. Orleans Iron Honed Black Marble End Table, $1,005.91 from Lamps Plus
5. Worlds Away Iron Table Base in Gold Leaf-Medium, $1,755.00 from Candelabra

MORE IRON TABLES ON APARTMENT THERAPY:
• Gearworks Adjustable Height Tripod Table from Sundance
• Identify This Marble & Iron Coffee Table?

(Images: As credited above.)

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Linkage: Dining Rooms; Lego's Next Conquest; Mansard Roofs; More!

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Artistry: Behold the Crazy Dining Table With a Bunch of Crap as a Leg

× Like us and you'll find top breaking news in your Facebook newsfeed. Sign up for our daily email newsletter and get top stories and breaking news delivered to your inbox. Thursday, October 6, 2011, by Sarah Firshein

"There's so much waste, it makes me cringe," says Belgian-born artist Walter Raes in his artist's statement—no doubt with the sort of awesome accent that makes the sound of such words even cooler. "I want people to know how much effort goes into manufacturing everyday things." Thus explains "Missing," the curious (and aptly named) table above, which debuted at this year's London Design Festival in an installation modeled after a vintage room vignette. As our friends at Design Boom astutely point out, "Upon closer inspection, the traditional British suburban space delivers a sharp comment on waste, as each familiar object turns out to be a pile of inventively reassembled trash." Ah, art.

· Walter Raes at London Design Week 2011 [Design Boom via moggit]

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Building DIY Plumbing Pipe Shelves in My Dining Room

We've seen more than a few posts featuring DIY plumbing pipe shelves around here and I have been trying to think of a way to incorporate it into my own home for the past year or so. I recently switched around my rooms and ended up with a blank wall surrounding a radiator and that seemed like as good of place as any to finally take on the project myself!

The first post about plumbing pipe shelving that really got my attention was way back in 2009 – Morgan's DIY Plumbing Pipe Shelving. I will be forever indebted to Morgan and her blog, Brick House, for her insightful, detailed post about how she put together her shelves. Without her post I don’t know if I would have ever figured out the details of how to DIY this unit on my own. Even with her post as a guide, my project still required numerous trips to the hardware store, including one last minute trip when my measurements turned out to be a little off. Although, granted, the repeated trips weren’t entirely my fault. One trip to Home Depot was quickly aborted when I learned that the machine that cuts the metal pipes was out of order.

When I had finally collected all the components I needed for the shelves, I set out prepping the area where they were to be installed. (Rather than list the components for the shelves here, I'll refer you back to Morgan's comprehensive how-to post.) Thank God we had the foresight to paint the radiator before we assembled the shelves. For anyone who has never painted a radiator let me just report that it is a pain in the neck to get into all the nooks and crannies! Also, high heat paint is stinky so open all the windows! We stained and drilled the holes for the pipes in the 1” x 12” pine planks that we would be using for the shelves and washed the greasy residue off all the pipes while the radiator paint dried overnight.

With the radiator painted and all the components prepped, it was finally time to start building the shelves. As Morgan at Brick House reported, measuring and planning were the lion’s share of the work for this project, putting it together was the easy part. Still, it’s definitely a two person job and I’m grateful my husband was home to assist.

Basically erecting the shelves was like working with Legos or Lincoln Logs. We screwed together the base, laid a shelf on top of it, screwed together the next level of pipes, laid the next shelf, and so on until we reached the top. Once we had the entire unit pieced together, we straightened it out and then screwed the flanges to the floor at the base and to the wall at the top.

I’m absolutely giddy with the way the shelves turned out. They have a stunning visual impact and, because we went almost to the ceiling with them, make the walls, and thereby the room, seem taller. While I had never thought much about the radiator before, it looks amazing painted black. And surrounded by the black pipes and dark stained shelves, it recedes into the shelving.

Images: Jason Loper

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Celebrity Decor: Michael Jordan's New Dining Table Has Exactly 32,292 Holes

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In August, former NBA superstar Michael Jordan bought a $3.15M condo in Charlotte to have a home base closer to the Bobcats, which he purchased for $275M earlier in the year. How did he commemorate his dream of finally becoming an NBA club owner? Why, by enlisting D.C.-based metal sculptor Michael Enn Sirvet to craft a dining table with 32,292 holes—one for every point Jordan scored during his long, record-shattering career on the court. Jordan was apparently so thrilled with the nine-by-three-foot creation, made of aircraft-grade aluminum, that "he flipped out. He was speechless." [Insert cliched expression about Sirvet's slam dunk here.]

· COOL OR FOOL: MICHAEL JORDAN BUYS A TABLE. [HomeBunch]
· D.C. artist designs Michael Jordan's dining room table [TBD]
· Michael Jordan buys Charlotte home: Inside the building [WCNC]

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