Housing Works Celebrates 20th Anniversary of “Design on a Dime” Benefit
Housing Works hosted the 20th annual Design on a Dime (DOAD) benefit. The highly anticipated event brings together acclaimed designers and premium brands to curate vignettes and collections for an enviable showcase of luxury home decor, furnishings, and art. The three-day shopping event returned to the Metropolitan Pavilion with an exciting lineup of dozens of renowned interior design professionals.
The festivities began with the 20th Anniversary Celebration—a dinner and awards program honoring leaders and advocates in the design community who have created a home for humanitarianism over two decades. The next day featured the kick-off of everyone's favorite shopping event of the year, where guests could shop the fabulous designer vignettes.
Design on a Dime is led by Founding Chair James “Ford” Huniford, and its event leadership includes a stellar cast of Designer Co-Chairs: Alessandra Branca, Rayman Boozer, Jamie Drake, Cliff Fong, Elissa Grayer, Young Huh, David Kaihoi, Charlotte Moss, Joy Moyler, and Miles Redd.
This year’s event featured an array of masterfully curated vignettes styled by a lineup of the industry’s most acclaimed designers. Each vignette showcased an expertly crafted assortment of luxury pieces donated by designers, dealers, galleries, shops, and hundreds of coveted home decor brands. Marked up to 80% off retail prices, the merchandise was be sold to benefit Housing Works’ lifesaving services and advocacy work to end the AIDS epidemic and to provide housing, healthcare, and social justice for all.
New to the event was The Lighting Emporium, which The New York Design Center was proud to support with a substantial donation that will support Housing Works for many years to come.
As DOAD celebrates its 20th anniversary, it has raised more than $24 million to support Housing Works’ charitable mission to end HIV/AIDS and homelessness. Generous donations from dedicated design aficionados and iconic home brands give their time, resources, and creative energy to bring the event to life.
The DOAD 2025 lineup of participating design professionals include:
18th Street Design Collective
Anjali Pollack Design
Antonio DeLoatch Designs
Apartment 48
Archive by Dan Mazzarini
AREA Interior Design
beam&bloom
Benjamin Moore
Bloomingdale's
Branca
Calder Design Group
CAROLYNLEONA by Liz Goldberg
Chrissy Ritter LLC
Corey Damen Jenkins & Associates x Villa & House
Danielle Colding
Danielle Rose Design Co.
David Kleinberg Design Associates
de la Torre Design Studio
Everick Brown Design
foley&cox
Franco Rivera Design
Ghislaine Viñas
Gray Space Interiors
Hines Collective
Housing Works Thrift Shops
Isabel Ladd Interiors
J. Cohler Mason Design
JDK Interiors
Josh Minter Design
K.A. Murphy Interiors
Kerri Pilchik Design
Leyden Lewis Design Studio
Mark Cunningham Inc
Melanie Roy Design
Nick Olsen Inc
Peter Pennoyer Architects
Petrie Interior Designs
Philip Gorrivan Design
Redd Kaihoi
Richard Mishaan Design
Robert Couturier
Sarah Vaile Design
Society Social
Staged To Sell Home
Studio Armando Aguirre
Timothy Brown Studio
Tina Ramchandani Creative
Yellow House Architects
“Twenty years ago, DOAD began as a small cohort of openhearted designers coming together at Housing Works in Chelsea to style a single nook and has grown to an extensive corps of designers and brands. The event was conceived as a means to harness the incredible generosity and creative force of the design community to honor our friends lost to AIDS and to help provide dignity and security to those living with HIV,” said Design on a Dime’s Founding Chair, James Huniford. “I am forever grateful for the continued support.”