HOUSING WORKS CELEBRATES 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF "DESIGN ON A DIME" BENEFIT

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Mar 20, 2025, 11:00 ET

THE FUNDRAISING EVENT FOUNDED BY JAMES HUNIFORD GATHERS DOZENS OF THE INDUSTRY'S PREEMINENT INTERIOR DESIGNERS AND HOME DECOR BRANDS ANNUALLY TO SUPPORT LIFE-SAVING SERVICES FOR NEW YORKERS IN NEED

THREE-DAY SHOPPING EVENT @ THE METROPOLITAN PAVILION
DOAD 20th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION DINNER | APRIL 23
VIP PREVIEW + SHOPPING | APRIL 24
PUBLIC SALE DAYS | APRIL 25 + 26

NEW YORK, March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Housing Works will host its annual Design on a Dime (DOAD) benefit April 23-26, 2025. Now in its 20th year, 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 returns to the Metropolitan Pavilion with an exciting lineup of dozens of renowned interior design professionals.

The festivities will kick off on April 23 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. Shopping will begin on April 24 with a series of ticketed affairs that include a VIP reception and early-access shopping, culminating in the free public sale days April 25-26. Tickets are now available for purchase here.

Design on a Dime is led by Founding Chair, James "Ford" Huniford with event leadership that 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.

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.

This year's event will feature an array of masterfully curated vignettes styled by a lineup of the industry's most acclaimed designers. Each vignette boasts an expertly crafted assortment of luxury pieces donated by designers, dealers, galleries, shops, and hundreds of coveted brands in home decor. Marked up to 80% off retail prices, the merchandise will 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. Among the vignettes, the event will also host the Brunschwig & Fils Bazaar showcasing the quintessentially maximalist side of the luxury home decor brand Brunschwig & Fils, inviting attendees inside five wonderfully whimsical rooms dreamed up by a line-up of wildly talented designers — all in wall-to-wall Brunschwig.

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
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
Jason Saft x Staged To Sell Home
Josh Minter Design
K.A. Murphy Interiors
Kelley Carter for Bloomingdale's
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
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."

Premier sponsors of Design on a Dime 2025 include Brunschwig & Fils and Benjamin Moore; signature sponsor, Bloomingdale's; and Pillow Talk produced by FREDERIC Magazine, sponsored by Schumacher.

What: Design On A Dime

Where: Metropolitan Pavilion | 125 W 18th St., NYC

Tickets: give.classy.org/doad25

For more information about Housing Works visit housingworks.org. Join Housing Works on Facebook. Follow Housing Works on Twitter, Housing Works Instagram, and Design On A Dime Instagram. #designonadime #doad2025.

About Design on a Dime:
Design on a Dime, founded in 2004 by designer James Huniford, gathers together a broad assembly of top interior designers to create incredible room vignettes curated and styled with choice donated merchandise from key dealers, home decor brands, and artists. All merchandise in these one-of-a-kind rooms is then sold at charitable prices to design-savvy attendees.

About Housing Works:
Established more than 30 years ago to end the dual crises of AIDS and homelessness, Housing Works today develops and operates community healthcare clinics, housing, and other supportive services throughout New York City. Housing Works advocates for policies that address health equity and social justice on behalf of people living with HIV/AIDS, those experiencing homelessness, the LGBTQ community, and all New Yorkers in need. Housing Works fundraises through its beloved chain of social enterprise retail including Housing Works Thrift Shops, Bookstore Cafe, and New York's first adult-use dispensary.

SOURCE Housing Works