We noticed much mixing of tableware on the diverse tabletops at Design Industries Foundations Fighting AIDS’ Dining by Design benefit. Designers layered plates in different but complementary colors and patterns, and placed glasses in a variety of heights and materials at a single setting. The look was not exactly thrift-shop decor—but certainly not traditional either.
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On the Darren Henault Interiors table, two plates—one floral-patterned, one plain white—topped each patterned charger, and red-tinted wine goblets alternated with clear etched glasses of varying sizes.
Free People topped its feminine table—which sat underneath a canopy of white silk flowers—with etched metal chargers and subtly patterned plates. Mismatched glasses ranged from smooth to floral-etched, and from squat to tall-stemmed.
Red plastic goblets contrasted with traditional clear wine glasses at the Container Store’s red-and-white, modern-looking table.
In keeping with Waterworks’ signature clean lines and colors, each setting at its table mixed green and clear glasses in angular and curvilinear shapes.
