Design Museum Everywhere
Gala 10 - A Decade of Design Impact
Design Museum Boston celebrated its 10th anniversary with Gala 10 on June 8th, 2019 with their biggest, most successful, and most orange event of the year. We were incredibly proud that we exceeded our fundraising goal by over 30%, making the evening an unbelievable success.
Wearing everything from neon orange suits to tiered chiffon dresses covered in mirrored tiles, prominent names in the Boston-area design, art, and business communities gathered at the Exchange at 100 Federal Street, a modern glass-and-steel structure in the middle of Downtown Boston, for the party.
Especially notable in the crowd were Erin Robertson, who swept season 15 of Project Runway, Nicole Fichera, jewelry designer extraordinaire (as well as emcee for the event), nationwide interior design star Taniya Nayak of Restaurant Impossible and her husband, restaurant owner Brian O’Donnell, Denise Korn, Principal at Gensler, Philip Barash of The Boston Foundation, and Robert Brown, Managing Director of Perkins+Will Boston, the firm responsible for the Exchange’s beautiful design.
Guests mingled, enjoying gourmet hors d'oeuvres and a raw bar, as well as specialty cocktails courtesy of Our Fathers and The Hawthorne, while aerialist Molly Baechtold gave a gravity-defying performance. Then they sat down to dinner, where they were treated to a four-course meal crafted by the city’s star chefs, Mario LaPosta of da laPosta Pizzeria, Zachary Osborn of Granary Tavern, and Benjamin Lacy and Ryan Boya of Café ArtScience.
During dinner Design Museum introduced its next exhibition, WeDesign: People. Practice. Progress., which will highlight diverse design talent across disciplines and industries, as well as announced our expansion of youth programming with Neighborhood Service Project, a community program in Cambridge to introduce teens to design thinking while empowering them to creatively address challenges in their own communities.
As servers brought out the final course, donors rained a shower of colorful streamers into the air in the final moments of the program. With the oncoming sunset, guests joined Violin Viiv and DJ Kay Bay in a dance party under the stars.
**This event was planned and executed for Design Museum Boston
by Catalina in her role as Community Manager.**
