NEW YORK-Coinciding with the Architectural Digest Home Design Show, DIFFA: Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS will launch its Dining By Design 2010 campaign with a Cocktails by Design event on March 18, at Pier 94, from 6 to 10 p.m.

The party will allow attendees to preview the dining installations created by designers and sets the stage for the organization’s gala event on Monday, March 22. Tickets for Cocktails by Design cost $150 each.

This will be the start of its 13th national tour of Dining by Design, and the New York weekend will include Table Hop & Taste on Sunday, March 21. Scheduled from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., the event will pair wine and food from New York’s top restaurants and gourmet food purveyors for attendees. Tickets cost $60.

The Architectural Digest Home Design Show is scheduled for March 18-21.