Craving good design + good eats? The newly launched series, Dine with Design, brings exclusive curated dining experiences to Philadelphia’s aesthetically pleasing showrooms, creative spaces, and culinary scenes. Collaborating with talented designers and architects, attendees gather in an intimate setting, the perfect recipe for blending outstanding cuisine and authentic design conversation.
Our first host is Sandy Smith, Philadelphia magazine’s Home and Real Estate editor. A Kansas City native, he has called Philly home for more than 35 years. He reports on houses for sale, condos for sale, apartments for rent, new construction, development and trends in the Greater Philadelphia real estate market.
“When I was a young boy growing up in Kansas City, I told everyone I wanted to be an architect when I grew up. Somewhere between then and now, I discovered I had a knack for writing and enjoyed it. As Phillymag’s Home and Real Estate Editor, I get to live the dream vicariously, and the annual DesignPhiladelphia festival lets me plunge into the world of architecture and design with gusto. I’m pleased and honored to be able to share my passion with a group of equally passionate diners at Enoteca Tredici on October 7th.” - Sandy Smith
Joining Sandy, is John Weckerly from Boxwood Architects LLC. Boxwood Architects were the designers of the Enoteca Tredici restaurant in Bryn Mawr. John is excited to share his thoughts about the design of Tredici and what inspires him as an architect. Although John is an registered architect with over 20 years of experience, he is also trained as a carpenter and has developed into a steel + woodworking craftsman and keeps an active workload of fabrication pieces for our clients.
Proceeds will support the next generation of design talent through the Center for Architecture and Design’s Architecture in Education (AIE) program which places architects and designers in K-12 classrooms throughout Philadelphia.
Check out the other Dine with Design events:
October 4 | Suraya
October 7 | Enoteca Tredici
October 10 | ROOST / East Market
Presented by Visit Philly!