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DesignShed Benefit – "HOX Zodiac" Dinner/Performance
Hosted by long time collaborators – internationally acclaimed artist Victoria Vesna (Pig sign), and renowned neuro-scientist Siddharth Ramakrishnan (Sheep sign) – and inspired by the Hox genes controlling body plans of different animals.


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About The Event
Each year, we bring our community around the table in the form of a benefit event, to help support DesignShed's year-round programs. We are delighted to present this event at two tiers of participation and support, $95 seated at the table, and $25 seated at home.
Hosted by long time collaborators – internationally accliamed artist Victoria Vesna (Pig sign), and renowned neuro-scientist Siddharth Ramakrishnan (Sheep sign) – and inspired by the Hox genes controlling body plans of different animals, we invite you to share your offering for dinner as your Chinese zodiac animal to partake food and exchange conversations around our relationship to animals as pets, food, science experiments and myths. Each dinner participant will don a lab coat, signifying them as the resident expert/scientist – which we all were with regards to food before it became an industrial commodity.
Guests will also be encouraged to share menu ideas based on the ingredients associated with each animal, which will serve as another way to share ideas over food.You are welcome to EAT your animal or BE EATEN. When registering include your contribution. This can be before or after our event. We may include your offering in our upcoming Hox Zodiac cookbook!
Ages 21+
WE THANK OUR TITLE SPONSOR!
⭐️Our gratitude goes out to BDP Holdings for bringing MDW21 to life! We are so grateful for your generous support! ⭐️
WE THANK OUR HUB SPONSORS!
⭐️Additional thanks go to Farrow & Ball, Nespresso and Grape Collective for making our HUB the magical place that it is!⭐️
WE THANK OUR COMMUNITY SPONSORS!
⭐️Additional thanks go to Bauer/Wheeler Family Fund and Dennis and Denise Bone Fund for their ongoing support!⭐️
WE THANK OUR MEDIA PRODUCTION SPONSORS!
⭐️Very special thanks to our collaborators MIDHEAVEN NETWORK for their broadcasting support.⭐️
Tickets
Reserved Spot – $25 (Virtual)
Registration is required. Virtual participation only. Private zoom link shall be supplied.
$25.00Reserved VIP Spot –$95
Registration is required. Includes table seat at live performance, "Hox Zodiac" collectibles, and food and drink.
$95.00Good Karma – $10 donation
Send the good karma forward with your donation. Every dollar goes toward year-round programming that sparks the inner designer in all of us, for a more resilient and equitable future!
$10.00NJT Scratch-n-Sniff Map – $10
Add this one-of-a-kind edition of NJ's most iconic landmarks at our preview rate of $10. Retails for $15 online.
$10.00A Labour of Love – $80
A LABOUR OF LOVE is a 448-page publication by design curators and authors Lidewij Edelkoort and Philip Fimmano, available exclusively through MDW21.
$80.00
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