Welcoming the Lunar New Year with AAPIDA

Celebrating the Year of the Horse

Photographed by Aseil Almogaber, Event Production by BY TROY

Four people stand in front of a red wall with "Happy Lunar New Year" text. A man in a cream suit stands on the left, followed by three women in dresses.

Cade Payne, Sadie Burbank, Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis, and Amy Huang of Jerry Pair 

Four people stand in front of an orange backdrop with Lunar New Year decorations. A man in a dark shirt and grey pants smiles. A woman in a bright orange lace dress smiles. A woman in a patterned dress and gold necklace smiles. A woman in a black cardigan smiles.

Amit Malik of Stone Showcase, Dorothy Burke of Dorothy Burke Interiors, Jessica Davis of Atelier Davis, and Amber Guyton of Blessed Little Bungalow

Two women stand in front of a red backdrop with "Happy Lunar New Year" text and sponsor logos. One woman wears a maroon off-the-shoulder dress and the other wears a blue striped shirt and black pants.

Renee Chiarelli of The Design Editors and Tiffany Kim of StudioTMK

Two women pose in front of a red backdrop with a "Happy Lunar New Year" sign and a decorative tree with hanging ornaments.

Amy Huang of Jerry Pair and Tiffany Kim of Studio TMK

Red cookies decorated with 'Happy Lunar New Year' text and a gold lantern, and cookies with 'asian american pacific islander design alliance' text, arranged on a silver platter with a floral arrangement in the background.

Rows of golden custard tarts with fluted pastry shells arranged on a black and gold checkered surface, with bottles of liquor blurred in the background.

Red backdrop with 'Happy Lunar New Year' text, hosted by AAPIDA Atlanta Chapter, and listing sponsors including Ferguson Home, Stone Showcase, Designer Carpets, Wareco, R Hughes, ADAC, Beck, Atlanta Homes, Troy, and Asian American Pacific Islander Design Alliance.

A large floral arrangement of red and yellow flowers sits on a black countertop in front of a bar with bottles on shelves. A sign reads 'Bar Menu'.

The Asian American Pacific Islander Design Alliance (AAPIDA) Atlanta chapter celebrated its annual Lunar New Year gathering alongside both familiar and new faces. Guests welcomed the fiery Year of the Horse with festive cocktails, ornate red décor, and delicious bites from Lucky Star. The AAPIDA is an organization and collective that engages, promotes, and empowers Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders working within the home and design industries to foster visibility, collaboration and representation industry-wide. aapida.com