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Designer
Adam D. Tihany
Adam D. Tihany was born in Transylvania in 1948, spent his childhood in Jerusalem and studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. In 1978 he established his own multidisciplinary design firm in New York, Tihany Design, and he is…
Biography
Background
Adam D. Tihany was born in Transylvania in 1948, spent his childhood in Jerusalem and studied architecture at the Politecnico di Milano. In 1978 he established his own multidisciplinary design firm in New York, Tihany Design, and he is based in New York.
Signature Style
Tihany has built his career around the art of hospitality, and he is credited as the first self-labeled "restaurant designer". Tihany Design works on hotel and dining interiors, among them The Beverly Hills Hotel, The Breakers in Palm Beach and The Oberoi New Delhi.
Notable Works
His restaurant work includes Per Se and Bouchon for Thomas Keller and Daniel in New York for Daniel Boulud. He has licensed product lines for companies such as Villeroy & Boch and Frette, has a long-standing association with Christofle and collaborated with Poltrona Frau on the Stanley Chair, which debuted in 2016. For Giorgetti he designed Host, a bar cabinet with trolley dated 2020.
Legacy
His honours include the 1991 Interior Design Hall of Fame and Bon Appetit's Designer of the Year in 2001. His books include Tihany Design (1997), Tihany Style (2004) and Tihany: Iconic Hotel and Restaurant Interiors (2014).
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