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New Way of Looking at Contemporary China
Jade on 36 Restaurant presents a dramatic new way of looking at
contemporary China. It is a stunning, modern space inspired by
Chinese traditions, but interpreted for the future.
Jade on 36: An Innovative Interpretation of Chinese Traditions
“I wanted to invent a new way of looking at contemporary
China,” says Adam D. Tihany, the iconic restaurant designer
who conceptualized the design of Jade on 36. “I wanted it
to be based on tradition – but set in the future.”
Tihany took three traditional Chinese elements – a blue-and-white
porcelain rice bowl, an image of imperial robes, and a snuff bottle
– and transformed them into design elements for modern China,
elements that fuse the past into the future.
The Deconstructed Rice Bowl
A traditional blue-and-white porcelain rice bowl, a staple in
every Chinese household, is deconstructed, stripped down to a
cobalt blue tile skeleton. Diners step through the 4.3 meter modernistic
sculpture, dotted with lights – “grains of rice”
– to enter the restaurant.
The Emperor’s Robes
The unusual ceiling, an origami of overlapping angles, was inspired
by the flow, form and opulence of imperial robes. Tihany has abstracted
the robes on the ceiling, creating a modern representation of
the luxury of an age long past.
The Snuff Bottles
Filled with tobacco, snuff bottles were the chic accessory for
the Qing Dynasty elite. The upper classes lavished these exquisite,
miniature masterpieces with the finest workmanship as an expression
of their refined taste. Here, they are magnified, with poetic
Chinese calligraphy brushed within. The snuff bottles also serve
as giant lighting fixtures, artistic and tasteful – another
Tihany interpretation of classic art the 21st century.
The Designer: Adam D. Tihany
Adam D. Tihany
"Quite simply, Mr. Tihany may well be America's pre-eminent
restaurant designer today.”
— Interior Design magazine Hall of Fame
Adam D. Tihany is widely regarded as the world’s preeminent
hospitality designer – his fluid, profoundly diverse design
vocabulary has, for decades, affected change and influenced the
global luxury market, a market that has embraced his complex mix
of architecture, design, worldliness, provocation and pampering.
Jade on 36 is Tihany’s first project on the Chinese mainland.
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