ali tayar - parallel design

Tayar's projects include the Gansevoort Gallery, Waterloo Brasserie, Midway Restaurant, PoP Lounge, John Frieda Salon on Madison Avenue, and two residential lofts at 495 West street, all of which are located in New York City. A collection of furniture pieces designed for the ICF Group was presented at the ICFF in May '99 and an injection molded shelving system for the Magis Company was developed in '02. Parallel Design's award-winning aluminum shelving system, "Ellen's Brackets", is widely available and featured in Aveda stores across the US. Tayar's projects include PoP Burgerfor Roy Liebenthal in the Meatpacking District and a loft in the Richard Meier Tower. An installation of Silvia Kolbowski's multi-media pieces for her solo show at the Secession in Vienna was completed in the fall of '04, a retreat on Block Island (RI) and Pizza Bar, a restaurant/bar in NYC were completedin the summer of '05. The Omnia, a contemporary mountain lodge in Zermatt, Switzerland, opened in June of '06, followed by a new PoP Burger on East 58th Street in December '07. Ongoing projects include a "net-zero" house in Austin, Texas, the interior of a high performance sailboat, houses in Bern and Beirut and a pre-fabricated interior system for a loft in SoHo. Tayar is designing the installation of the upcoming "Fleur Fraiches" show of David Hockney at the Foundation Pierre Berge Yves Saint Laurent in Paris. Tayar was a finalist for Cooper Hewitt's National Design Award in 2009.