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“My introduction to art and design came early, at age twelve, when I was allowed to blow glass for the ﬁrst time,” reminisces Adam Kamens, CEO of Amuneal, a Philadelphiabased custom fabrication company. “I actually just found my ﬁrst business card from when I was ﬁfteen, which reads ‘glass artist,’ with my home address.” Starting a product design career at a young age makes sense considering Kamens’ parents founded Amuneal, then a strictly magnetic shielding business, in 1965. But after graduating college, Kamens helped expand the company into architectural and design services. Now the CEO, Kamens says both elements are integral to the company: “We’ve always made highly engineered, fast turnaround custom products. Whether it’s for a space shuttle, a retail store, or a hotel really shouldn’t matter.” The Soho House in New York was Amuneal’s ﬁrst foray into hospitality design. “During the day, no one would go into the dining room to hang out and work; it was too formal,” Kamens explains. “So we watched how people used the space and proposed new furniture to make it more accessible.” The solution: high-gloss lacquered turned wood tables that invite guests to linger. More recent high-proﬁle New York projects for such designers as Roman and Williams and Andrew Kikoski include lobby and guest suite pieces for the Royalton, a giant signature bronze relief door for the rooftop lounge at the Standard, an installation with artist Sarah Sze for the High Line, and a 30-foot monolithic bar feature for the Wright restaurant at the Guggenheim. Next up: work on the renovation of the Hudson New York. Amuneal also just launched a line of furniture, accessories, artwork, and art displays. The company’s industrial and scientiﬁc roots, combined with utilitarian functionality and exquisite detail—using materials like wood, metal, and glass—are the DNA of the product line. But it’s the range of backgrounds and inspirations within the company’s design team that Kamens says makes their work unique: “The creative process, in its purest form, is incredibly inclusive.” www.amuneal.com

Clockwise from top left: Amuneal CEO Adam Kamens; a giant waterjet-cut bronze door leading to the rooftop lounge at the Standard in New York; and the I-Beam table from Amuneal’s new furniture line, reflective of the company’s industrial and scientific roots.

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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Hospitality Design - July 2012

Hospitality Design - July 2012
Contents
Online Contents
From the Editor
From the Show Director
People
People
Sketchbook
Purchasing POV
Trends
Places
Places
Interviews
Interviews
Hellman-Chang
Adam Kamens
IIDA/HD Product Design Winners
Tabletop
Greatest Innovators
Instinct for Innovation
Back Space
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Hospitality Design - July 2012 - Hellman-Chang
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Hospitality Design - July 2012 - Adam Kamens
Hospitality Design - July 2012 - IIDA/HD Product Design Winners
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Hospitality Design - July 2012 - Greatest Innovators
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Hospitality Design - July 2012 - Instinct for Innovation
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