Robert On Top Of The MAD

This concept of a museum’s restaurant actually serving as an extension to the building and providing delicious food is something we can all get behind. One only wonders why it has taken this long. Following the Wright restaurant’s lead at the Guggenheim, New York has offered up yet another reason why their museums are a few steps ahead of the rest.

The Museum of Arts and Design has introduced us to the Robert restaurant. As in current vogue, it is named after an inspirational character, this time it is New York City icon and extravagant events organizer Robert Isabell.

Nestling prettily atop the ninth floor of the museum, Robert offers a splendid view of Columbus Circle, Broadway, and Central Park. This is how it should be, such a vantage point is the only way one can truly appreciate New York.

It is the interior, though, that catches the eye, just as much as the collection displayed underneath the ninth floor. The interior designs are as much pieces of sculpture as they are furniture.

Designed by Philip Michael Wolfson, the original furniture pieces include transparent cocktail tables, and elongated communal tables and reception desks, all a fusion of art and functionality.

Hanging above the room like electric flamingos is an original work by Johanna Grawuder. The neon pink rectangles give a spark the room, providing plenty of energy and inviting some of the city’s voltage indoors.

Small eating tables and chair are lined up against the glass windows, the chairs placed side by side each other so every seat looks out the window towards the urban vista. Open for lunch, tea, dinner, and plain old lounging, it is the perfect spot to watch the lights of downtown New York flash by.

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by Henry Guyer
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