@tobinellisdesign | Tobin is the Principal of Barmagic of Las Vegas, an award-winning hospitality design & consulting firm established in 1997 that specializes in bar experience design which is a marriage of concept development, bar design, and hospitality operations.

Barmagic’s client portfolio includes MGM Resorts, Marriott, Panasonic, Ford, Ace Hotels, Starbucks Coffee Company, Gaylord Hotels, CSX Hotels, Microsoft, Waldorf-Astoria Hotels, Edition Hotels and more. Tobin has designed bars from Hawaii to New York, Las Vegas to Johannesburg that have been recognized most recently in Esquire Magazine’s 2019 list for “The 27 Best Bars in America” and The Daily Meal’s 2020 list of “The Best Cocktail Bar in Every State.”

His company’s interior design work was second runner-up nationally in the PIPP Design Awards for commercial interior design and decor in 2014. The following year the line of beverage dispensing equipment he designed for Perlick known as the “Tobin Ellis Cocktail Station” was a Gold Winner in the 2015 GOOD DESIGN Awards selected by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design, in cooperation with the European Centre for Architecture, Art, Design and Urban Studies. Tobin’s bartender station was also nominated as a finalist in the 2016 FCSI Innovation Showcase Awards for Foodservice Product of the Year.