Facade Plan of the Pavilion of the National Association of Hungarian Applied Arts (OMIT) (1910)

Between 1903 and 1908, Gyula Tálos studied at the School of Applied Arts, where he graduated as an interior designer, under the tutelage of Ede Wiegand Thoroczkay. He then spent three years studying in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Brussels and Paris. During this time he also worked in the workshops of the Deutscher Werkbund and the Wiener Werkstatten. After his return (1910-1911) he worked as a decorator in architectural offices. From 1911 to 1913 he worked as an interior designer and decorator in the offices of Béla Lajta, and from 1913 to 1941 as an interior designer and decorator in the offices of Béla Málnai.From 1941 to 1948 he was head of office in the office of Elemér Csank (Rottmann), and from 1948 to 1956 he worked in the building department of the Public Building Design Company. 

His interior design, furnishings, unique furniture, graphics, exotic colour paintings, ex libris and engravings won numerous prizes in architectural and industrial art competitions and exhibitions between the two world wars. His work as an exhibition designer includes the 1938 exhibition of the Society of Applied Arts, for which he designed and supervised the entire installation. In the same year, his unique furniture won the gold medal of the Society of Applied Arts. 

The Hungarian National Association of Applied Arts (OMIT) was founded in 1885 with the aim of promoting modern Hungarian applied arts, both in terms of creating a national character and raising technical standards. Its aims included providing a background for craftsmen, polishing the public's taste and contributing to the development of industry and the economy. The Minister of Religion and Public Education, August Trefort, who became the first President of the Association, played a major role in its creation. The OMIT has carried out a wide range of organisational activities: exhibitions, competitions, debates, both at home and abroad. Its publications helped to establish the theory of the subject. The façade of the pavilion of the Hungarian Association of Applied Arts (OMIT) bears witness to the Bauhaus influence with its clean lines and large glass windows. Tálos has placed the different artistic disciplines in separate showcases.