Jason Miller

Articles

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  Graphic Design: Project Projects

  Manhattan-based Project Projects may be a graphic design studio, but it works in all dimensions, on the page and off. Founded by Prem Krishnamurthy and Adam Michaels in 2004, the firm designs…

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  Inventables: Materials Database

  Zach Kaplan is looking out for the little guys. In 2002, he launched Inventables, an extensive library of high-tech materials from manufacturers and innovators like Dupont and 3Form. The initial…

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  Design Build: Made

  Brian Papa, Oliver Freundlich, and Ben Bischoff met their first year at the Yale School of Architecture, when they found themselves the most enthusiastic members of a student-led design-build…

Products

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  Antler Armchair

  Nendo's playful rustic-goes-modern armchair is a collaboration with venerable Italian brand Cappelini. The piece was introduced in Milan last year and now available for purchase, and its rounded…

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  Japanese Masking Tape

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  Lotta Jansdotter's Simple Sewing: Patterns and How-To for 24 Fresh and Easy Projects

  I very recently got my grandmother's old sewing machine up and running (huzzah!) and have been on the lookout for some neat projects to get me stitching. Lotta Jansdotter is an icon of DIY design…

Dwell Collections

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  Scandinavian Designed

  Having just returned from a trip to Copenhagen, I have Scandinavian design on the brain. Though the region arguably experienced its golden era in the mid-20th century, with the work of icons like…

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  Geigy's Graphic Design

  Design Musem Zurich's current show Good Design, Good Business showcases the great graphic design from 1940-1970 of the Swiss chemical company Geigy.

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  Jens Risom Collection at Design Within Reach

  Danish designer Jens Risom, who designed the first-ever Knoll chair, collaborated with DWR to offer their Jens Risom Collection. Here's a few of our favorite pieces.

Video

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  Jason Miller

  When people talk about Jason Miller, they invariably mention three things, in varying order: his wit, his youth, and his meteoric rise in the burgeoning United States design scene. Though all of…

Tips

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  The Best Lounge Chair Shape

  Go with something that’s sleek, sexy, and swivels rather than something big and voluminous so it can offset a big, cushy couch and balance the rest of your furniture.

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  Lounge Chair Basics

  A lounge chair is an art statement. It should have a shape or form that is sculptural.

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  How to Scale a Lounge Chair

  You want something that is comfortable but still has really simple lines. Living in New York, I’m often designing for people without a lot of space and who move a lot. I look for things that…

Events

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  Design USA: Contemporary Innovation

  This exhibition features outstanding contemporary achievements in American architecture, landscape design, interior design, product design, communication design, corporate design, interaction…

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  Good Design: Stories from Herman Miller

  This traveling exhibition showcases products designed by the renowned office furniture company, and was inspired by the recent book Herman Miller: the Purpose of Design by design scholar and…

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  Planning India: From Chandigarh to NanoCity

  swissnex San Francisco invites a panel of experts to discuss the past and future of urban planning in India, highlighting two examples: Chandigarh, a city mandated by the Nehru government in the…