Jason Miller for Roll & Hill

Jason Miller

for roll & Hill

Jason Miller is a Brooklyn-based designer and the founder of Roll & Hill. Born in New York and raised in Darien, Connecticut, Jason’s suburban upbringing heavily influenced his early, more conceptual pieces — duct-taped chairs and cracked vases, among them — and continues to inform the elegant, historically rich work that has become his signature. Jason received an MFA in painting and spent time in both the art and advertising worlds, but soon realized he preferred making things to documenting them.

His designs — like a chair that hugs itself — still often reflect those early preoccupations, but each is a functional object, with beauty and wit. Today, Jason runs both Jason Miller Studio and Roll & Hill from his headquarters in Downtown Manhattan.

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the two sides of

Jason miller

From the grit of his ceramic studio to the quiet focus of his office, Jason's practice as a designer takes two forms: independent, experimental maker and thoughtful, visionary creative director. From the kiln to the desk, making to curating, Jason is able to see design from all angles.

"I want my work to be idiosyncratic and personal. I want it to express who I am and where I came from. For Roll & Hill I want to find other designers who have their own personal point of view. I want the work to be as human as possible."

Origin of
the universe

One mold. One lamp. One very different
American design landscape.

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winging it

Before Carlton, before Lexington, there was the Duct Tape Chair; an upholstered chair with duct tape recreated in leather. A great idea with a dose of naiveté results in one of Jason's best known pieces.

Knot

mirror

The Knot Collection shows Jason's talent for seemingly simple designs that are distinct and unminstakably new. The frame twists itself into small knots that serve as the hanging points for each mirror. Structural, sculptural, and a little unexpected.

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Endless

Endless takes its inspiration from 1970s Supergraphics; a moment when graphic design became architecture. Cylindrical sections and corner units allow Endless to be custom-configured as an architectural element, scaling from a single pendant to a room-defining installation.

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SOMEWHERE
IN BETWEEN

Around 2007, something shifted in the way Jason thought about his work. He evolved from artist to designer - then landed somewhere in between.

Lexington

dining chair

The Lexington chair brings a distinctly American sensibility to the table. It shares a design language with many traditional wood chairs, but has a gesture that is clearly contemporary. It's a chair that gives itself a hug.

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EVERYWHERE

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
Modo has a lot of admirers.

Geode

Geode draws its name from its making. Three layers of solid, hand-blown glass ground to a hemisphere, exposing a smooth pale center and a bold halo beneath the colored exterior. Nature, rendered in glass.

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