Areaware Seconds Dinner Plates by Areaware - Set of 4
designed by Jason Miller - The Seconds series challenges the rules surrounding modern day consumer items. Do decorations always need to be centered? Is a whole bird better than a half? These elegant mistakes are artfully and carefully applied.
About the Designer:
Jason Miller was born in New York in 1971. He received a BA from Indiana University in 1993 and an MFA from New York Academy of Art in 1995. Between 1995 and 2001, Jason worked as a studio assistant for Jeff Koons, an art director for Ogilvy and Mather, and a designer for Karim Rashid. In 2001, he formed his own design studio. Jason has been called a jack-of-all-trades. He designs everything from interiors to furniture to tchotchky, and he works in a multitude of mediums.
Jason draws upon everyday aspects of American culture to create contemporary design objects that could just as easily be conceptual art. He has had solo exhibitions in Tokyo, Milan, New York, Los Angeles, Houston and Denver. He has been featured in numerous publications from Wallpaper to The Wall Street Journal. In 2006, Jason received the Bombay Sapphire Rising Star Award. He has been named Best Breakthrough Designer by Wallpaper. Forbes.com has included him in their list of 2007 Tastemakers. Jason has developed products for companies including Brookstone, Benza, Idee, Pure Design, and Areaware.
About Areaware:
Areaware is a New York City based manufacturer of everyday objects that are both functional and unusual. Their goals are to create thoughtful products that inspire an emotional response and to encourage a dialogue between people and their surroundings. They wish to explore design languages as a means of creating new syncretic forms. They like to think that they have a good sense of humor and that their objects are poetic. They aim to create a forum for young and local talent, and together, they hope to become a strong voice for American design. They believe that appreciation for beauty is central to what it means to be alive and want to embody this principle in even the simplest things.
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