We visit the studio of American lighting design company Roll & Hill’s founder Jason Miller with photographer Paul Barbera
[one_half first]Jason Miller is the Brooklyn-based designer and founder of Roll & Hill. His lighting company has a reputation for collaborating with some of the world’s most exciting designers to create striking products that elegantly reinvent traditional structures. Each lighting fixture is assembled by hand at the Roll & Hill headquarters in Sunset Park where Jason also has his own studio space. He lives nearby with his daughter Tuesday.[/one_half][one_half]Photographer Paul Barbera caught up with the designer in his studio in New York for his series, Where They Create.[/one_half]
[one_half first]How did you get to the studio this morning?
I rode my bike.
Describe your studio in a five words.
Bright, Open, Busy, light grey.[/one_half][one_half]What’s your ideal working atmosphere?
Me, alone in a room.
What music are you listening to?
Credence Clearwater Revival.[/one_half]
[one_half first]What’s on your shelves?
Books, prototypes, supplies.
Who are you expecting to visit today?
No one![/one_half][one_half]How does your studio and personal practice work within the sphere of Roll & Hill HQ?
On some level it’s hard to separate the two because they are closely related. But broadly, my studio is where I do design work and my office at Roll & Hill is where I do all the other work.[/one_half]
[one_half first]Who shares your space?
I have one full time assistant for my studio. She and I share the studio space. Roll & Hill has 26 employees who all share Roll & Hill’s space.[/one_half][one_half]What can you see from your window?
The Statue of Liberty, downtown Manhattan, tugboats…[/one_half]
[one_half first]Is there anything you’d change about your workspace?
Central AC and heating…[/one_half][one_half]How far have you gone in achieving the goals you set yourself when establishing Roll & Hill in 2010?
When I was putting together the plan for Roll & Hill everyone told me it takes five years to get a business up and running (I naively thought I could do it in three). We are now four years and eight months into it. There is one last goal that has not yet been achieved, but I have every confidence that it will by the five year mark…[/one_half]
[one_half first]Do you always turn the lights off when you leave?
Yes![/one_half][one_half]Click to see Roll & Hill Creative Director Andrew Yang’s Salone 2014 diary, and to read more on Roll & Hill. See more Where They Create studio visits here
