Jason Miller

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 mirror whose photographic surface recalls a painted landscape — still often reflect those early preoccupations, but each is a functional object, with a kind of beauty and wit.

When Jason founded Roll & Hill in 2010, he set out to accomplish one mission: to make lighting for the American market. “At the time, that was a pretty novel idea. Most contemporary lighting came from Europe — Italy, in particular — and many had a similar aesthetic, ” Miller explains.

“All I was trying to do was pick designers and designs I thought would appeal to the American market. Obviously, since I was the one choosing them, it had to do with my taste, but I really was trying to work in a language that Americans can understand. ”

Roll & Hill is committed to on-demand production, which allows for each piece to be customized to a client’s needs. At Roll & Hill, all parts are assembled by hand, one lamp at a time.

Today, Jason runs both Jason Miller Studio and Roll & Hill from his headquarters in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. He lives nearby with his daughter, Tuesday.