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Bonfilio,
Delia
graphic designer |
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Lindabury,
Michael
graphic artist |
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White,
Wayne M.
creative director |
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Afshar,
Jaleh
painter |
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Alpers,
Jackie
photographer |
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designer |
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Faustinus
photographer |
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Jerry
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Oz
graphic designer |
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Joel
graphic designer |
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Aline
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Daniel
fine art photographer |
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Jesse
graphic designer |
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Jeff
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senior designer |
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Ted
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graphic designer |
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Randy
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DeChazier
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Calvin
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Janet
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Marc
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Sean
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graphic designer |
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creative principal |
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visual artist |
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creative director |
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creative director |
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senior designer |
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Bill
More :
Designer/Furniture Maker
Location: Jacksonville, Oregon (Southern
Oregon).
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Music taste |
Grew up in N.J. with friends/punk
icons the Bouncing Souls and still have
a love of true punk rock. I equally enjoy
singer/songwriters like Elliot Smith, Ryan
Adams and Elvis Costello. |
Favorite
drink |
Terminal Gravity IPA –
brewed in of one of my favorite places,
Enterprise, Oregon. |
Favorite
quote |
“Architecture (and
design) should speak of its time and place,
but yearn for timelessness.”
– Frank Gehry |
Favorite
vacation spot |
Haven’t had many vacations
unfortunately, but Hanalei, Kauai was great.
Locally, the Wallowa Mountains (Eastern
Oregon) and anyplace that is wild...I love
to explore beyond trails. Alaska this fall! |
Mac
or PC? |
PC out of habit, but wish
I had a Mac. |
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Books |
Anything by Tom Brown, Edward
Abbey or John Muir. |
Specialty |
Fine metalworking, steel
and bamboo tables. |
Dream
project |
I would love to do more large
scale public art projects. I’ve had
a design in mind for quite some time, that
I would like an opportunity to fabricate.
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How did you
become a designer?
I was always drawing and designing as a child
and it was clear form early on that I had a passion
for design. After leaving architecture school,
I attended the first two days of a one semester
welding class at a community college, then dropped
out and taught myself the rest (I’ve never
liked school). A few weeks later I started selling
my furniture (for very little money) at the Fremont
Saturday Market in Seattle (1999). I have been
building furniture ever since. Where
are you from originally?
Central New Jersey, behind the strip malls of
Route One. New Jersey has a few great areas, but
overall it is a place that is aesthetically painful
for me to be in. Although, it was this lack of
culture and poor design that really fired me up
to create in an effort to make our daily environment
more pleasant. Who were your
main influences growing up?
My sister Elizabeth really shaped my creative
side. Her influence saved me years of learning
on my own. I learned about music, art, moral and
political issues, and how to take life’s
frustrations and form them into something creative
and positive. She currently teaches landscape
architecture at the University of Idaho (Moscow).
Did you go to art school/college
or are you self-taught?
I studied architecture at Pratt Institute for
1.5 years and at the Boston Architectural Center
for one year. I am a self taught furniture maker.
Any advice or tips to novice designers?
Don’t listen too hard to all the “experts”
at art shows who think they know everything there
is to know about creating and marketing art. If
they knew so much, they probably wouldn’t
be sitting at an art fair. What
has been the most rewarding and challenging project
you have worked on?
A custom installation on the Olympic Peninsula,
which included a ten foot long room divider that
was part sculpture and part functional shelving.
The piece led to many other pieces throughout
the house including a headboard, light tower and
many custom tables. What is
your favorite portfolio piece? Why?
It’s always the most recent. My new bamboo
and steel tables are clean, elegant and more affordable
than some of my earlier pieces. My designs are
becoming more architectural and less whimsical
and busy. What American art
or artist inspires you most?
Frank Gehry, Richard Serra and Andrew Goldsworthy.
I draw a lot of inspiration from modern architecture.
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Pica
console detail. Bamboo, steel and resin
inlay. |
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Pica
console table. |
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Pica
console detail. Bamboo, steel and resin
inlay. |
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Pica
console detail. Bamboo, steel and resin
inlay. |
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Pica
console table. |
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Glacial Till console detail. Steel, slate
and cherry. |
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Glacial
Till console detail. Steel, slate and cherry. |
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Bamboo,
steel and resin inlay. |
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Bamboo,
slate and steel cabinet. |
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Tupila
coffee table – steel and slate. |
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Taro
end tables – steel and slate. |
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Slate
and steel tables. |
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