Position: Instructor of Interior Design, Designer w/Miller and Associates Interior Consultants
Name: Beth Marie Miller, NCIDQ Certificate #018834
Courses taught: Interior Design Studio, Intermediate Design Studio, Advanced Residential Design Studio, Materials and Resources for Interiors, Design Fundamentals
Research interests: Sculptural furnishings, environmentally responsible design, design and architectural history
Experience: Professor Miller joined the SPU faculty in 2002. She previously worked in hospitality design, and remains a designer with Miller & Associates Interior Consultants, L.L.C. She obtained NCIDQ Certification in 2003 and is currently preparing for the LEED Certification exam. She has published in the Journal of Family & Consumer Sciences, served as a judge for the Northwest Design Awards, and been invited to speak at the Seattle Design Center. She is also working on expanding her portfolio of sculptural furniture and jewelry designs
Professional memberships: The Interior Design Educators Council, The International Interior Design Association, United States Green Building Council (USGBC), and the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences
On a lighter note: I inherited from my college mentor a passion for classic modern furnishings. When I’ve met parents of my students, they’ve shaken my hand and said, “You’re the professor who loves chairs, aren’t you?”
Favorite designers:
Keith Miller
Frank Gehry
Marc Newson
Ron Arad
Charles & Ray Eames
Le Corbusier
Eliel & Eero Saarinen
Alvar Aalto
Arne Jacobsen
Hector Guimard
Antonio Gaudi
Henry Van de Velde
I am also extremely passionate about environmentally responsible design – specifically, cradle-to-cradle design. This concept was created by William McDonough and Michael Braungart, founders of MBDC. I had the privilege of hearing William McDonough speak at an IDEC conference, where my entire perception of the world was changed. I went out, bought his book (Cradle to Cradle), read it, and added content from it into every one of my classes. Not only does the book describe the appalling nature of our current environmental crisis, but it offers hope and solution to the situation.
Favorite design-related movies:
Blue Vinyl
Who Killed the Electric Car?
My Architect
The Next Industrial Revolution
The PBS series, Design-E2
Favorite books:
Cradle to Cradle
Velvet Elvis
The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass
Descent into Hell (Charles Williams)
Favorite Design Magazines
Dwell
Metropolis
Interior Design
Favorite Design-related Website
www.inhabitat.com
Col 1:19-20
For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven…