Seconds

?Seconds? are not quite right. They are imperfect and therefore of lesser value. But who made the rules? Who says the decoration has to be in the center? Who says a flower can?t grow down? Who says a whole bird is better than half a bird?

Conventions are for suckers.

Seconds is a series of teapots and tea sets decorated in the wrong way.

Jason was born in 1971 in New York. Jason 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, Jason began working independently.

Jason has been called a jack-of-all-trades and a multi-tasker. He designs everything from furniture to tchotchky to interiors and he works in a multitude mediums. Jason?s designs often draw on everyday aspects of American culture to create contemporary design objects that could just as easily be conceptual art.

Jason has had solo exhibitions in cities all over the world including Tokyo, Milan, New York, Los Angeles and Toronto. 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, Areaware, Benza and Idee. There are products currently in development for several other leading international manufacturers.

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