km@kenmiller.us

Editor

Ken is most recently the author/editor of PICTURES, collecting innovative abstract photography by some of the most renowned fine art and fashion photographers of the 20th and 21st centuries, with an intro statement by Kathy Ryan of The New York Times Magazine. PICTURES was initially available in the US exclusively at Nordstrom, and in Japan with a promotion by Dover Street Market in Tokyo.

Target: 20 Years of Design for All, featuring the retailer’s trendsetting fashion and design collaborations, was commissioned by Chandelier Creative and published by Rizzoli.

Ken is interviewer and text editor for The Newsstand, published by Rizzoli, which was accompanied by exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art and Fondation Louis Vuitton; The Newsstand is now part of MoMA’s permanent collection and was recently presented at the Brooklyn Museum. 

Ken is co-editor of Opening Ceremony, published by Rizzoli to celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the trailblazing downtown New York shop and fashion brand. 

Ken is author of SHOOT, on fashion and fine art photography, from Rizzoli; SHOOT was supported with events and exhibitions at the New Museum in New York, Tate Modern in London, Colette in Paris, UCCA in Beijing, and PARCO in Tokyo, among many other venues. 

For T: The New York Times Style Magazine, Ken created ‘Under the Influence”, a long-running multimedia artist profile feature .

Ken previously declined attending the London School of Economics to instead become Editor in Chief of Tokion magazine.  Tokion quickly became a leading design, arts, and style magazine, with international editions in English and Japanese.  Tokion founded Creativity Now, winning Ad Age's Vanguard Award for the annual arts and media conference launched in New York and Tokyo with sponsorship by Nike. 

Curator

Ken has curated photography for numerous clients, notably for Art Advisory Service’s collection for the downtown Los Angeles headquarters of City National Bank and previously for Ford’s “City of Tomorrow” conference in San Francisco.  With his agency There., Ken curated a series of exhibitions and talks for Spotify in several cities across the US. Ken curated two simultaneous exhibitions at the Sundance Film Festival:  1MSQFT showcased music and design as part of a cultural programming series for Microsoft; SPACE with sponsorship by Patagonia, presented landscapes by prominent fine art and fashion photographers. 

Ken was curator for Fujifilm’s X-Series cameras, presenting exhibitions by photography’s greatest artists in New York, Tokyo, Seoul and Milan.  For Milk Studios, he curated New York Fashion Week photos and videos, with support from Leica cameras and Vimeo.com.  Ken previously organized an exhibition of fashion photography at Gana Art, one of Seoul, Korea’s most significant art spaces. Ken has also curated in-store art for United Arrows, a clothing brand with nearly 100 retail locations Japan and China. A ‘UT’ shirt series for Japanese apparel brand Uniqlo was distributed globally.  Ken was consulting curator for an auction of young ‘street’ and graphic artists by the Phillips auction house.  For MINI cars, he curated a series of New York Fashion Week conversations on art, music, fashion, wellness and design.  He has curated art, fashion and technology conversations for Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises.

Clients

Ken is a founding partner of There., working with clients on brand voice, curatorial initiatives and cultural strategy. 

Ken was previously Creative Director for digital and production agency Alldayeveryday, working with Land Rover, Club Monaco and Standard Hotels.  Ken was Concept Director for Pabst Blue Ribbon at a time when the brand grew 30% per year and was widely cited as a case study of successful, authentic grassroots marketing.  Ken was Director of Cultural Research at boutique brand consultancy dialhouse, working with Cadbury-Schweppes and Microsoft.