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David J. Miller

As an Interior Designer who has specialized in Office Administration, understanding the sensitive nature of designing and building a high end luxury residence has taught me to be flexible when dealing with the ever changing aspects of construction as well as changing desires of a demanding and sometimes emotional clientele.  I bring to the equation over 30 years of experience in Managing contracts, Budgets, Permit and Planning, Procurement, Time Billing and communications between Vendors, Suppliers and clients.  I was fortunate enough, after graduating from college, to work with Michael Taylor Interior Design introducing me to a very high level, high demanding clientele.  My background includes experience in wholesale showroom sales, design assistant to former ASID President of the Northern California chapter.  My experience in San Francisco also included many years as Customer Service Supervisor for a nationally renowned custom furniture manufacturer; The McGuire Furniture Company which is part of the Kohler design group gave me exposure to corporate policy and management styles.  Since arriving in the desert I have settled into office management for high end Design and Construction firms.  I have attended many Design Business and Marketing seminars and have continued taking Business Administration courses to update skills in a changing market place.  I have been a regular attendee to ASID award banquet and shows keeping up with local designers and design trends.  It is always a goal to have a ‘can do’ attitude taking care to nurture the process to the client’s desired results.  I understands the professional standards of a custom design office with attention to detail that helps eliminate waste and error resulting in client satisfaction. 

“Light, Love and Laughter are basic design principles I bring
 to all projects.”
   

Reginald A. Van Pelt
I am a Building, Furniture & Interior Designer with extensive Design Development experience in the high-end Luxury Residential Market.  With over 33 years experience in Architecture and Interior Design, overseeing the Design, Specifications, Procurement and installation of multi-million dollar Custom & Speculative Homes from San Francisco, Hawaii, St. Bart's to Desert projects in the Vintage Club, Bighorn, the Reserve, Tradition, Hideaway, the Madison Club, Mirada Estates and others. I relocated to the desert in 2001 to work with the Steve Chase & Associates Interior Design firm after being based in San Francisco for 22 years where I had many opportunities to work with exceptional 
Clients, Architects and Interior Designers including 9 years for the 2000 ASID Designer of the Year, and with the 2000 AIA Architect of the Year, Ricardo Legoretta.  I am a former wholesale Contract Furniture & Lighting Showrooms co-owner, and conducted business in the San Francisco and Los Angeles/ West Hollywood design markets. I attended NEOCON regularly in Chicago, and have been to ICFF and High-Point, NC furniture shows.  I am an Educator, co-founder of Western Design Institute now part of JFK University, I taught at University of California Berkeley, San Francisco extension for 18 years and the Academy of Art College in San Francisco and others.  While at UCB SF extension I taught for 13 years 'Introduction to Interior Architecture/ Interior Design', accredited by UCB Architecture Department for 4 ARCH units along with other classes.   Showing an early talent for art, sketching and painting, I continued study at UCB SF extension for 7 years with Fred Reichman culminating in a Two-Person Art Show at the Extension Gallery and inclusion in a Faculty Art Show.

"I bring a world of experience and enthusism to any project."
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Miller Van Pelt DESIGN
 1943 E. Andreas Rd.
Palm Springs, CA.  92262
760.318.2561
info@millervanpeltdesign.com

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