Miguel
Najarian
Designer & Sculptor Los Angeles
Portfolio
Aura Stool
A bar stool built around visibility: a soft light glows from the base to signal an open seat across a crowded room. Developed from early ideation through refined seating profiles in a Fall 2025 product design studio.
Concept · Product Design StudioSaltair
A one-hand seasoning sprayer designed for even, mess-free coverage, developed through early ideation and interviews with working chefs in the same Fall 2025 studio.
Concept · Product Design StudioBibo’s Design
An open-ended line of sculptural studies built around a single recurring character, oversized everyday objects reworked as standalone pieces, revisited across different materials and finishes. No. 1 Pencil and Sharpener, shown above, open the series.
Sharpener
Bibo’s Design
An ongoing line of oversized everyday objects reworked as standalone pieces: No. 1 Pencil Floor Lamp and Sharpener.
One Line Series
Faces drawn freehand as a single line, then rebuilt by hand in foam liner as raised relief pieces for the wall.
Breathe
A draped plaster bust, form emerging from folded, fabric-like mass.
Foosball Table
A handmade mini foosball table built in five woods and three finishes over a 12-week Applied Design studio, set inside a case that lights up, etched with a stadium and its fans.
Festival Builds
Lounges, rest areas and photo moments designed and built with a team for Coachella and Stagecoach, taking bare tents and open festival grounds to finished, guest-ready spaces.
Before & After
Before
AfterLounges


Havasu, a lounge on the Stagecoach grounds built to bring the desert-and-lake feel of Lake Havasu to the festival: shade sails, hammocks and a floating canopy of inner tubes.
Photo Ops


Process
Moments from the studio, from raw lumber and sheet metal to the finished object.
Material
Work begins with the material itself, its weight, grain, and resistance, before any drawing happens.



Form
Full-scale drawings and rough studies test proportion and balance long before a final piece is built.




Making
Each piece is built by hand in wood, metal, plaster, or foam, with fabrication treated as part of the design, not a step after it.



Object
The finished work is left to hold its own presence, without over-explaining itself.
The Practice
I’m a designer and sculptor working across furniture, sculpture, and site-specific installation.
My practice sits at the edge of product design and fine art. I develop functional objects and standalone sculptural forms side by side, using the same material language throughout.
Materials
- Mixed Media
- Wood
- Foam
- Metal
- Plaster & Clay
- Cement
Practice
- Studio Commissions
- Gallery Exhibitions
- Site-Specific Installation
- Spatial Experience Design
- Interior Design
- Furniture & Object Design
- Consulting
Get in Touch
For commissions, exhibitions, or general enquiries, reach out directly.


