Ben Durrell is a designer based on Martha’s Vineyard. His work, while rooted in a conceptual design framework and often made physical via furniture, manifests itself in no one particular form or use.  He has participated with design collectives, such as Release1 (an organization which he co-founded) on international exhibitions, and also on smaller-scale custom furniture comissions and concept-to-mass-market projects for corporate retailers.  

His work with Release1 brought forth the international traveling exhibit Disturb, Delight, Design, winner of the 2002 I. D. Annual Design Review's Concepts category. Throughout all of his projects, Durrell displays a heightened sensibility to an object's "in-the-worldness", inhabited interiors and contemporary design pedagogy. Durrell frequently participates in public and private lectures. Most recently Durrell presented his and his collaborators ideas concerning both his own work and contemporary design strategies at Neo-Con, RISD, Parsons and the Toronto Design Exchange.

Durrell's work has shown at venues such as the Tokyo Designers Block, Milan Furniture Fair, and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair. Durrell has designed project specific products for such institutions as The Center for Advanced Visual Studies (CAVS) at MIT, Simmons Hall at MIT, The International Contemporary Furniture Fair, The MIT Media Lab, Harvard University, and MKS Design. 

Currently working out of his studio in West Tisbury, Durrell primary works in wood but his designs rely on a wealth of materials including glass, stone, and textiles.