Vice President of the Architectural League of New York, Viemeister is also a Fellow of the Industrial Designers Society of America.
[2] His mother Beverly Lipsett Viemeister (1927–2005) made many contributions to the Yellow Springs community before completing her degree in secondary education at Antioch College in 1965 and earning her master's in social work in 1968.
In 1979, Viemeister began working with Davin Stowell, and six years later they founded Smart Design, Inc. Their most successful products are the award-winning Oxo "Good Grips" universal kitchen tools, the advanced technology Serengeti sunglasses and their packages and catalogs, Black & Decker's Metropolitan toaster, the ergonomic/psychonomic home phones for Cicena, a tea brewer for Cuisinart, and Joe Boxer watches with Nicholas Graham for Timex.
As Executive Vice President, Research and Development, he built the physical industrial design capabilities and helped direct Razorfish on a global level.
"[1] In 2001, Viemeister opened the American branch of the Dutch design firm, Springtime, a global strategic consultancy for clients such as Heineken, Nike, and Toyota.
The Lab encompasses digital interaction design, the material and image library, modeling and prototyping resources.
Key projects were the JetBlue terminal 5 Market Place at JFK, the interactive introduction installation for the Venice Architecture Biennale and the Cosmopolitan casino in Las Vegas.
In 2012, Viemeister joined Ralph Appelbaum Associates to design exhibitions, working on the Boris Yeltsin Center and the New York Experience before Hurricane Sandy flooded the building and cut their collaboration short.
[6] Together with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), her family and associates established a new annual literary award in her name.