Resume

Personal Style

A favor interior design styles that are a mixture of modern and industrial. I also enjoy other styles that include bohemian, mid- century modern, shabby chic, urban modern, and scandinavian. I am fond of a wide variety of interiors, which range from a soft warm environment to a cool crisp feel.

 

Types Of Styles:

Industrial

                                                       Bohemian

Mid- Century Modern

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                        

                                                                                         Shabby Chic

 

 

 

                                                       

 

 

 

 

Urban Modern

                                                                                Scandinavian  

 

 

The Carlyle Residence

 

             

“Your home should tell the story of who you are,
and be a collection of what you love.” – Nate Berkus

Background

Clients John and Susan Carlyle are looking to redecorate and redesign their home. They currently live within a historic district of Greensboro, North Carolina, where the own a traditional house that was built in the 1930’s. Mrs. Carlyle works as a high school art teacher, while Mr. Carlyle works as a Sales Manager. Mr. Carlyle’s job requires him to do a large amount of traveling, while being on call at all times. Mr. and Mrs. Carlyle are expecting their first child in the fall, and in addition they have to dogs named Ace and Apollo. The couple has lived in the house for 12 years, but has made minimal changes to the house. The couple plan on staying the house and have been researching designs based around the idea of “aging in place”. Thus, all the interior spaces need to be accessible for future use.

Scope/ Design Concept

As the designer I am looking to create a welcoming and entertaining atmosphere, that reflects the client’s personal taste by incorporating existing pieces, as well as meeting there living requirement needs.

Their personal design focuses on joining varies styles including Industrial, Scandinavian, and Eclectic. By combining existing art and furnishing I can then create a unique and personalized design for the Carlyle’s. Varies materials such as mixed metals, natural woods, and marble will be used in furniture and within surrounding rooms. Neutralized walls and flooring will be utilized to emphasize art pieces, as well as textiles and furnishing pieces. Hints of warmer colors, natural materials and plants will be used, to prevent spaces from feeling cold. This design appeals to those that appreciate varies types of art and social interaction. By incorporating the client’s personal art and traditional pieces within the design style, occupants will be able to identify with the overall space.

Inspirational Images:

 

                

 

                 

 

              

 

 

Bienenstock Project

 

  

My my project I created a three level museum for a interior design contest call Bienenstock. The name of my project is called Surge. The reason I named it surge is because this museum showcases electronic visuals such as televisions and projection screens as well as fluid movement as a form of art expression. Not only does it use electronic visuals, but it uses movement seen in the moveable walls and the flooring shown throughout. I decided to go with a more colorful color palette, adding pops of color, mixture of different metals, and a geometric/ abstract style. Throughout the first and second floor I used moment in the flooring as a way finder, rather than lighting. I do however, use different forms of lighting such as picture lights, circular track lighting, decorative recessed lighting and sconce lighting throughout to create interest. The furniture features bright colored fabric and abstract finishes that goes along with the concept of the design.

BUBBLE DIAGRAM FOR MUSEUM

FLOOR PLAN WITH LIGHTING AND SWITCHING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lighting Rendered Floorplan

1st Floor

Second Floor

 

 

COLOR GUIDE:

Peach is the task lighting

Yellow is the track lighting

Purple is the sconce lighting

Green is the focal lighting

Orange is the daylight

Blue is ambient lighting

Bienstock Floorplan

 

 

Toward the front I put in a reception desk to greet customers, as well as a small seating area next to the elevator. I located the kitchen on the first floor because I feel that if I were to put it on the top floor, that it will be to noisy. On the first floor I put a bar outside the kitchen with booth seating along the side. I also made the bathroom available on the first floor, so customers don’t have to go all way to the second level.

On the second floor I put a larger gallery and will the main area for art. In the back I have a office tucked away for more privacy. The storage space is toward the back from customer traffic.

Tiger Leather

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here at Tiger Leather we had a representative that walked use through the process of making leather, the different types of leather, and the different of projects they do. He also walked us through the studio, the work area where they produce the leather and how they produced the leather samples.

He explained how it is made using a process called tanning. Tanning is the process of   treating the raw animal hide with chemicals. Three phases make up the tanning process, which consist of preparing, tanning, and processing the tanned leather.

The representative also went over the dying process and the three ways in order to dry leather. One way is Toggle drying. This is when hides are hung on hooks so moisture can evaporate. This drying method is the most timely and causes shrinkage of the hide out of all the methods. The second process is vacuum drying. This is when they suck out all the water from the hide also causing it to shrink. The last one is air drying. This is consisting of hanging up or laying down the hide to dry.

A third area he covered was how to decide if a hide is real or if it’s vinyl, which is a cheaper way to substitute leather. One way of finding out if a hide is real is if you check the back of the hide. If it is a fabric material and not a soft backing from the hide then it is fake. Another way is dropping water on it, if it is real the water should sit on the top of the leather because it is slightly water repellent and doesn’t soak in as fast.

 

 

 

21C Museum

 

 

 

The 21 C Museum

The museum contained vast categories of art types including mixed media, contemporary, modern and technology based art. They used a lot of visual affects through the use of technology with in the surrounding art.

Mixed media art can be seen in the tree stump display above located in the dining area. The artist used a combination of cigarettes and cigars to create the stumps. A second example is in the moose sculpture at the top, which using shoes making up the whole moose.

21 C incorporated technology throughout the exhibit for example the picture above showing a dark room, a small sitting area, and a projector screen. In the room they showcased the art by a video which they played. The theme of this video was showing the damage of  pollution left by the factory industry and how it affects the world.

 

 

 

 

Bienenstock Mood Board

 

 

 

 

The concept for this design is incorporating vibrant colors, fluid movement, and a   contrast of light and dark to highlight both architectural and artistic detail. The space will feature geometric and abstract art, while using electronic visuals to give a futuristic look. The architecture of the building will  create interest, using different forms of light that will highlight and emphasize the surrounding art .