Bathroom Design

My first bathroom design was from inspiration from my concept model with the black and white contrast. I then brought in the color of yellow, inspired from the rolling wheat fields. I chose to keep the bathroom open, spacious and simple. Everything is wheelchair accessible with knee space under the sinks, a large roll-in shower and five foot turn around. I feel i progressed a noticeable amount from my past two rooms but still much room for improvement.

Grandparents Apartment

For my final design as a first semester sophomore, I brought everything together I have learned and created a apartment for the grandparents living with the family who has a member in a wheelchair. This apartment is wheelchair accessible so as the couple ages, if needed, the house will be able to grow with them through the struggles of aging. My color scheme came from the Palouse with the yellows of the wheat fields and the greens and yellows from the fall and summer. I'm very pleased with my final design, putting a great amount of effort into every part of the design.

Wheelchair Experience

Throughout my first semester as a sophomore interior design student, I was educated on accessibility in the home, and other buildings. To better understand the everyday struggles of someone with a handicap, I did an experiment where I traveled around campus in a wheelchair, attempting to perform regular tasks. It opened my eyes to how hard just opening a door or ordering a coffee is for someone who is in a wheelchair. I quickly became aware of the lack of accessibility throughout campus, with missing automatic doors for example. After doing this experiment, I had a much easier time putting design into perspective that was accessible to someone in a wheelchair.

Kitchen Design Project

My first attempt at a room design was based on a kitchen accessible to someone in a wheelchair. It was based in a old loft on the main street of Pullman. I used colors that resembled the Palouse because that was part of the clients favorite part of the area. It was definitely a rough design, becoming familiar with bringing all the components of design together to make a room.

Childs Room Project

My second room design was based on twin boys at the age of five. I pulled my inspiration from a childrens book that was based around discovery in nature. I first built my concept model that portrayed nature with green tones and light wood. Together they created a model and displayed discovery with every angle one looks at it. From the model I created a room that included the circular shapes from the concept model and the natural colors inspired from the book. This was a good learning experience on the time restraints and difficulties when designing a room on a schedule.

Concept Developtment

To begin my first apartment design, I started with the quote "a house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul." From this quote I pulled the words shelter and soul. I created a concept model that embodied these qualities. I used squares and 90 degree angles to represent structure and stability. I displayed soul through the flow and openings of the squares. I also used black and white to represent the good and evil of the soul.

Process Poster

Vincent Van Gogh has always been my favorite artist so I chose to study his work this semester. Starting with studying a flower, I incorporated Van Gogh's work with one and created my 2D concept, layering the two items. From the 2D I created a 3D room that was drawn from the same idea. I am happy with the outcome and feel it resembles something Gogh would do.

Resume

By working on and creating a resume in InDesign and I continued to learn and grow. I became more familiar and comfortable working on InDesign and enjoyed exploring options and different techniques. It also forced me to write out my skills as a designer and find out what I have to offer. It was good practice for the future and very educating.

Here is a logo I created to use on various projects, resumes, letters, etc. I used tools on InDesign as well as Photoshop to create my logo. I wanted the logo to reflect my personality and taste. I used a bright orange and blue that I felt was more laid back and fun. I added the peace sign to represent free spirit and kindness. I am pleased with the final project and feel it's a good representation on myself and my taste.

Negative Space Sketch

Here is a sketch where I was working with negative space. Instead of drawing the objects like the tree and ground, I shaded in the negative space. All the dark shading is actually the sky and gaps in the tree.

Object Sketch

This is a sketch I did of a literature book and pair of reading glasses. My focus was on making the sketch realistic and proportional. If I were to make it better I would add more detail, for example add shading and texture.

Plant Sketch

Here is a sketch I did at the beginning of the semester of two live plants. I was focusing on accuate proportions and shading. If i were to do it again I would use a hit-go-hit drawing style to get more precise, bold lines.

Here is a project to work on photoshop along with learn a bit about my heritage. I started by reseaching my Irish heritage and found out a lot of important symbols the Irish cherish. I tokk the clover and then layed the Irish flag of top. By changing the opacity, one can see the clovers underneathe the flag. I also used a circle which symbolizes eternity. I altered the cirle with carious tools in photoshop to make it more interesting to look at. The Claddagh within the cirle represents love, loyalty, and friendship. I used the magic wand to cut out the shape and then altered it and changed the size so it could fit within the cirle.

Here is a project I worked on to further my understanding and skills in photoshop. I started with a template, a quilt pattern if you will, and then spiced it up a bit. I took numerous esthetically pleasing photos of nature and then altered them with various tools just as blur, distort, and texture. My goal was to completely change the visual aspect of the photo. I was more focused on using bright colors to liven up the template. Once I altered the photo's to my liking, I shaped them so they fit into the different sections of the template.