Serenity Bathroom

The serenity bathroom was created for the Gregory family as their master bathroom. For this bathroom I used Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh as an inspiration piece. I was really inspired by the two focal points on the painting, the bright yellow moon on the right and the dark trees on the left side of the painting.Using focal points, movement, and contrast I created the bathroom. My two focal points are the dark shower, and the bright accent lighting in the soffit above the mirrors. Using an exciting mosaic tile on the back wall of the bathroom movement was created along with an interesting shelf that provide additional storage space. The walls in the bathroom were a light grey color and had a great contrast appearance with the dark tile on the floor and in the shower. I enjoyed this project, because I was able to use a great inspiration piece that made the project fun and exciting.

Gregory Kitchen

The Gregory kitchen was inspired by the natural surroundings of the Palouse. When thinking about the project I immediately thought of the Basalt rocks that show through all along the highway in the Palouse region. Using the basalt colors I was able to create a cool, peaceful kitchen with dark colors. The kitchen is very open for plenty of mobility for Mrs. Gregory who is confined to a wheelchair. The most difficult part about the project was my perspectives. At that point in time I was still learning about perspectives and that made it hard for me to draw good perspectives. I like the colors that were used in a kitchen. Most people like natural light and bright colors, but because I did not have much natural light I made up for it with accent lighting, task lighting, and overall lighting. The light and dark colors made for perfect contrast.

Church Sketches

While on a field trip to Seattle my class stopped by the St. Ignatius church. This was a gorgeous church with incredible organic design inside. When I was in the church I felt very comforted by the lighting, the movement, and the closeness you feel while in the church. Being Catholic it was different to be in a church that was not traditional. My views on churches are very traditional and this one took me by surprise when I walked in. I appreciated the architecture, design, and concept of the church, but when it comes to religion and certain views I do not believe the design went the right way.

Job Shadow

I had a job shadow experience at Callison. This is a large company located in Seattle that specializes in retail, hospitality, and commercial design. While job shadowing I was able to see current and past projects that certain people created. I loved looking at all the projects and seeing that they used the same skills that I am currently learning in Interior Design. The firm showed me that if you can see it in your mind then it will become a reality. One thing that made me question the firm was that they focus on what the client wants. This is normal for design, but I thought that the client was the one that wanted your insight and that is why you were the designer, but at this firm they work with professionals in the same career that know what they want, how they want it, and where they want it. All in all the experience was great and I learned a lot of information that will help me in the future.

Wheelchair Experience

The wheelchair experience was something that was a good learning tool, but also something I would not want to do again. It was extremely hard trying to control the wheelchair and move about the building. It became frustrating when you exit a building to go to a new building and cannot find the wheelchair access easily. I learned that Washington State University does not take into consideration people with disabilities. They are improving on the new buildings, but there definitely needs to be some remodeling done on the exterior and the interior of the older buildings. This was a great experience and it really helped me realize how hard it is to be in a wheelchair, and how to build a kitchen for someone in a wheelchair.

Co-Housing and Multi-Generational Poster

I worked on a poster for co-housing and multi-generational living within communities. I found that there are many new communities sprouting up around the nation, whether the area is poor, middle class, or wealthy. Getting back into the flow of working with InDesign was a little difficult at first, but when the information came to me, so did my knowledge of the programs. It was difficult to find as much information on multi-generational living then it was to find information on Co-housing, but in the end it all came together. I like the way that our poster came out, and the fact that now I know how to do a case study.

Reflection

When Creating the sketchbook I wrote a reflection that explained what I learned and have accomplished this year with all of my sketches. I enjoyed doing these sketches, because as an interior designer I will need to know how to sketch and sketch well to show a client what I am thinking about their designs.

Sketchbook Cover

Throughout this semester every week we were assigned sketches that you can see in my blog. Once all the sketches were done I created a sketchbook that holds all the sketches together in the order of last sketch to first sketch so you would be able to see my progression. I wanted to create a sketch that represented my progress throughout the semester so I chose to do a hand sketch with an outside view, because my favorite place to sketch is outside in the warm sun. I liked creating the sketchbook, because I did not want all my sketches to go to waste I want to be able to look back at these sketches in a few years and see how much better I can sketch.

Poster

This assignment was to create a poster that represented my design process in building my bench. I used the program InDesign to create my poster. I was happy that I got to use that program, because I was able to get more comfortable with the program before the year ended. I liked doing this project, because it was a good way to show how I created the bench step by step. Usually when you create something you only get to see the process through your work all jumbled up. This poster made my process look clear, clean, and professional without all the mess.

Perspective Skecth

The idea of this sketch was to find an interesting room and sketch it as a prospective. I chose my living room, because unlike a normal living room it is circular. Choosing my living room made this sketch difficult, because I am not good at perspective drawings and the sketch really challenged my abilities. I do not like the way this sketch turned out, but it helped me practice with perspective sketches.

Chair Negative Space Sketch

The idea of this sketch was to find a chair and draw it in negative space. This was a challenge, because I did not know how to draw in negative space. Doing this sketch taught me how to draw in negative space and the sketch itself turned out really good.

Erased Negative Sketch

This is another sketch that we had to draw in negative space. I did so well with the chair negative space sketch that I decided to draw another chair just to test my abilities. This sketch was easier, because the chair that I drew was a simple design with no openings within the chair. I liked doing this sketch, because I enjoy drawing in negative space.

Black Paper Sketch

Using black paper for a sketch was interesting. Usually when sketching I use a pencil or pen, but with this sketch I used colored pencils. I chose to sketch my pedestal that I have in my studio class. This was difficult, because it is just black and I did not know how to incorporate color into the pedestal. I chose colors that were bright and opposite of black.

Resume

The task of this project was to create a clean, organized, and business style resume. I have made resumes in the past and I thought they were good, but I was working with the wrong programs, not providing all the important details, and they were not up to date. During this project I developed the knowledge of how to create a perfect business resume that will attract attention, but also look professional at the same time. I working in In Design so I would be able to add or subtract information and detail. I was able to grow in regards to my In Design skills while working on this project.

Logo

This is the logo I created to represent myself as a designer. I used my initials A and M to represent my name. The design I picked was of a palm tree and a palm tree trunk. This logo required a steady hand and patients when working with the Wacom tablet and the Wacom pen. It was difficult to draw the palm tree and color it in correctly. This project taught me how to use illustrator, the Wacom tablet, and how to create my own label.

Fruit Still Life Sketch

This is a sketch that had you work on your shading. I really enjoyed doing this sketch, because I am not the best at shading. This is something I work on often, because I think when you have good shading your drawings look ten times better then a drawing with little or no shading.

Key Sketch

This was one of the first sketches we had to draw. The keys in the sketch are mine and we had to draw them using the outline of the keys first and then move into detail. This sketch taught me a lot about how to properly draw, especially when sketching.

Shade and Shadow of Room Corner Sketch

This sketch was one of my favorites. Although the sketch does not have a lot to it, I believe it relates more to interior design. The purpose of this sketch was to get you to draw an object in a corner from eye level. Most people when they draw do not do this, and I think it is important to learn during the interior design process.

Figure Tracing from Photo Sketch

When doing this sketch you were supposed to print out an image of a person that was moving. Once you had your image you needed to trace the person. I did not feel like I did very well on this sketch, because I only used one line weight. I think if I used multiple line weights in my sketch that it would be more interesting.

Figure Tracing from Figure Drawing Sketch

This sketch started off with tracing the people off one page onto another, that part was easy. The next step was to draw the same people, but in different sizes, and not tracing. Once I was able to get the lines of the people down the drawing became easier and the people began to look more uniform then messy.

Fruit Cross Section Sketch

This sketch was interesting to do. First we had to cut a fruit in half and then leave one whole. Next we had to set them up to be aesthetically pleasing. Once it was set up we had to draw the fruit with shading. This was a harder sketch, because I was unsure about how much detail to put into the fruit.

Napkin Sketch

This sketch is my favorite sketch so far. We had to grab a napkin and draw the layout of a room that was interesting. I picked the downstairs of my apartment, because it has a different layout then most apartments and is big. I liked that for this sketched we used a pen, it really made the sketch look complete and interesting. What i did not like was how flimsy the napkin was. I had to do multiple sketches on multiple napkins because i kept putting holes in the napkin.

Chair View Sketch

Sketching this design was interesting to me, because it made me look at an object that I see everyday, and really open my eyes to that object. I chose my computer chair for the reason that it is unique. I like the way the chair is shaped, the way it stands, and the support it gives. I do not like the way i did the bottom view of the chair.

Mind Map Sketch

When I sat down to do this sketch a lot of things were running through my mind. The idea was to sit down, write a word and quickly, without thinking, draw and use words to connect to that main word. I came up with life, because life is always going to be a part of design. Whether you like it or not things that happen to you in life are going to effect the way you design. I do not like that i did not use more pictures to express my feelings, but I do like the words that I used.

Textile Pattern

This is my final patter for my quilt design. This part includes a concept statement about my work. This pattern comes from my heritage and it is important to me, because both of my parents have Norwegian in them. I have been to family functions that were revolved around our heritage and I was very proud to show that off in my textile design and concept statement for this project.

Quilt Pattern

The quilt pattern was inspired by my Norwegian heritage. I used the Norwegian textiles, because both of my parents are part Norwegian. This pattern turned out really well in the end. There was some manipulation used that brought out the great colors, and designs. I liked that this design was different and it represent what I am and my heritage.

Geometric Pattern

The geometric pattern was created using six images that were combined to create one exciting image. Every image that was used in this project has a different manipulation used on it. I decided that I did not want to take any of the color out of the design, because the color is what makes the pattern look exciting and it grabs your attention. I chose this pattern, because I could easily show all six images clearly and equally.