Bathroom Design

The bathroom design was inspired by the song 'This House that Built Me' by Miranda Lambert.  To summarize the song the main character is trying to find a sense of themselves and felt that if they could turn to their past they would get a better sense of who they are, so they go back to the house they grew up in.  The character goes through a swirl of emotions from good to bad, and finally ends up feeling content.  Therefore, for the bathroom's design I used an array of grey colors to represent that 'grey area' the character was feeling.  I placed very little color besides that in the room focusing on the feeling within the atmosphere.  The only other color that doesn't match the grey color scheme would be a little red which I placed in the picture frame above the toilet to provide some color emphasis, as well as represent the emotions that all came from the heart.  I placed emphasis on the wall with the mirror, accenting the wall in a light reflective glass vertical pattern.  In doing this it provided an accent wall within the room to liven things up, as well as represent the big mirror to represent the characters self reflection as well as the glass which picks up the light to represent a warm content feeling. 

Seattle

 Olympic Sculpture Park

 Chair at Knoll

Seattle Space Needle

Over the course of our trip to Seattle I was able to sketch many sculptures and buildings.  While in Seattle I had the opportunity to tour different design firms as well as job shadow where I learned a lot about what I will be doing in the future as a designer.  As for the sketching portion of the trip, my favorite sketch experience was at the Olympic Sculpture park.  The sculptures here provide a sense of movement and emphasis throughout the space.  My favorite was the Eagle sculpture as it stood way above the ground and made you feeling small in the wide open space.  Also, I enjoyed sketching it because the curves provided a challenge as you have to portray them through contrast and cross- hatching.  Overall the trip to Seattle was very beneficial and provided me with knowledge for my career while kept me interested and challenged my sketching skills!

Kitchen Project



Through the process of designing a kitchen I learned that there is way more thought that goes into the placement of appliances and their different distances between them and areas within the kitchen.  In designing this kitchen I learned how different materials work in for different uses and spaces and how they don't for others.  Also, I learned what the various materials I chose were made of and how I can incorporate different sustainable materials into my kitchen design.  As the project came to a close I evaluated my work discovering that the success of the final kitchen design came from a combination of hard work through, various sketches, numerous floor plans where I placed different appliances in a number of combinations that emphasized how this layout worked the best, as well as drawing different elevations and perspectives to get a true understanding of the space I was creating and designing.  Looking back over my project as a whole I feel I did a great job in the design process, as the design layout is very functional and aesthetically pleasing.