Future in Interior Design

After completing my portfolio I feel very accomplished! Not only did I spend a lot of time on each page, each page is full of work I have spent a lot of time on! When showing my portfolio to friends and family that just flip over pages that I spent too many hours that I can't even count on, it is quite disheartening when they flip the page too quickly! But, I am incredibly proud of each page and each project on each page which is the most satisfying of all.

I had the pleasure of winning the ASID Design Excellence Awards for "Best Computer Generated Rendering" this past week, so this is my most proud work to date!

 

Even better news, after showing off my portfolio during and interview with RuleJoyTremmel + Rubio and receiving great feed back I was on cloud nine! Best of all, I received and job offer from them today! I will be interning this summer (PAID) to prove my worth in hopes of receiving a full time job at the end! Wish me luck! I couldn't be happier!!

The Art of Color

In my interiors I generally pick neutrals and add pops of color through accessories. For example, my room is all neutrals with one purple vase. I have neutral stripes on the walls that provide a pretty versatile background so changing the accessories' colors changes the whole feel of the space.

Creating a space that is mostly neutrals allows you to change your space easily by changing your accessories. This could also be an accent wall that you change the color of to change the feel of the space. The following are examples of spaces where the accessories/accent wall hold the color and could be change easily to change the whole feel of the room.

Sustainable Solutions: Technology and Lifestyle Choices for a Greener World

Sustainability was a little foreign to me when I was starting my interior design classes at Georgia Southern. I had definitely heard the "green" campaigns and the three R's, "Reduce, Reuse and Recycle" but I did not realize it's importance in my career choice!


Had I not heard "sustainability" or learned certain aspects of sustainability in each one of my interior design classes, it would be less important to me. Each one of my classes has incorporated its importance and solutions to creating sustainable environments. Yeah, the whole "green" campaign has become more like white noise to the general public, but for this emerging interior design professional it will always remain a priority!


LEED certification has also been something that I have learned about throughout my schooling. I believe that this is the future and that LEED certification will eventually become part of the building codes we already have to follow. I know that it is more costly, but if its helping the planet that we all have to live on, why is it not a priority for everyone?


In my recent job hunting experiences, I have learned that many if not all firms mention something about their sustainable efforts in design or the importance of sustainability in each of their projects. This has definitely sparked my interest in getting my LEED AP to appeal to more firms and to be an active member for sustainable solutions!  


Sustainability will remain a priority for me and I hope to encourage others to make it a priority as well!

College

My transition from high school to college was bigger than most. To start with, I had never visited Georgia Southern's campus until my trip down for SOAR, I had never moved EVER, and my parents told me they were getting divorced the week before I moved down for school. Thank goodness my twin sister came with me and was going through everything at the same time!

Starting college felt surreal, had my parents not have pushed me to apply for schools, I would have been sitting at home still feeling like I was too young for college and not ready for this next big step! I felt like I had been thrown into this next step of my life, I had NO idea what to expect and I had NO motivation to embrace it!


My first semester of college flew by, most of my time was spent meeting new people and developing friendships that would grow into my best friends! To say the least, my grades definitely reflected my priorities and by the end of my freshman year I needed a wake up call! Not only was I not ready for college when I went to school, but I was not ready to except the responsibility or think realistically! Since high school flew by and I should have known college would too!


Now in my final semester of college, it still feels surreal! I still feel like I am too young to be looking for not only a job, but a career that I have earned! I know that this is the time to embrace it! 


The most important thing I have learned through everything is that my most satisfying work has provided the most challenges and the most rewarding outcomes! 


Soon to be...

Portfolio Table of Contents

Still a work in progress..

Photograph of ripped paper on my porch with actual images of projects from each category photoshoped in.

No More Portfolio Blues

I love when I go to the grocery store and find a 

new fruit I've never seen before! 

Who would have thought that purchasing this POMELO would have inspired my senior college portfolio?! As soon as I saw it in the store I knew I had to have it! It wasn't just because it was huge, green and that I had never seen anything like it before.. well maybe it was, but nevertheless I still had no idea why I was buying it. When I got home I started looking for a surface I could put this BRIGHT GREEN fruit on to show the impact it had on me in the store, in a photograph. I also never would have thought my boring old porch would serve as the perfect backdrop for this POMELO. It's amazing how easy it is to be creative, even with household items or things you look at everyday.

The best way to be creative through photography is.. 

to put recognizable items in recognizable places..

 to intrigue your viewers.

 

Taking stock

 

.:CREATIVITY AT YOUR FINGERTIPS:.

 

“When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do, our work takes on the quality of play and it is play that stimulates creativity.”

 –  Linda Naiman 

Even with the best part of the fruit missing, I was still inspired by it's simple beauty. Placing the grapefruit on the windowsill CREATED contrasting shadows that inspired me. CREATING an image where the viewer can connect allows others to expand their CREATIVITY through your CREATIVITY! 

Observing your surroundings is the simplest way to be creative.

"Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns."— Edward de Bono