Me in a nutshell

Ever since I was little, I have been interested in arts and crafts. Growing up, I was always busy crafting, painting, or scrapbooking projects of all sorts. I am pursuing design as a career because of this, I want to be allowed to let my creativity and imagination flow freely. I am inspired by everything around me, both by things tangible and felt. I hope to learn as much as possible about commercial and residential design, and learn to take on whatever challenges I am presented with.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Kitchen Remodel





For this kitchen remodel, I had the opportunity to help a family friend redesign a kitchen to meet all her wants and needs. In the beginning, I started by getting familiar with my client. We talked about everything from her family, to her hobbies, her job, and her home. She showed me an important teapot that she felt was necessary to keep in her dream home.
I really struggled at first to find inspiration from such a formal teapot because my client specifically asked not to have a formal kitchen. So sketching out concept drawings, and parti sketches, I really did not have an good ideas, or anything that was abstract enough. Once I finally picked at sketch it was more smooth sailing.
One thing I will work on in future remodels is trying to get down more concept sketches. I will try to be quicker with getting my ideas, and accessing them after I have a good number done. Not only that, but I will also try to be more symbolic and abstract and less literal.
As for this kitchen remodel, I am really happy with how it turned out. I believe this is a space my client would like to spend her evenings in and also show off to all her family and friends!

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