Unified Indivisual

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Process Packet:

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When I saw this triangular shape object, I immediately picked it up because of the unusual shape. On the bottom of the object, there was two different colors blue and white; which provided me the inspiration to design the residence. Based on the inspiration, I made a 3D model and translated the inspiration, ‘unifying Individual’, in the residence. One of the client is in a wheelchair; so, everything in the house needed to meet the ADA requirement. In this design, I focused on creating individual space for each family member while I created the ideal circulation for the wheelchair user. Also, in order to unify the individualism among the family and space, I placed the family gathering place in the center of the house.
I was running out of time when I was making the presentation boards, so all the final renderings were pretty rough. However, it still showed that my rendering skills improved from the past few months. It is more interesting and appealing to the client, if you have several renderings of the space. However, I wish I had a main perspective in decent size.
Throughout the whole time when I designing the residence, I realized that I needed to improve my time management skills. For the next design project, I need to practice marker lettering also, have a better understanding of the board layout to create the ideal board.

Black and White Bathroom

Presentaion Board

Concept Model

Study Model

Inspired by a feather, this is my first bathroom design. The requirement for this design was to have the toilet and sink area meet the ADA standard. Also, this room needed to contain a laundry area. Inspired by the color of the feather, this bathroom is in black and white. The common black and white room is simple yet modern looking. However, I added a few delicate aspects in my design; such as an arched bathroom entrance with two columns, ball-shaped lights, and rugs which build more character to the space. It also provides softness, like a feather. The bath and laundry room is separated in order to provide privacy and quiet space. The laundry room is small, yet accessible for ADA standard and have plenty storage space along the walls. With a big color contrast, this room is apprealing yetprovides softness and smoothness to the space. For the next room design, I will try to make the presentation board more pleasing with some graphics in the background.

6years old, Twin brothers Room

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This was my first time to design a children room. The room was designed for 6 years old twin brothers. The general requirements for this room was, the room must be transitional for later years and accommodates both alone and play space. Also, this room requires the space for sleep, study, TV, storages for toys, book, and clothes.
My inspiration was from a children book, “The Fence” by Jan Balet. In the book, the author uses bright hues such as pink and purple. I decided to use ‘pink’ in boys’ room because I wanted to break the typical notion that ‘boys rooms must be in blue.’ By the different wall paint, the study, play, and bed area are divided. The addition of the stairs and wall plays a role to separate space and provide more storage. In the bedroom, I used pink as wall decoration. In the play area which is in the upper space of the room, the storages and couches are in pink. In the study area, the shelf is in pink contrast with sky-blue wall paint.
Since my client is 6 to 8 years, my presentation board would catch their attention right away. I attached all the little sketches in different heights because kids at this age start differentiating height. I wanted to use bold colors for the children’s room. However, I am scared of using bright and bold hues. I could have painted the wall with dark pink or something else; but, I used pink as an accent color through the room. I need to study relation of colors and be confident about using it next time.

Cozy yet, Spacious Kitchen

This project was remodeling kitchen design. The art piece that I received from the client, Jehee Kim was the Mediterranean scenery oil painting. It evokes the sensation of coziness and relaxation through out the bright warm colors on the oil painting. Jehee Kim’s family is consist with four member which are parents, and two children. Jehee desires to have a kitchen that is cozy yet, spacious.Z Also, she wanted lots of storages besides the pantry and at least two oven in her kitchen. Material wise, she wanted to have a limestone floor for easy cleaning.
The strong lighting in the oil painting creates a separate space emphasizing both the ground and the sea. However, the uses of these color both unify and balance out the painting. These ideas were applied to the kitchen remodel. The division space in the painting transfers to the creation of the new walls in the kitchen and family room area. This provides coziness to the space. However, this can block the view and make space look smaller that it would seem. In order to remodel a kitchen that is cozy yet spacious; the arch-shaped windows and the opening area towards the family room are added. The client, Jehee dislike round counter top. However, she wanted to put curve in her kitchen for the coziness look. Therefore, the arched windows were located in the kitchen. These window catch tons of sunlight and provide spaciousness in the kitchen space. For the unification of the space, neutral colored arch-shaped windows, arches, and columns are added. The curve from the windows and arches flows through the kitchen space and unifies the space. The color of the countertop and cabinet are earthy, providing coziness. The factors unify the space and create elegance and a welcoming atmosphere as the client requested.

Kitchen Case Study

The goal of this kitchen case study project was to develop the skills of analyzing good and poor kitchen design. My teammates were Josh, Crystal, and Sam. To analyze the kitchen design, we started out cooking spaghetti. By using an actual kitchen and focusing on the layout of the kitchen, our team members started noticing the positive and negative aspects of the kitchen. For example, adequate storage under counter space was a positive aspect of the kitchen. However, as you can see from the perspective drawing on the poster, high shelves above the sink were the negative aspects of the kitchen. The title of this kitchen case study is “Interaction between space, being, and movement”. Crystal came up with this title because the interaction between space and how people freely move around the kitchen decides whether a kitchen has a good or bad design. Each one of us had different preferences and opinions but, it was amazing experience. Whenever we had discussion, we would come up with the best solution for this project. This project helped me develop teamwork skills in order to create the best work. Also, this project guided me to have a better understanding of NKBA standards and a good lay out of a kitchen.

Kitchen Sitll Life Sketch

This sketch required me to create a still-life drawing that contains texture, value changes, and volume of each item. The goal of this sketch was to view common items in a new way, developing visual thinking skills based on texture, values, and volume. I chose to draw the most familiar kitchen items which were a coffee mug, fork, and spoon. For refreshment of the drawing, I added an eyelash curler. I was confident using graphite to add texture and volume into the drawing. As you can see the texture and volume show well in this drawing; however, the shape of fork seems odd. I need to draw more in order to see the characteristic that each objects has.

Chair Sketch

From a magazine, I found an interesting picture of a chair. The assignment was creating negative space by contrast of black and white. I drew the chair lightly on white bond paper and added a black background with black color pencil; then I darken the shadow in order to emphasis the positive space in drawing. Some parts of the positive space (background of the picture), has various intense due to the lighting in the drawing. This drawing is a good example to show the relationship between positive and negative space.

Quilt Pattern Design

This Quilt Pattern Design is created when I just started learning about Photoshop. I downloaded six different images from the internet which mostly were pictures of animal fur patterns. I zoomed the picture in Photoshop and by using variety tools such as Filter, created a new design for each image. I arranged each images in a way to create the quilt pattern that is appealing. However, this pattern design is not aesthetically pleasing. How I employed the color in design makes it pleasing or unpleasing to viewers. I would change the color of each image to make a more smooth connection when I arrange them together. For the future, it is essential to have a better understanding of the color theory.

Process Poster: A Room to Read

This project was designing a digital poster in a computer program called Adobe InDesign showing the whole concept development based on other Interior Design classes. The inspiration of the project was architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and his latest work, Guggenheim Museum. This building evokes the natural sensation of a seashell, which I started to sketch for more inspirations. For 2D and 3D concept design, I drew at least 70 sketches for the creative design. In order to come up with the final 3D concept model, I made ten study models.

For the overall layout of the poster, I intended to provide the feeling of nature. By creating a title and left-side bar background by using texture of a seashell, it brought the perception of nature into the poster. Also, the gradient green background evokes the sensation of natural light.

However, I created the wrong emphasis on the poster by adding the picture of the final concept model. The background of the picture which is red grabs your attention immediately, distracting you to focus on the overall poster. I am reconsidering to edit the background or resizing the picture. I did not understand the color is the strong element to create an emphasis to the design. I definitely need to study about color and how they interact in space.

Personal Logo Design

"The KEY for Your House", this is my personal logo. When people have an issue with making their living space more appealing, I want to be the key to solve their issues. This is the reason why the alphabet O and H in the logo create the shape of a key hole. I also added my Korean name in right side of the logo to identify myself as Korean. The color of the logo is red because the color itself directly draws your eyes to the logo.

It is a creative logo however; the square outline provides inflexible feeling to the design. I am considering to edit this outline to an oval or circular shape. Also, changing the phrase of logo ‘The KEY for Your House’ to ‘The key for your Design’.

I started to design the outline of the logo by using AutoCAD. Then, I imported it into Photoshop for color rendering. By using both computer programs for this project, I started to notice each characteristic that certain computer program had. In order to decrease the time to create the design in AutoCAD, I need to practice it constantly.

Textile Pattern Design

This textile pattern is designed in order to represent my personal ethic background, Korea. Overall, I wanted to emphasize Korean traditional art which consists of continuous repetition of arrangement with delineation. All the elements in this pattern contain a specific meaning. For example, the circle in the middle of the textile is from the Korean flag, symbolizing the tradition and history of Korea. In this design, I can observe the texture of the blue part. However, the texture of red part does not look as tough as I intended to.

In order to create this design, I worked on Auto Cad to outline the design. While I was working on Auto Cad, I did not expect to create curve lines for the flower design however, with many trials with tools (polyline, trim) I eventually created the outline of the flower. Then, I imported it into Photoshop (c3) for color rendering and added a texture into the design.

This design is aesthetically pleasing; however, the vivid colors of the pattern become a distraction of the design of the pattern. It shows that I need to study more about color because for my future design projects, I want to use bold colors yet, aesthetically pleasing for clients.

Sketch on Black Film Paper

I was wandering around my room thinking what should I draw for this assignment, but nothing looked appealing to me. For refreshment, I washed my face in the restroom and all of sudden; I decided to draw the doorknob of the toilet. Weird yet, interesting. Isn’t it? I started to draw the doorknob lightly with graphite on the black film paper, then applied color pencil focusing on texture. The door knob was in silver due to its material but, I added more color to add visual interest in the drawing. Only thing I would change here would be to erase some parts of the door knob, adding the reflection of light. This drawing contains enough detail, yet with more delineation on the doorknob, would make this drawing astonishing!

Courtyard Design in Color

Plan view of a courtyard

Park Design

This is a plan view of a park in black and white.
This park contains two entrances, a water feature and a secret garden.

Courtyard Design

This is courtyard design done in one point perspective in black and white.

Business Card

2009 Resume

Resune of Moah S.

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Since I am an interior design undergraduate student in WSU, my resume heavily focuses on appearance. I added the personal logo on the top of the page to make the resume more appealing and show my graphic skills. The black outline is added in each page to provide an emphasis on the white area that contains the information. I edited my phrase ‘the key to your house’ to ‘the key for your firm’ to show one of my characteristics; playful and sociable. The images of the lock and the key are added in the background to make a connection with the logo in the resume.

The layout of the resume is interesting, yet, it is not fully pleasing to some viewers because of the huge contrast between the red and black. I may change the color black to blue, which will have less contrast of color and identification of my ethic background by utilizing the color of Korea’s national flag; red and blue.

Most people usually create their resume by using Photoshop. But, it is a privilege to use Adobe InDesign because it provides more options for a better layout of the resume, such as Pages. Due to tons of idea sketches, I do not have a problem with designing the layout. However, I need to understand the color in order to make the design that will please most of people.