Shading Exercises

Yesterday in class we did shading exercises from our drawing book. Below is my best drawing from section 2.1.

Below is my best drawing from section 2.4.

Ten Designers

1. Vicente Wolf

Mr. Wolf has been an accomplished designer for over 30 years and owns his own company "Vicente Wolf Associates" in New York City. Not only does Wolf design restaurants and office spaces he also is involved in designing wine cellars, guest cottages, and retail stores. Some of Wolf's top designs include L-S Store in Hong Kong, the Luxe Hotel Rodeo Drive & Cafe and the Lobby of the Fifth Avenue Office Building.

2. Thomas Pheasant

Thomas is from Washington, DC and opened his own firm, Thomas Pheasant Inc., at 23 years old. His work shows his own personal design style of simplicity. One of his most successful pieces is a 19-piece collection for McGuire Furniture which focused on sculptural lines, symmetry and scale.

3. Albert Hadley

Hadley an 84-year old designer, from Nashville, is known for his ability to study a room see the style and scale of the furnishings and create a rough sketch in a matter of minutes. He was first in a firm, McMillen Inc and was later in a partnership, Parish-Hadley Associates, with Henry "Sister" Parish, until he died in 1994. The archives of their firm's work became part of the permanent collection the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. He is a devout Modernist who hates when a customer over accessorizes a room. In 1986, Hadley was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fall for his contemporary designs, and is now recognized internationally as the "Dean" of interior design.

4. Thomas O'Brien

Mr. O'Brien is from upstate New York and is the founder of Aero Studios and is a design partner with Target. His design trademark is neutral patterns, pale colors and dark woods. These are all incorporated in with his furniture, linens and decor which make him a distinctive twentieth century designer. O'Brien has divided his design practice in New York City into three main groups: creating interiors for select clients, running his own store, Aero; and designing a wide range of products to make domestic life more beautiful.

5. Holly Becker

Becker first worked in the corporate world for 10 years before she pursued her passion of interior design and writing. She launched her design practice in 2005 called Decor8 which is known for merging new items with found ones, layering in special objects and adding plenty of fresh flower, lighting, inspiring music and scents to attract all the senses. She has a lot of successful rooms such as Rev4, Brocade Home, and Jonathon Adler + Simon Doonan's Home.

6. Andree Putman

Mrs. Putman has liberated French interior design from its proper, stuffy roots with her unmistakable vision of elegance, clarity and wit. In 1978 she opened her first design studio, Ecart. Ecart, not only produces interiors but also reissued, obscure furniture designs from the early part of the twentieth century. Through her work on The Morgans Hotel for Ian Schrager, Putman was able to launch a new genre of designer hotels. Her nickname in the design world is "Grand Dame of Modernism," because of her huge impact in the design field with her original French style.

7. Victoria Hagan

With a successful furniture, fabric & accessory company, Victoria Hagan Home, Hagan is a noted interior designer who strives for graphic, elegant & appropriate interiors. Rather than being one specific style her company focuses more on being versatile in its textures, colors and strong silhouettes. In December 2004, Hagan was inducted into the Interior Designer Hall of Fame and also was named last year "Furniture Designer of the Year" by Elle Decor Magazine for her collections with her company.

8. Thad Hayes

Native of Louisiana, Hayes attended Louisiana State University School of Environmental Design and also studied interior design at Parsons School of Design. Hayes received his first job offer in 1982 with Bray-Schaible Design and in 1985 broke off and established his own company, Thad Hayes, Inc. Architectural Digest Magazine named Hayes one of the "Deans of Design" and has also been honored as one of the Architectural Digests "Top 100". Thad Hayes, Inc, is widely known for their collections such as "Upholstery Collection At Donghia" and "Kentfield Collection for Boyd Lighting".

9. Madeline Stuart

Over the last 12 years, Stuart's projects have reflected her unique collaborative relationship between architecture and furniture, function and form, client and designer. Stuart, who is one of the leading interior designers for Los Angeles, stresses in her work the importance of the relationship between integrity and beauty. Her clients include a wide range from the entertainment industry and the business & finance world.

10. Craig Wright

Also a native of Los Angeles, California Wright has worked with many clients internationally all over France and also worked with many A-List clients in the US such as Tom Werner, Dan Ackroyd and Paul Junger Witt. Wright completed his first decorating project in 1966, which turned his interest from antiques to a love for design. His main tips about designing a room is to start with a fireplace or an antique rug and go from there, working around features that the client already has. He has been honored by Architectural Digest "Top 100" and is well known in LA for his 1920's Spanish Colonial Revival Style house that he bought and redesigned to connect his past in Palos Verdes and his last house Andalusia on Sunset Blvd.

Shading

Today we did multiple sketches of shading in drawing class. I really enjoy being able to capture the different values with different types of shading...cross hatch, diagonal, smudge and random. Below I used two of the types of shading diagonal on the chair and cross hatch on the table lamp.

Design Research

Design research is essential to the act of designing. We must first experience a variety of settings and cultural contexts to gain a level of environmental discernment that enables us to envision and create new and appropriate environments.

Project 5: Metamorphosis

For this project we were told to select two different projects from two people in our IARC class and combine them into one final project. Then we were asked to draw 10 sketches to show the metamorphosis between the projects. Even though we only had a week to work on this we definitely had some wonderful ideas to work with.

Below are my five stages of my metamorphosis.

Stage one was Leah Petriccione's memory container.

Stage two was my mix of the two different projects that is closer to Leah's memory container project. I took the negatives from Leah's project and the egg from Lauren's project.

Stage three was my "Middle Mix" of Leah's memory project and Lauren's egg project. I used the geometry shapes from Lauren's egg project and the negatives and loose movements from Leah's memory box.

Stage four was my mix of the two different projects that is closer to Lauren's egg project. The shape looks more like Lauren's project but keeps with the transparency of Leah's project.

Finally stage five of the metamorphosis was Lauren Foster's egg project.

Project 4: Self Portraits

For our next project we were asked to design an installation to house 8 self portraits. I had a really fun time with this project because there was no limits on our materials we could use so I just went with my imagination from there.

This picture portrays more of my playful side by me blowing a kiss.

I drew this picture from a photo that I took of my eye. This picture expressed how I can be scared easily... im so jumpy!

Ten Interior Environments

The Zine that I have created includes ten examples of interior environments that I think are well designed and inspirational. I have selected dining room spaces for my Zine, since these environments are where families and individuals gather for social interaction and good cuisine. Dining rooms should be warm and inviting, thus encouraging guests to enjoy the overall experience.

Magazine Layout

Project 3: Memory Box

For our third project were we asked to write a narrative of a memory we chose and develop a parti that described what our intentions were in creating our memory box. We had about a week in a half to finish the process. The picture show my process in creating my final memory box.