DESIGN PORTFOLIOWILSON
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New YorkCollege of Visual and Performing ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts in Interior DesignGraduation: May 2010C.I.D.A. Accredited Program
Education
Proficient Using:AutoCad 2010Adobe Photoshop CS4Google Sketchup 7Microsoft Office
Familiar With:AutoDesk Revit 2010Adobe InDesign CS4
Skills
ASID Student Member2007- PresentHabitat for Humanity 2007- PresentOperation Smile Leadership ConventionSummer 2006Have A Chance Walk Fund raiserFall 2008-2009
Involvement
Interior Designer
RES
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E Wilson
[email protected](914) 804-9863
55 Benedict RoadSouth Salem, Ny
10590
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New YorkCollege of Visual and Performing ArtsBachelor of Fine Arts in Interior DesignGraduation: May 2010C.I.D.A. Accredited Program
General Administrative Duties, (2008 - Present) Carried out basic administrative duties while incorporating strong interpersonal skills and organizational skills. Contacted Various distributors. Assisted with the preliminary design process space planning and turning a clients idea into sketches.
Alternate Design’s Inc. (South Salem, NY)
Creative Art Director (2007-2010)Managed a group of 20 children, ages 3 to 7. Created exciting, innovative, age appropriate activities and crafts which required a creative mind, strong communication, as well as time management and organizational skills.
Teaching Assistant, (2007-2010)Assisted in coordinating a variety of different classes ranging from nursery to pre-K. Helped care for the children as well as directed age appropriate activities. Strong communication, organization, and time management skills were required. Developed a sense of partnership. Promoted to substitute teacher.
Acrylic Painting/ Ceramics Instructor, (2009-2010)Educated and directed a group of children to produce art within these two mediums. Required a strong background in the fine arts.
Logo Design, (2009-2010)Created a logo for a future fortune cookie entrepreneurship sponsored by the school. Involved a great deal of communication between entrepreneur and designer.
The Canaan Ridge School (New Canaan, CT)
Rubo Family (Ridgefield, CT)
Chase Suite Hotel, NY)Freelance Designer, (2010)Using Adobe Photoshop I redesigned the existing poster for the Chase Hotel located in Columbus Ohio. Involved a great deal of communication.
Freelance Designer, (Summer 2010)Site measured and drew up floor plans of a three story, 3000 square foot house.
Work Experience
Saw Mill Club (Mount Kisco, Ny)Front Desk Attendant, (2010)Responsibilities include checking in guests,answering and transferring calls, scheduling appointments and completing guest transactions.
Horse and Hound (South Salem, Ny)Waitress, (2010)Responsibilities include waiting, minor food prep and bussing.
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Dey’s Centennial Market
Pulse Luxury Skybox
Senior Thesis
Apartment Complex
Maria Sharapova’s Office
Fortune 500
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“An animals eyes have the power to speak a great language.”
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Responsibilities: Design Concept Assist with Space Planning 3D Model Interior Renderings
Skills: Google Sketchup Hand Rendering Adobe Photoshop
Auto CadWeb site Design
Scope of Work: Animal Shelters today were created years back with little consideration to the animals or the work-ers. My goal was to redesign an animal shelter in an old warehouse creating an environment that makes adopting a positive experience. Using various events and visual merchandising as the foundation of my design a modern shelter was created that eventually would achieve my ultimate goal of increasing adop-tion rates.
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VENTILATION
STRESS50% OF ANIMALS ARE EUTHANIZED
ProblemAnimal Shelters today were created years back with little consideration of the animal itself. Animals are living in conditions that were designed as the bare minimal and focuses solely upon fulfilling the animals needs rather than their wants. With this as the portrayed statement, these facilities are depicted as sad and avoidable places reducing the amount of potential homes these animals can go home to.
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ISOLATION
STRESS50% OF ANIMALS ARE EUTHANIZED
SolutionStress ReductionDesign a building where the animal’s psychological behaviors are kept in mind. Techniques like reducing noise level, less handling, and adequate ken-nel space reduces the stress level on the animal.
SocializationTo create a space where animals are no longer fixed in their cages but rather interacting with people and fellow ani-mals. The animals must be stimulated and challenged throughout their stay to avoid becoming “Kennel Crazed”.
Disease ControlThe goal is to minimize cross-contam-ination. Proper ventilation, suitable air recirculation, durable cleanable materi-als, and minimal handling of the ani-mals will all contribute to reducing the spread of disease.
ExperienceTo create a positive experience for all the potential adopters to increase adoption rates. Through the study of visual merchandising and various retail techniques, the sheltered animal will be looked at as an irresistible product rather than a charity.
DemographicSite Plan
Exterior of Case Building
The Case Building is located at 112 Wyoming Street in Syracuse, New York. The building itself is located right on a main road and has parking adjacent to it. Surrounding the building, are prime locations in the city of Syracuse. This includes Syracuse Universities Ware-house building, Armory Square, and upcoming residential areas. At the mo-ment the buildings in this area appear to be aged and vacant, but with the vision of the Salt Packing district, this area should be updated in no time. The Near West Side Initiative has focused their time and money on the rehabilitat-ing of buildings in this area to create an environmentally friendly neighborhood. In the long run, artists, business owners and students will come to this area in hopes of a thriving community.
Building AnalysisColumn and Truss Some Windows are Bricked Over
Steel Red Door
Repeated Columns Throughout
The Case building is a series of build- ings fixed together creating one big warehouse. The interior of this build- ing need quite a bit of repairs, but both the antiquity and history combined create an intriguing dynamic space. The repetition of columns and diagonal supporting rafter’s grid out the space while forming a vertical fascination drawing the eye up. Other than the re-peating columns throughout the space, the floor plan is very open with few bar-riers. There are many windows located on the west and south side, providing a great deal of natural light into the build-ing. There is existing piping throughout, but due to the exposure, plumbing can be easily placed through out the space. Old factory elements still exist and could create a unique historical look to the future space.
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Lobby / Reception
This design creates a balance between welcoming aesthetics and modern in-trigue. Through bright splashes of color and unique animal housing visitors cant help but want to come back. With this shelters layout and limited barriers, visi-tors are able to explore the facility with no hesitation. Immediately upon arrival you are faced with both the dog and cat displays. The reception desk is avail-able if necessary but the lack of walls allow one to move on and explore the rest of the shelter freely. Information and an animal selection system is used to help a potential adopter have the best and simplest experience.
Animal Shelter
Shelter Corridors
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Cat Sanctuary
Cat Display
Animal Shelter Immediately upon entry a person visit-ing the space is confronted with the cat sanctuary. Exciting on the eyes, one can not help but to explore the space and look into what the shelter is about. The ramp allows people to be raised three feet into the air to get a better look at the cats. This is a fun addition for children making the space much more interactive. As one moves on a potential adopter is then faced with the individual cat housing. Once one sees a cat they are potentially interested in, an employee will bring them in the back into a room that is welcoming with aes-thetics inspired by the comfort of home to interact with the animal.
Cat Housing
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Designed with the intention of creating a building within a building, the indoor dog park houses 20+ dogs comfortably. The shell surrounding the dog housing units consist of viewing windows so the public can walk around the exte-rior freely without any hesitation. The interior can be blocked from the public allowing employees and volunteers to take care of the animals without any obstacles. Depending on the activ-ity going on in the space, retractable fences are used to break up the dog run. Smaller areas can be created for employees to hold the animal while cleaning whereas larger dog runs can be formed to account for interaction with the animals. Overall the interior dog park is functional and aesthetically exciting.
A Room Within A Room
Dog Housing
A Room Within A Room
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Responsibilities: Design Concept Assist with Space Planning 3D Model Interior Renderings
Skills: Google Sketchup Hand Rendering Adobe Photoshop
Site Measuring
Scope of Work: A group project that involved a great deal of teamwork to redesign an existing office into a sophisticated space for vendors to market their products.
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Goal: To create a market with enough flexibility for incoming vendors to easily rent out a space without sac-rificing the aesthetic of permanence. The space was meant to celebrate the numerous architectural elements Syracuse has to offer as well as incor-porate a certain degree of sophistica-tion to encourage residents to travel to the downtown area.
Proposed Floor
Vendor Display
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Scope Of Work:The primary focus of this project was to space plan what used to be a department store into a 17 room apartment complex. After measuring the site, and designing all seventeen rooms, one apartment was called out and a series of construction documents were created.
Responsibilities: Design Concept Space Planning
Construction documents Interior Renderings
Skills: Revit Architecture Computer Rendering Adobe Photoshop
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After space planning 17 rooms, materials and furniture were chosen based on the demographic of people entering that area. Prospective buy-ers include young business travelers looking to stay temporarily. The main concept behind this design was to bring in rich contemporary materials and incorporate neutral tones so the renters could start with a clean slate without compromising the “move in ready” feel. The kitchen is full of deep tones, which translate well with the blue creating a sophisticated homey feel. The bathroom displays a simple floor pan but the subway tile and deep wood help spice it up. The simple addition of pendant lighting above the spa-bath gave the room a luxurious feel.
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Proposed Floor
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Dey’s Apartments
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White Marble
Wenge Wood
Hardwood Floor
Vintage Onyx Finish
Crown Molding
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Responsibilities: Research Space Planning Sketchup Model Interior Renderings
Skills: Google Sketchup Hand Rendering Adobe Photoshop
Auto Cad
Scope of Work:The ultimate goal of this project was to create a functional space within a 500 Square Foot cube that represented an athlete of your choice. The main focus of this design was to create a space in which your athlete is fully satisfied. After a great deal of research and planning, an office space was sculpted around Maria Sharapova’s life.
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Goal: To create a market with enough flexibility for incoming vendors to easily rent out a space without sacrificing the aesthetic of permanence. The space was meant to celebrate the numerous architectural elements Syracuse has to offer as well as incorporate a certain degree of sophistication to encourage residents to travel to the downtown area.
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When designing this space, I made sure that every object or material had a purpose and told a story about Maria Sharapova’s life. Whether it be the cushions on the couch inspired by her clothing, or the Russian nesting tables motivated by her family background, there is not one component within this room that Maria Sharapova cannot relate to. Although we were limited to creating a space within a simple cube, I was able to sculpt the space through materials and color, creating a dynamic, bold and exciting atmosphere that Maria can retreat to escaping from her hectic lifestyle.
Maria Sharapova
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Responsibilities: Design Concept Assist with Space Planning
CAD Drawings 3D Sketchup Model Interior Renderings
Skills: Google Sketchup Hand Rendering Adobe Photoshop
Auto Cad
Scope of Work: A group project that involved consistent communication among team members to design a luxury skybox for a music label focusing on a specific genre of music. Branding was a large part of this project and required our group to create a logo for the genre of “Dance” music. Once the Logo was created a space had to be designed where upon entering clients would acquire the true feel of that music label. The scope of work included two floors creating the challenge of making two completely different spaces tied together as one.
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Rest Room MosaicNorth Elevation
Proposed Floor
Pulse Music luxury box was designed with inspiration pulled from dance clubs, urban culture and the latest technology. Immediately upon entry you are faced with the electronic pulse meter of LED lights which al-lows a client to truly grasp on to the high energy this label has to offer. Bold colors and bright white tones were used throughout the space creating a high contrast attracting the eye to all corners of the room. White furniture was used throughout the space absorbing the many different forms of light being directed toward the dance floor. The dance floor was the focal point of this space creating a pulsating effect, which helped re-inforce what this label was all about. The Pulse logo is displayed through-out the space so clients would always remember the experience driven by the Pulse Luxury Skybox.
Proposed Floor
Main Bar / VIP Seating
Pulse Bedroom
Pulse Lounge
Pulse Lounge Through more subdued colors and arrangement of furniture both an informal and formal environment is created. Branding of Pulse music corp headquarters, is carried throughout the space in a subtle manner making the company known without being too overpowering. Although they have entirely different uses, there are enough aesthetic similarities between the two to keep the aesthetic of Pulse to be ac-curately represented.
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Scope of Work:To design a corporate office for the Fortune 500 company Walt Disney. The ultimate goal was to create a space that captured the magic and multiple achievements this company has accomplished throughout the years.
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Responsibilities: Design Concept Space Planning 3D Model Interior Renderings
Skills: Google Sketchup Hand Rendering Adobe Photoshop
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The Fortune 500 Company, Walt Disney is frequently looked at and credited for their Disney movies and great theme parks, but very few recognize them for all the other numerous achievements. This space was intended to celebrate everything Disney has achieved while creating a space plan that promoted productivity. Inspiration was drawn from children, movies, awards, and the many creative fantasies they have created throughout their years of success. This company connects with its inner child so an environment must be created that stimulates the imagination.
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Scope of Work:To take the existing Chase Suite Hotel flyer and update both the text and images. I was asked to transfer the document once made in Microsoft Word into an Adobe Photoshop PDF format. Constant communication was needed and done through email to create a flyer perfect for Chase Suite Hotel.
Responsibilities: Redesign Flyer
Skills:Adobe Photoshop
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Scope of Work:Finalized Layout for “Black Book For Entrepreneurs”. Using Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, and Illustrator, I was able to complete all requests given to me by the author and art director of the project. Final copy sent out for publishing.
Responsibilities: Adjust Layout
Skills:Adobe Photoshop
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Scope of Work:Design a logo for a fortune cookie entrepreneurship Little Fortunes.
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Scope of Work:To create a web site for an upcoming energy auditing company, Green Solutions. Program Used: Wix.com.
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