Lees-McRae College

Stone Cottage Restoration Project

phase VII: Final Design

First Floor

Second Floor

Third Floor

Technical Drawings

professional practice_ assignment 3.0

For assignment 3.0 of the professional practice class we were formed into mock firms in conjunction with the 3rd years who also were divided into mock firms in order to enter into the Chicago Architecture Today Skyscraper Mock Firm Competition. I was a member of the Tertia Studio Inc. As the professional practice class our responsibilities were directed towards the business side of the design industry. I directed my attention towards graphics and marketing materials. We began by designing a company logo and then through out the duration of the assignment we created a set of graphic standards that ideally the firm would follow. These set of standards covered every aspect from color, logo, font, stationary, form templates, presentation templates, and even more. Below are a few pages from the 15-page Tertia Studio graphic standards.

professional practice_ assignment 4.0

High Point Furniture Market
April 2011


http://www.highpointmarket.org/default.aspx

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For my second networking event I attended the High Point Furniture Market. More specifically I attended one of their educational events called "Marketing Yourself by Design". This event focused on the increasing interest in marketing yourself using different tools like a blog, twitter, and facebook. I received a lot of insight and knowledge about doing each of these approaches to better yourself and company. I also went to the Natuzzi showroom, a building that I have always dreamed of going inside. I absolutely love the design of the Natuzzi building. I was fortunate enough to receive a personal tour from Edgar Cabrera, an alum of the IARc department. Edgar was great to talk to and had a lot of advice for us graduating seniors. Edgar is truly an inspiration and I appreciate the wonderful experience he gave us.

professional practice_ research paper

I just completed a research paper on a very interesting topic in the design field. Technology and it's many advancements are truly amazing in their abilities and their rapid growth. For the topic of my paper I chose to focus my attention on the seven technology trends of design that have been designed by Autodesk. As a subgroup, Autodesk Labs creates all kinds of different software that they imagine could aid the design field in any way. Once they create initial versions of the software they then make them available to the public to download, mess around with, and then provide their personal feedback on what could be improved and what is not available. The seven different trends that they have defined include: Human Centered Design, Analog to Digital, Cloud Data and Search, Cloud Computing, Digital Reality, Digital to Analog, and Software as a Service.

Check out this link to find out more information for yourself.

Phase VI: third floor

IARc lounge _ mar. 29. 2011

closer and closer each and every day

Finally things are starting to come together. The shelving units and bench are now attached to the wall. Laura and I are done designing the laptop/food bar and it too has been installed.

IARc lounge _ mar. 14. 2011

it's coming along, very quickly

professional practice_ Atlanta Trip

For the professional practice class we had the opportunity to travel to Altanta, GA to visit several showrooms and design firms. We were blessed to have Bettye Russell, of Herman Miller, as our host. We appreciate her planning and organizing the itinerary for the trip.

Our first day was spent visiting Interface Flor, TVS Design, Gensler, and Cooper Cary. We were honored to meet with Michel Belland from Interface Flor, Paula Carr from TVS Design, Richard Macri, the Director of Design at Gensler, and Richard Stonis, the Design Director at Cooper Cary.

The second day we started at Herman Miller (drooling over anything Eames), where Bettye Russell spoke to us, then we headed next door to AI3 to speak with Lucy Aiken-Johnson, the principle and founder of this small, forward-moving firm, which I believe all of us fell in love with. Then we headed to ASD to speak with Mike Neiswander.

Each place that we visited presented a short presentation about their firm/showroom, and current projects that they are working on. Then following the presentation we received a tour of each. For me this was the best part. It was interesting how the each of the firms were all different in the way they worked, and collaborated. Each has created a system that works for them. It was encouraging because in a way they were all similar to our own studio structure. They each all ranged in size and in types of projects.

This was such a great experience meeting with some very talented people and some of the top firms in the country.

Interface Flor

Maiken posing next to the her favorite, the tulip table.

TVS Design





Can you believe this view from the TVS lobby?

Gensler

another great view


Cooper Cary





Alyssa and Eriko

Herman Miller


Travis, Jo, and Mira

Leah admiring Charles and Ray Eames

Heather lounging in the famous lounge chair

My all time favorite



AI3




ASD



another great view