Student Profile: Liz Sandlin

Hometown: Southlake, TX

Design interests: Furniture design, restaurant and nightclub design, high-end retail design, hotel design.

Favorite part of design: The “aha” moment when working on a project. When things haven’t been falling into place and then you have that moment where all of the sudden things start to come together and make sense.

Strongest skill: My strongest skill is my networking ability. I love meeting new people and organizing events to allow people to interact. My strongest technical skill would have to be Sketchup. I’m also a big fan of hand rendering!

Favorite designers: Renzo Piano, I.M. Pei, Kelly Wearstler, Jonathan Adler

Personal statement: Something that I pride myself in is attention to detail. I have a problem with letting things go until they are just right. There is nothing more rewarding than seeing a design translated from an image in your mind into a real world application. That’s what it’s all about!

Where I’ll be in 5 years: Working as a designer at a firm that I enjoy or in the process of starting my own firm.

Dream job: Anything in high-end residential, hospitality, or high-end retail design.

Unveiling the Senior Show Poster

 

Designed by our very own Melissa Davis. Come out and see us May 2nd in the Interior Design building!

Some Renderings in Progress

Be sure to come out to our show and see all the projects in their completed forms!

Just the beginning.... 18 hours to go. #rendering#kerkythea#tcuinnov8#seniorshow#deathofme

Getting close! #nofilter#tcuinnov8

Cafe lounge...24 more hours to go #kerkythea#rendering#tcuinnov8#deathofme#allnighter

Would you hang out here? #notfinished#bar#tcuinnov8

Last one. Oh man. #101hours#3DSmax#tcuinnov8

Student Profile: Spencer Youtsey

Hometown: Cypress, Tx

Design Interests: Architectural design, Residential design, Commercial design

Favorite part of design: Being able to use your own ideas and creations to come up with a physical, final outcome.

Strongest Skill: Hand rendering, Autocad & Sketch up – I’ve always loved to draw and do hand renderings/draftings.

Favorite Designers: Antoni Gaudi, Daniel Libeskind and Frank Lloyd Wright

Personal Statement: I’ve always loved to draw and build things! Growing up I was always doing around the house projects, building shelves here or a corner table there. Interior Design allows me to do this, but on a Much Much larger scale!

Where Ill be in 5 years: Hopefully designing sustainable projects that benefit society.

Dream Job: Rodeo Clown

Design Lab Life

These days most of us are pretty deep into our final renderings, spending hours upon hours in the studio setting up images in SketchUp, Kerkythea, and 3DS Max. Here's a little peek into what our world is looking like, as told by instagram.

Really though, don't touch the computer. #RenderInProgress#3DSmax#tcuinnov8



#tcuinnov8#design#sketchup#stress

 

Student Profile: Ashley Holmes

Hometown. Dallas

Design Interests (Residential, Commercial, Hospitality, etc.): Commercial 

Favorite Part of the Design: seeing design come to live in a final product and having something to show for your work

Process/Strongest Skill (Programming, space planning, furniture selection, lighting, etc.): space planning and programming - I love exploring different realms of design and putting it all together in a puzzle 

Inspiration (Favorite Designer, etc.): travel inspires me

Personal Statement (Why I chose Interior Design, I think design matters because, etc.): I think design matters because we are surrounded by design constantly - at home, at school, at the office, at restaurants, at stores... Design can be a reflection of who we are as a person, and can also give off a particular image or emotion to those that a certain place is wanting to provide to its customers, employers, etc. It also effects our environment which eventually effects us.  

If I didn't Design, I would...: be a psychiatrist 

Where I'll be in 5 years: Still working hard at Gensler and learning something new everyday

Student Profile: Calyn Cox

Hometown:  Born in Cypress, TX but grew up in Dubai, UAE (which is where I call "home")

Design Interests:  Hospitality Design

Favorite Part of the Design Process: Space Planning

 

Favorite Designers:  Kelly Wearstler, Jonathan Adler and Katie Ridder (all of whom have branched out and used their brilliant design talents to create their own furniture, textiles, and or clothing and jewelry designs)

Personal Statement:  I believe that my job as a designer is to pay attention to the subtle tints and details that make the world around us such a unique and interesting place and to constantly strive to implement unique color, pattern and texture into my designs.

If I didn't Design, I would... Be a lot less stressed.... and would have probably done nursing or have become a veterinarian (which was my dream occupation growing up)

Where I'll be in 5 years:   Hopefully employed at a hospitality firm and loving the work that I do

Dream Job:   Working for Kelly Wearstler and learning how to design like she does