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

Student Profile: Averi Saunders

Hometown:  San Antonio, TX

Design Interests:  Residential, Hospitality, and Retail Design

Favorite Part of the Design Process:  Furniture and Finish selections, and interior architecture development

Favorite Designers:  Kelly Wearstler, Jonathan Adler, Antoni Gaudi

Personal Statement:  Design adds to life. Life is more vibrant and exciting with beautiful surroundings.

If I didn't Design, I would...  Be a film producer
 

Where I'll be in 5 years:  Designing a W Hotel

Dream Job:  Owning my own firm

Student Profile: Mary Claire Johnston

Hometown:  Dallas, Texas

Design Interests:  Commercial, Hospitality, Corporate, and Retail Design

Favorite Part of the Design Process:  Space Planning and Rendering

Favorite Designers:  Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier

Personal Statement:  Artwork inspired me to go into design. To me, architecture is art.

If I didn't Design, I would...  go into architecture or engineering.

Where I'll be in 5 years:  Hopefully, I would be a senior designer at a great architecture/design firm.

Dream Job:  a place where I am happy
 

Student Profile: Nicola Bathie

Hometown:  San Antonio, Texas (Originally Johannesburg, South Africa)

Design Interests:  Residential Design

Favorite Part of the Design Process: I love seeing beautiful textiles and furniture and everything else that goes with design.

Favorite Designers:  Kelly Wearstler

Personal Statement:  I think design matters because you have the potential of making the world a happier place, space by space.

If I didn't Design, I would...  start my singing career.

Where I'll be in 5 years:  Hopefully be happy in a big and energetic city

Dream Job:  Queen of England?

Student Profile: Melissa Nicole Davis

 

 

Hometown:  League City, Texas

Design Interests:  Hospitality, Entertainment, and Commercial Design

Favorite Part of the Design Process:  I love Space Planning and developing my designs in SketchUp

Favorite Designers:  Zaha Hadid and Phillippe Starck

Personal Statement:  For me, Interior Design serves as a fun and exciting creative outlet for my typically analytical mind. I think design really matters because it can bring excitement to the spaces and environments people inhabit and interact with on a daily basis.

If I didn't Design, I would...  have a lot more time to sleep.

Where I'll be in 5 years:  Working hard at a job that I love

Dream Job:  Walt Disney Imagineer!

#SketchUp #SpinningBeachBallofDeath #TCUinnov8

Hey everyone!

Spring break is right at our front door and most of us are ready for a week to relax and (TRY) to get design off of our minds. As a class we have started to put our AutoCad floor plans into a program called SketchUp. This is a great program that you can download yourself offline for free. This program allows us to pull our floor plans into 3D. We can upload lot of different furniture pieces, appliances, fixtures and much more from an online database (for free). Onec you load them into your space you can change the colors and textures to what we want them to be. As you can tell my colors are all over the place but that will change when I get to editing those. It is very tedious and time consuming BUT the outcome is worth it! Here is a picture of my cafe... it is VERY rough and there is MUCH to do but you'll get the idea of what the program helps us do. Hope y'all enjoy and have a great spring break!   

-- Calyn

New Photos!

Hello Everyone!

I have recently added a personal photo of each member of our class to the left-hand sidebar. As a group, we decided this would give you all a better chance to get to know each and every one of us on a more personal level. Spencer Youtsey, one of our classmates, took the photos with an interesting illustration filter to make them look more like a drawing! Enjoy.


Liz Sandlin

The Design Process, as told by Instagram

#thesis #research #makeitstop

Senior thesis. Woof. #designstruggs

Dawson's creek and CAD. #soundslikemysundaynight

Collaging at 8 am. #TCUinnov8

#designstruggs #tcuinnov8

Melissa's weekend megabus adventure. #SketchUp #LifeOfADesignStudent #tcuinnov8

So we've narrowed them down..

In our Senior Show class this morning, we evaluated schematic design of our invitations to the Senior Show Reception. We'd like some feedback from our blog viewers! Below are the 3 options we chose to elaborate on for class next Tuesday.


Which one is your favorite??

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-Liz Sandlin

That's weird. I'm pretty sure these plans had more walls before my last desk crit..... #ugh #designproblems #TCUinnov8 

-MD

Welcome to INNOV8!


We are the 2013 senior class of Texas Christian University's Interior Design program. There are 8 of us, but though we are few in number, there is no lack of talent in this group! We are excited to keep you updated with images of our work throughout the semester, as well as personal updates about each one of us as we go through this process.


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Interior Design Senior Class