Portfolio 2023

About Me

Contact

allison.leah.nguyen@gmail.com

1109 Sennybridge Dr. Yukon, OK 73099

405-550-6970

Awards & involvement

IDEC Southwest Regional Conference

Undergraduate Student Research

November 2022

Dean’s Student of Excellence

Edmon Low Library

March 2022

Designathon Fall 2021 - 1st place

Mixed Reality Lab - OSU

October 2021

Oklahoma State University CIDA

Review

Freshman Representative

Summer 2021

Student Involement

International Association of Lighting Designers

Student Membership

2023

International Facility Management Association

Student Officer - Event Planner

2022 - 2023

U.S. Green Buildings Council

Student Officer - Event Planner

2022 - 2023

Education

Bachelors in Education and Human Sciences

Major: Interior Design

Oklahoma State University

Expected Graduation: May 2024

Dec. 2022 - GPA: 4.0

Other Coursework

Oklahoma City Community College

Skills

AutoCAD

Sketchup/ Enscape

3DS Max Unity Lumion

Light Mapping

Adobe Indesign Revit

Hand-drafting

Microsoft Excel Group Collaboration Research

Jan. 2020 - May 2020

GPA: 4.0

Redlands Community College

Aug. 2019 - Dec. 2019

GPA: 4.0

Experience

Special Project Intern

Creating an interactive map of the Oklahoma State University campus using ThinkLink. Edmon Low Library - Archives Office

Oct 2022 - Present

Student Assistant

Filing and organizing the specials collections from Oklahoma State University.Edmon Low Library - Archives Office

Sept 2020 - Promoted Oct 2022

Retail Associate

Organized wedding parties. Helped customers customize outfits for the wedding.Men's Wearhouse

March 2019 - June 2020

Retail Associate

Rearrange and organize the store to fit the needs of the customers.

GAP Factory Store

June 2018 - March 2019

Ethiopia mUseum

Duration: Jan. - Feb. 2023

Skill: Hand Rendering, Light Mapping

Assignment Requirements

Researching artifacts from Ethiopia, I had to create a museum layout to display said artifacts. The layout includes light mapping, archival objects from the Gaylord Archival Catalog, and designing said space.

Process Sketches

Base Drawing

Lighting Techniques:

Lighting as Art

Lighting Techniques: Grazing and Downlighting

Final Light Mapping

Allison Nguyen / Ethiopia Museum

DESIGNATHON 2021

Duration: October 8 - 10

Programs: Sketchup, Enscape

Assignment Requirements

Over the course of three days, we were tasked to create an innovative way to incorporate one of the United Nation Sustainable Development goals into design. Partnered with an international student from Puebla, Mexico, my group had to base our project on the fifth U.N. development goal, which is gender equality. The infographic on the right is the board game we created during Designathon.

This was a project competition in which each group had to present their idea to three judges and there was a winner declared.

My group won first place.

DESIGNATHON 2021

Da y 1 Day 2 Day 3

The first day we drew up an concept of the mechanics of the board game.

The second day we simlified it to finish the game before the deadline.

This was the finished board game we presented. With the help of the graphic students, they creaetd the graphics while we made the boardgame and mechaincs to play the game

COTTON RETAIL PROJECT

Duration: March - April 2022

Software: AutoCAD, SketchUp, Enscape Assignment Requirements

Partnered with one of our classmates, we had to design a retail store inspired by cotton. Cotton was specifically chosen due to the grant O.S.U Department of Design and Merchandising received from Cotton Inc.

Our project was to create a retail store from a preexisting building in Stillwater and to incorporate the story of cotton into the store.

Retail Store

For the building, we wanted to combine a library and a retail store. The front half of the building was an area for customers to sit down and study or use the library in the store. The back half is the retail part of the store, with bookcase like shelves holding the merchandise

Allison Nguyen / Cotton Retail Project

CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS

Duration: October - December 2022

Software: AutoCAD

This project was a group assignment in which we had to create and organize construction documents for a property development company. Our group split up the work and had a set amount of documents each group member had to create. I constructed the floorplan, RCP, and elevations of furniture pieces we wanted to use.

Military Canvas & Marbled Rust Two Seat Sofa

By Stephen Kenn

Savina by Viccarbe

Allison Nguyen / Construction Documents

RESIDENTIAL DESIGN FOR ELDERLY CLIENTS

Duration: October - December 2021

Program: Sketchup, Enscape

Assignment Requirements

In this assignment, we were tasked to design a smart house suitable for aging in place. Each group in the class was assigned a fictional elderly couple narrative made by another group. My group's clients were John and Samantha Stephen.

In the narrative, John has a wheelchair and Samantha has hearing aids. The Stephen's wanted a house inspired by Scandinavian design. They wanted their own rooms that fit their hobbies: Samantha wanted an art studio and John wanted an easy way to go out to watch birds. Besides these specifications from the clients, the house had to be ADA compliant with the use of technology.

My group split the house into sections. Each member was be in charge of a different section and I was in responsible areas in the green box.

Elderly Client Programing

My group took inspiration from abstract artists Jean Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, and Keith Haring (A). We selected specific pieces from these artists to serve as a base for the design of the house. To accompany these artistic traits throughout the house, we wanted the space to feel like a renovated art museum (B). To remove the sterile environment often associated with museums, we incorporated minimal colors from Scandinavian design to make the space feel more inviting and comfortable (C).

Schematic Design

Allison Nguyen / Residental Design for Elderly Clients /

Bubble Diagram

Adjacency Diagram

Design

Adjustable

Allison Nguyen / Residental Design for Elderly Clients / Oct. - Dec. 2021/