Interior Design Portfolio

DESIGN ETHOS

Continual Growth & Empowerment: I continually seek out opportunities for learning and growth. Stepping out of my comfort zone and challenging myself to push further. Learning is a continual process and when its enjoyable, its more likely to be remembered. I enjoy creating designs that have a purpose. Providing a sense of empowerment through learning.

Storytelling: I enjoy being able to tell a story through design. Taking an idea and transforming that idea into a scenario, Then taking that scenario further by integrating an educational or thought provoking factor within the design.

Colour: I have an eye for colour and being able to create harmony or interest with colour. Using this within design, can strengthen a design and evoke an emotional response.

CONTENTS

01. AOXNIKE PAVILION pg. 5-6

EDUCATIONAL POP-UP INSTALLATION pg. 3-4

02. EXHIBITION DESIGN pg. 7

03. POST OFFICE DESIGN pg. 8-9

04. STUDENT VILLAGE - SHARED HOUSING pg. 10-11

05.

BRAND BOOK DESIGN pg. 12-13

06. RETAIL STORE DESIGN pg. 14

07. HOSPITALITY DESIGN pg. 15

08. WORKPLACE DESIGN pg. 16

09.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

DETAILED ARTEFACT

Each child receives an Activity Book upon entering the Pop-Up Installation, by a Heath Care professional, who provides a brief explanation of the Pop-Up.

Within are activities and information that serve as a reminder of the Pop-Up Installation. This will ensure the experience and learning will continue, long after their on-site experience. It also provides direction on where further help and information can be found, regarding Mental Health & Wellbeing.

DESIGN EXPLORATION

Design Inspiration

Custom made mobile artwork structure, located on-site, within the Main Street, of the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. Entitled ‘Sky Garden’.

Flower Petals

Each flower petal is unique and reacts differently to changes. This is shown through observing the life cycle of a flower & how seasons affect their appearance and growth. Image retrieved from, https://www.proflowers.com/blog/spray-roses-

Emotions & Change

Changes in emotions, are normal, but how we react to those changes are our choice. One of the many factors that affect emotions, are seasonal changes. We cannot stop the seasons from changing, but we can learn to recognise and manage those emotions. Images retrieved from, https://cdn5.vectorstock.com/ i/1000x1000/26/89/icons-of-seasons-vector-12482689.jpg

Top 10 health problems children face today:

DESIGN PROJECT

Swinburne University

Create an Educational Pop-Up Instillation, by utilising immersive and interactive design techniques, to help increase public awareness around Heath & Wellbeing issues faced by children today.

Physical Health & Excessive screen time Abuse in both Mental & Physical forms.

Abuse, physical or mental, is related to emotions. Being able to recognise and managing emotions, is a vital aspect within Mental Health. By providing a fun, welcoming and safe environment, with access to medical professionals, children have the opportunity to recognise and work through the challenges they face, early on in their life.

The site chosen to house this Educational Pop-Up Installation, is on ‘Main Street’ within the Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne.

POP-UP INSTALLATION

LEARNING FROM MUSEUMS:

How can utilising interactive & immersive museum techniques increase health and wellbeing within the institutional sector?

Generic Flower Cycle: Full Bloom, Starts dying

Emotions: Happiness is brightened with summer energy. Anger and stress rise as temperatures rise.

SUMMER

Take time to breath & discover No matter how busy you are, it’s important to take time out and relax. Recharge those batteries

Activity: Lie down, Look up & Discover

Lie Down, Look up & Discover, helps show that imagination and nature can have a big impact on mental health. Taking time to make pictures from clouds, discover the wanders within the stars and notice the nature around you.

Generic Flower Cycle: Pruning Required

Emotions: Scared of unknown, failure, being overwhelmed. Brave enough to be pruned - possibly fail, but keep trying.

AUTUMN

Work through challenges

In order for roses to flourish in the coming seasons, pruning is required. Positive mental health allows the realisation of ones own strengths and abilities, needed to work through the stresses of life.

Activity: Web like maze

Working through the maze shows that overall, it can seem daunting, but when worked through, one section at a time, keeping the final goal in sight, helps reduce the overwhelming factor of the maze.

Generic Flower Cycle: Leafless & Dormant

Emotions: Bored from being stuck indoors. Sadness can come with colder, bleaker winter days.

Generic Flower Cycle: Blossoming

Emotions: Shyness is linked to fear. Fear of failure and, or the unknown Jealous of others growth and achievements.

WINTER SPRING

Keep your mind Calm

Activity: Colour Me Crazy

There are several mental health benefits associated with colouring in. It allows the mind to enter a calming state, which reduces anxiety and stress. Focus and attention to detail is required and because of that focus, negative thoughts are replaced by a more positive state. It also provides a physical removal from technology.

Take time to create & Inspire Creativity helps approach day to day activities from different viewpoints. This helps develop a variety of characteristics that increase personal growth, which provides positive mental health growth.

Activity: Dream, Create, Inspire Dream, Create, Inspire allows creative freedom. A blank canvas, with lots of colourful inserts, encouraging the creation of a unique masterpiece.

FESTIVAL PAVILIONS LOCATION & SURROUNDING STRUCTURES

- Commercial Buildings

- Restaurants/ Cafés

- Flinders St Station

- Federation Square (Acmi, Deakin Edge, The Ian Potter Centre: NGV, Zinc)

- Art Play

- Yarra River

- Alexandra Gardens

- Rod Laver Arena

- Margaret Court Arena

- Melbourne & Olympic Parks

PAVILION NOTES

Exterior Walls

Created using Semi-translucent Polycarbonate material. Allowing light

within to shine through at night.

Maze Structure

Created using wooden pallets. There are local companies that rent, buy and sell used pallets.

Shading Material

Created using energy generating material. Harnessing energy from the wind & sunlight.

Viewing Platform

Created using heavy duty aluminium commercial scaffolding. Providing safety and design flexibility.

MIDDLE TERRACE

# Move Highlight

Created using low VOC Paint and plywood.

DESIGN PROJECT

Swinburne University

AOxNIKE Pavilion

Upper Terrace, Birrarung Marr, Melbourne VIC

The Australian Open is an internationally viewed event, with its popularity increasing each year.

This also provides opportunities for the Australian Open Festival to partner up with local and international brands. In this instance, AO Festival and Nike have chosen to collaborate and a Pavilion is to be created, highlighting their brand partnerships, collaboration and positioning. Becoming an athlete requires the desire to be one, then followed through by goals to help accomplish this. The journey to becoming an athlete is not always a straight path. It can seem to be a never ending maze.

Taking that visualisation and turning it into a positive, is the purpose behind the Pavilions design. The journey should be enjoyed, as there are many learning and growing moments within it. The maze showcases different steps in setting and achieving a goal, as well as activation areas, where these steps can be realised, learnt from and enjoyed.

The destination is also not the end. A chance for reflection and be refocus for the next journey ahead, is encouraged.

AO x NIKE PAVILION

The Influence of an Athlete: Making a difference

The influence of an athlete, spans further than what we may comprehend. The way we act and re-act, does make a difference to those around us. The maze is filled with interactive activities that help demonstrate this. At the end of the maze, and only viable from a viewing platform, are

the words #MOVE. This is a reminder to keep moving forward. It also provides reflection on what has just been accomplished and what was required. The journey was made easier and more enjoyable because of additional, external help and influences.

Upon entrance, each person will receive a Pavilion Map, showing a brief overview of the Maze. Half of the activation zones are provided, with the remaining left empty for the participant to fill in themselves. A blank page encouraging action towards their own personal goals and the back page promotes the Nike Grind programme. Reminding, that each athlete has an influence and responsibility, that reaches further than we each think it does.

PARTICIPATORY ELEMENT

- COMMUNITY GARDEN

Short workshops, where they can plant vegetables or herbs & learn basic gardening skills. Plants are then donated to communities/ individuals in need.

A future global concern for our Cities, is over population and with that, increased diversity. The focus for my Exhibition is on Diversity and how Melbourne as a growing city has embraced and celebrated its diverse community.

Two of the most common aspects within a city, that unites people, is food and nature. Of these

aspects, migrants have had a large impact on the Australian Culture. The exhibition, takes you on a journey, showing the variety of cultures that have immigrated to Melbourne and what contribution they have made to the city. It also shows how diversity worked together with local communities and continues to do so, through food and nature.

DESIGN PROJECT EXHIBITION DESIGN

SHELF DISPLAY

Displaying indigenous cuisine & plants. Their origin and uses.

TACTILE DISPLAY

Microscopes, with slides showing slices of different plants, food, etc.

INFORMATION BOARDS

Display Boards - Along the wall and down the stairs, giving information on each plant found in the living wall. Their origin, what they can be used for, etc.

STORYBOARD

INTRODUCTION - LONE 1

Showing the Food & Plants, Immigrants from various counties bring with them to a new city and how these items work together with indigenous plants and food, in a unified way.

MAIN - LONE 2

CAFE AREA

Informal seating area, where local small businesses can showcase and sell their products

WALK-THROUGH DISPLAY

Showcasing success stories of immigrant and local restaurants over the years.

SHELF DISPLAY

LARGE DISPLAY SCREEN

Allowing the viewer to drop a pin, showing where they live & their nationality.

Artefacts of items brought over by Immigrants, that have become a part of Melbourne culture.

TRUNKS

Displaying items brought from migrants countries. i.e. plants, food, spices, machines, etc.

LIVING WALL

Plants brought over from migrants countries, working in unity with Indigenous Australian plants

Showing the Living Wall and how local and international plants work together. Along the viewing area walls and down the stairs are information boards, detailing the plants history, uses, etc.

CONCLUSION - LONE 3

Showing how immigration has had an affect on Melbourne culture today. Also showing how Diversity has changes from Post War migration to Today.

PLANTS

Plants near trunks, from Lead to an start building the living wall.

MURAL

Migrants coming off boats.

“Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day”

STRENGTH

- Being a reliable brand & well established.

- Well recognised logo & colour.

- Good online presence.

- Website easy to navigate.

- Able to tailor products & services to individual user.

- Variety of services offered.

- Adaptability.

- Forecasting for future opportunities.

WEAKNESS

- Disconnect in design between online & offline presence.

- Poor banding in Offline stores.

- Poor maintenance to Offline stores.

- Having too many heritage buildings to maintain.

OPPORTUNITIES

- Celebrate the Heritage of the building, through information and education.

- Integrate community areas & programs into Post Shops.

- Utilise more technology in Offline stores.

- Reduce paper & materials used. Streamline processes.

- More Self service facilities.

THREATS

- Local competitor mailing services.

- Start loosing their Postal Brand Identity.

- International Postage companies partnering with online stores.

DESIGN PROJECT

Swinburne University

The need for an offline post office is becoming less common in this technological age. However, by changing the way an offline Post Office site is used and viewed, within the community, will help bring purpose, engagement, and a want to visit the local post office

Re-Design of Australia Post Building & Pop-Up Instillation

546 Rathdowne St, Carlton North VIC 3054

The Carlton North Post Office is housed within a heritage building. Currently, the interior is cluttered, uninviting, and does not celebrate the heritage of the building. To create a connection between the

online and offline sites, simple icons, line art and strong, bold colours found on the Australia Post website are brought into the offline store. Using local plants and images of the area within the building, helps reflect the look and feel of Carlton North. Creating a community Garden and cafe, and displaying Seasonal Pop-Up installations, are additional ways to bring community engagement and helps tie the building and it’s heritage to the community it’s associated with.

POST OFFICE DESIGN

SEASONAL OCCASION POP-UP: ANZAC DAY

Pop-Up Installation will be located in the Community Cafe. Display boxes will have season related images.

Semi-private booths allow thoughts and stories to be shared about ANZAC Day, which can be sent to loved ones and friends. Australia Post can sell ‘Make your own Poppy’ pages, that can be sent along with the letters.

POSTAL TUBE INSTILLATION MODEL

The design for the postal tube is inspired by weaving. Bringing characteristics from two functions, the postal service and the community, and weaving them together.

Some section over lap and some are cut at different lengths, showing that each piece is unique, but when woven together into one design, something unique and beautiful can be created.

Australia Post has a large community focus and being able to support this through an offline postal site, expands that community engagement and provides an opportunity to celebrate the Heritage Building that the Post Office is housed in.

University studies to that can be unthinkable, so having a place to ‘Retreat’ to, will help relieve much of that stress from everyday life.

Swinburne University

the design is based on the feeling of a Retreat. Work and life can be, at times, stressful or even overwhelming and then, having to add University studies to that can be unthinkable, so having a place to ‘Retreat’ to, will help relieve much of that stress from everyday life.

interaction with nature, increasing well-being and decreases stress.

The design is calming and inviting, with the use of natural materials and lighting, subtle textures, and light, warm colours. Zoning of spaces also helps achieve this, with many seating areas located near windows and plants, making the

SHARED HOUSING DESIGN PROJECT

SHARED HOUSE FOR SWINBURNE STUDENT VILLAGE

4 PATERSON STREET, HAWTHORN VIC, 3122

These individual units create a small student village with a difference. The concept behind

The design is calming and inviting, with the use of natural materials and lighting, subtle textures, and light, warm colours. Zoning of spaces also helps achieve this, with many seating areas located near windows and plants, making the focal point near natural lighting, which helps encourages

These houses have been targeted towards mature aged students and those who don’t want to feel like they are living in student housing. Having a similar feel to a home, with shared and private spaces that provide the best of both scenarios.

Each private living space has it’s own bathroom, desking, and seating area, allowing that sense of ownership and privacy if wanting a change from the communal living spaces.

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mature aged students and those who don’t want to feel like they are living in student housing. Having a similar feel to a home, with shared and private spaces that provide the best of both scenarios. Each private living space has it’s own bathroom, desking, and seating area, allowing that sense of ownership and privacy if wanting a change from the communal living spaces.

The design is calming of natural materials and and light, warm colours. helps achieve this, with located near windows

SHARED GROUND FLOOR PLAN UNIT 3

HOUS ST UDENT VILLA UP

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K TCHEN ENTRY

HALLWAY LAUNDRY O PAT O PAT

BATHROOM 1 BATHROOM

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CHARISMA BLOSSOM(ING) LINK(ED) HARMONY SURREAL IMAGINARY

RENEWAL WISPY WANDER-LUST CIVITA (LATIN FOR COMMUNITY)

POHUTUKAWA

PAUA CATLINS COASTAL HEATHCOTE CELMESIA RED CLIFFS AZURE

PUKEKO

AVON KORU FANTAIL MATAI (REPRESENT NEW BEGINNINGS, GROWTH AND REGENERATION) TOKI

(REPRESENTS STRENGTH)

GIGIL STORY BOOK RESPLENDENT SECRET GARDEN FANCIFUL

AVER (TO ASSERT OR AFFIRM WITH CONFIDENCE) ANIMUS (LATIN FOR SOUL, MIND, WILL, PURPOSE, DESIRE, CHARACTER)

GUMPTION VISIONARY ASPIRING UNITED RADIATE ADVANCE STRIDE PLUCKY

SMILE OPEN ARMS MAJESTIC UP-SPRING SPIRITED UP AND GO ILLUMINATION

DESIGN PROJECT

Swinburne University

The brief required the creation of a branding strategy, for a real-life or invented client, that will be able to last for at least 10 years into the future.

This process required the understanding and defining of branding and brandmarks, case

studies and client research. Name generation and brandmark design, with brand rational, extension applications and guidelines.

Reflections and presentations were given at different points of this process.

BRAND BOOK DESIGN

The Fantail is represented in the overall look, having multiple curved layers mimicking the tail of the bird. It gives a sense of movement and the ability to take flight at any moment.

Within the curved areas are geometric shapes, in a variety of sizes, colours and shapes. Each shape is unique, but together make up a beautifully captivating graphic. A community is like this shape. Each individual is unique, however, as people come together, working towards a common goal; that goal can then be realised in a stronger, more unified way. Helping to project a brighter, more exciting future.

FANTAIL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BRAND BOOK - BRAND EXTENSION APPLICATIONS

FANTAIL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL BRAND BOOK - GUIDELINES & VISUAL LANGUAGE

INTERIOR ELEVATION

DESIGN PROJECT UNITEC, Institue of Technology

NEW BUILD. HOBSONVILLE CENTRE

124 Hobsonville Road, Hobsonville.

The new build, Hobsonville Centre, provides the unique opportunity for a retail space to be

My chosen retail store, is a children’s book store. The inspiration for this design is inspired by a hot air balloon and the idea of reaching new heights.

The chosen design for this store is a children’s book and toy store, which encourages children

RETAIL STORE DESIGN

CUSTOM SALES COUNTER

Created in ArchiCAD, using ‘Profile Manager’ to help with construction.

DESIGN PROJECT

UNITEC, Institue of Technology

RENOVATION OF THE EXISTING UNITEC

HUB CAFE.

Unitec, Mt Albert Campus.

139 Carrington Rd, Mount Albert, Auckland

The inspiration for the design is inspired mainly

by the Oakley Creek walkways, located near the Mt Albert Unitec Campus. Walking through native bush, and the feeling felt, is the atmosphere I want to bring to the cafe. This will be achieved by using native plants cut into wooden partitioning panels and having fresh, healthy and sustainable foods.

HOSPITALITY DESIGN

FURNITURE PIECES

These furniture pieces we modelled after a furniture piece from a local vendor and created in ArchiCAD. Furniture from the ArchiCAD standard library was used and then manipulated to create the desired barstools.

HAVEN AREA - NEAR STAIRS COLLABORATION AREA - NEAR MEETING ROOM

WOODEN PANELS OTTOMANS

COLLABORATION AREA - NEAR WORKSTATIONS

HAVEN AREA - RELAXED WORKING ELEVATION

DESIGN PROJECT

UNITEC, Institue of Technology

STAFF OFFICES FLOOR PLAN

Building 110/ Level 2 Staff Offices, UNITEC Campus Mt Albert

Unitec are transitioning into an Activity Based Working Environment, which encourages

collaboration, but still encourages quiet focus work. The idea behind the design is to embrace the beauty and rich history that surrounds Unitec. Unitec is located near the Oakley Creek, which is a stream, as well as urban Auckland’s only natural waterfall, which crosses through a variety of different communities before draining into the mangroves and then the Waitemata Harbour.

WORKPLACE DESIGN

NZONED FLOOR PLAN

Hive Jumpspace Cove Meeting Space Quiet/ Focus Area Haven

Storage/ Utility Room Plaza