Chloe Wickham Portfolio
Chloe Wickham Interior Designer
PROFILE CONTACT Tobermory, Bickington Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 2NA 07495 277022 chloewickham.design@gmail.com chloewickham.designs chloewickham.designs
EDUCATION BA (Hons) Interior Decoration, Design & Styling Year 2 Plymouth College of Art 2018-2021 BTEC Extended Diploma Art & Design D*D*D* Petroc North Devon Campus 2016-2018
SKILLS · Comprehensive knowledge in Photoshop, InDesign & AutoCAD · Extensive skills in Google SketchUp · Easily able to use Microsoft & Google Programmes · Can work in 2D & 3D at ease · Works great in a team · Can communicate effectively both verbally and written plus confident public speaker · Has learnt to use the laser cutter and wood working tools with confidence · Knowledge in Textile equipment · Can plan and style a photoshoot · Can adapt quickly to learning new skills · Can carry out in depth research · Able to professionally communicate with other businesses · Developing skills in conversational French
REFERENCES Vicky Wilkins & Karley Wells VK Interiors info@vkinteriors.co.uk 07867 591659 / 07776 255408 Frank Biederman Councillor frankbiederman@devon.gov.uk 07595 988704
Enthusiastic and engaging interior design student who is dedicated to the job and the work, completing it with high expectations and in a timely manner and takes pride in these skills. Works well individually or in a team, communicating effectively with the group to ensure everyone is up to date. Can take control of a task with ease where necessary or can allow others to do the same, not afraid to speak up and voice opinions and ideas. Recognises the ability to be a flexible team player but is pro-active with decision making to help the group progress and meet deadlines. Can work with a multi-disciplinary team, combining every skill set, determined to create fresh, original ideas. An extremely organised student with an outstanding work ethic, constantly engaging in learning new skills, including attending evening classes and keeping up to date with and identifying new trends and technology through a range of mediums. Understands the connection between the design, client and user, ensuring the space is inclusive yet innovative. Has the capability to work in a technical or stylistic environment. Being involved in creating a design trade show opened opportunities to talk to industry experts and build professional skills during the organisation of it. Is passionate to expand knowledge in multiple fields including daily development in conversational French, research into sustainable and biophilic design, plus enjoys learning about worldwide engineering projects through documentaries.
WORK EXPERIENCE VK Interiors, Unit 5 Express Court, Mullacott Business Park, EX34 8FP · Yr 10 work experience week · 6 months part-time (March - August 2018) During my time with VK Interiors I assisted with client projects including the design and the fit out. Visited building sites and measured rooms. Helped with office organisation and admin. Learnt how to create my own financial spreadsheet. Created my own designs. Worked on my first live client project. Confidently spoke to clients and company representatives. Learnt about the work that is carried out in a small independent company and acknowledged the jobs that need to be done in running your own business. Devon Outdoor, St John’s Garden Centre, Strand Lane, Barnstaple, EX31 4BW · April 2017 - Present Worked in a busy, physically demanding retail environment, providing customers with excellent services in a professional manner. Maintained the shops organisation and tidiness. Dealt with incoming and outgoing stock, handling deliveries and stocking shelves. Ran the business Instagram, and designed the company’s regular newspaper adverts. Interacted with large companies over the phone and through emails, dealing with and resolving issues.
ACHIEVEMENTS · Student Ambassador for the University: Working at Open days and other key events to promote the University. · 1st Year Student Representative at University: Attending important student meetings and voicing my opinion when necessary, becoming a key role in communicating between staff and students. · Organised a large charity bike ride from Barnstaple, North Devon to Lyon, France. 7 men, 700 miles, 7 days. This included creating and managing a website, blog, and other forms of social media and organising fundraising events and being part of the support team during the whole ride. Raising over £18,000. · Junior Black Belt in Kickboxing: Consistently training for 9 years including during exams. Assisted in training the class and working with younger children. · Charity Led trip to Uganda: Included raising £1200 for charity and embracing a new culture whilst living in a charity run development centre for 10 days. · French Exchange: Lived in a French family’s home for 1 week and delved into their culture whilst learning the language and making new friends. Hosted for a French student for 1 week and taught them about my culture. Kept in regular contact, consistently improving my language skills. · Completed the Bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award. · Deputy House Captain & Form Captain in Secondary School.
Office Redesign Trend Research Styling Module Self-Directed Module Photography Project -
Office Redesign Devon Outdoor Year 1
Office Concept Board Designed on Photoshop, this concept board reflects my ideas for the office re-design, for Devon Outdoor. I have included textures and natural inspiration to help provide the client with a more emotive concept. This board portrays the idea of being within nature and having a smoother transition between work and personal life.
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Office Floor Plans & Elevations Designing the ground floor and first floor allowed me to be really creative with my plans. The first floor is a large office space with enough seating to cater for all members of staff. There are private office areas and more open collaborative spaces. Inspired by the River Tamar and the functionality of biophilia this office creates a dynamic and healthy working environment.
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Spring / Summer 2020 Trend Prediction & Trend Research
Spring / Summer 2020 Prediction Spring/ Summer 2020 prediction mood board created on InDesign is inspired by the WGSN trend forecast but it focuses on more muted tones and imagery from the 70’s.
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Popular Trends within Interior Design
Rich Colour Schemes This adds depth and excitement to your room
Metals and Glass This trend creates a contemporary vibe and artisan metal work is becoming more favoured in the home
Luxurious Velvet This fabric is widely available everywhere you go, once seen as old fashioned and stuffy and now seen as luxurious and comforting Mid-Century Modern Furniture Appearing in the 50’s and also coming through in the 70’s, has now become a go to trend for home owners
Scandinavian Modern Its minimalistic, natural approach has become very popular within design
Plants and Flowers Have become a necessity for a lot of people, adding greenery and a refreshing, mood to a room
Natural Materials and Textures The use of these materials are becoming a lot more prevalent in the home, adding the feeling of being in touch with the outdoors, you can also build up a lot of textures creating interest in the room
Neutrals and Bolds Using neutral colours as a base, allows you to build up your colour scheme with bolder hues
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This mood board displays some of the popular trends within interior design that we have seen over the years. Some trends have seen a lot of people buying and using the same products for example the Eames plastic chair is found in a lot of homes and newer builds but now people are looking to stand out and have different items to everyone else. Upcycling and buying handcrafted pieces is becoming a more popular way of decorating your home because people can express their unique style and personalities.
Worst Trends within Interior Design Over the years, our homes have seen some debatable trends. Here is a selection of some of the very worst trends throughout time. All these trends have been tried and tested and therefore not lasted very long in the home. Most of these trends emerged during and around the 70s which is interesting to see because the 70s style is inspiring a lot of trends in the current day.
In this photo you can see a combination of some of the worst trends to ever come about, inflatable furniture, beaded curtains and decorative ceiling line borders. As well as bed canopies and the over use of pine wood. Around this photo are a selection of the very worst trends including carpeted bathrooms, round beds and plastic fruit.
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Styling Module Enki Magazine Year 2
Trend Forecast Concept Board Taking inspiration from the Ideal Home ‘Structured Simplicity’ home decor 2020 trend this concept board was created on InDesign. Focusing on beige and green tones as well as using natural textures and forms. The idea is to create a calming environment and adopt hygge techniques to feel more relaxed.
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Magazine Pages Using InDesign I designed and produced my own publication for Enki, a pre-existing magazine This included creating a trend forecast page, shop the look and meet the maker.
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icker, plants and blankets have dominated the design world for quite some time now, but each year the trend develops further. Much like the Danish way of living, we are trying to bring more comfort into our home. Over the years we have seen Great Britain try to embrace the world of Hygge. “Hygge has been translated as everything from the art of creating intimacy to cosiness of the soul to taking pleasure from the presence of soothing things.” (Meik Wiking, ‘The Little Book of Hygge.’) However in our country although we do not quite fully understand the concept of Hygge, we have given it our best shot. Many homeowners began to bring in more candles, blankets and cushions thinking this was the answer to living like a Dane. There is no right or wrong but it is also not as simple as this. So in the last couple of years a more British take on Hygge has come into play and we can see that this trend is not leaving for quite some time yet. Scandinavian design is as popular now as it was when it hit our market some five years ago and we can see an evolution in this mass trend that has led
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the consumer to use more natural and less harmful products. The importance of using products that are not damaging to the environment are always on the rise. We are beginning to see the consumer take into consideration what products they want to have in their home, slowly making changes to their purchases to try and do their bit for the environment. This upcoming trend takes the idea of Hygge, Scandinavian Modern and Sustainability and mixes them to produce ‘Simply Natural’. This trend focuses on using less damaging plastics or non-recyclable items. More people are beginning to visit local farm shops and health stores to buy their produce. This can include taking your own glass containers to the shop to refill on dried goods or taking reusable plastic bottles to top up on shampoo. As well as introducing more sustainable ways of shopping you will see a rise in healthy home cooking and making the daily task less of a chore and more of a chance to spend time with the family or to teach the children to cook. ‘Simply Natural’ is about taking moments with your loved ones without feeling the need to spend a lot of money, whether that be making cookies together or watching a film in the evening. The home will feel calm, comfy and chilled, a place to relax, be with one another, kick your feet up and press pause on the hustle and bustle of everyday life. Why not light a candle, cosy up with blankets and fill the room with positive, relaxing vibes? This trend will bring more subtle colours into the home, reinventing beige, adding a touch of green in the form of flora and seeing a decline of the infamous grey. You will
also see the use of texture brought in by the soft furnishings and accessories. Some accessories may include more artisan pieces such as locally sourced, handmade vases or bowls. There has been a rise in supporting local creative businesses and that is still on the up. Due to our awareness of our World’s environmental decline we are beginning to move away from buying such mass produced products and this is subsequently supporting our local makers. So next time you are out in a large shop consider whether you should buy a more unique and long lasting product from a small creative instead. Not only will you be helping a small business to grow and purchasing a more Earth friendly product, you will also be adding a beautiful hand crafted item to your home.
“THIS UPCOMING TREND TAKES THE IDEA OF HYGGE, SCANDINAVIAN MODERN AND SUSTAINABILITY AND MIXES THEM TO PRODUCE ‘SIMPLY NATURAL’.”
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1. Hampton and Astley, Luxury scented large CANDLE CANDLE, 235g, Coral Flower & Hyacinth, CUSHION, £44.99, hamptonandastley.com 2. West Elm, Indigo belgian flax linen lumber CUSHION BLANKET, £45.00, £34.00, westelm.co.uk 3. Weaver Green, Shell herringbone BLANKET PLANT, £59.99, bakker.com weavergreen.com 4. Bakker, Dracaena ‘cintho’ 3 trunks XL PLANT POT blue, £27.99, hortology.co.uk 6. Dunelm, Grey wooden 5. Hortology, Onno PLANT POT, CLOCK, £35.00, dunelm.com 7. Orla Kiely, ivy CHAIR CLOCK CHAIR, £719.00, barkerandstonehouse. co.uk 8.West Elm, Bobble knit CUSHION cover, £49.00, westelm.co.uk 9. Habitat, Alba VASE, £35.00, habitat.co.uk 10. Wearth London, Layle and grey textured grid pattern VASE BASKET, £15.00, wearstlondon.com 11. John Lewis & Partners, Nenbo recycled cream BASKET TEAPOT, 460ml, gold/white, £22.00, johnlewis.com Fine china tea for one TEAPOT
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Saunton Sands, North Devon
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Self-Directed Module Airbus A350 Designs Year 2
Airbus Concept Board This concept board reflects my ideas for creating an innovative, relaxing and contemporary design for an A350 first class cabin and lounge and premium economy cabin and seat.
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Photography Project CRM Students Year 2
Final Photos from Photography Project Working with the staff from Mary Parker House, student accommodation, I styled and photographed some of their rooms. This is a residents room, tidied and styled for the photoshoot. The photos needed to represent how a prospective student can personalise their room and make it feel like a home away from home.
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Chloe Wickham