Emily Conner 2021 Portfolio

PORTFOLIO

EMILY CONNER INTERIOR ARCHITECT AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER

SELECTED WORKS CANDOR COFFEE CO. .................................3 COFFEE SHOP PROJECT FALL 2020

KINETIC FLOW .............................................21 LUMINARE PROJECT SPRING 2020

REVOLVE ......................................................29 POP-UP PROJECT SPRING 2020

CORNUCOPIA FONDUE POT.......................39 FONDUE POT PROJECT FALL 2019

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ABOUT EMILY CONNER IS A THIRD YEAR INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND INDUSTRIAL DESIGN STUDENT AT KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY. SHE PLANS TO GRADUATE MAY 2023 WITH A MASTERS IN INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE AND A MINOR IN LEADERSHIP. SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN PASSIONATE ABOUT DESIGN AND CREATING. SHE LOVES HANDS ON PROJECTS, HUMAN INTERACTION, AND CREATING MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THAT PEOPLE CHERISH THROUGHOUT THEIR LIFE TIME. SHE IS VERY PASSIONATE ABOUT WORKING IN THE DESIGN FIELD AND CREATING EXPERIENCES AND PRODUCTS THAT CAN HELP THE WORLD .

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CANDOR COFFEE CO. COFFEE SHOP PROJECT

• FALL 2020 • REVIT • RHINO • ENSCAPE • PHOTOSHOP • INDESIGN

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CONCEPT STATEMENT CANDOR COFFEE CO. IS A CAFE FOR CUSTOMERS TO COME RELAX AND FOCUS ON THINGS THEY NEED OR WANT TO DO WITH THEIR DAY, THE CUSTOMERS SHOULD FEEL RELAXED IN THE SPACE AND BE ABLE TO COME TO THE COFFEE SHOP TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THEIR BUSY LIVES OR TO CONTINUE WORKING ON THINGS THEY NEED TO GET DONE IN A RELAXED ENVIRONMENT. THE CUSTOMER SHOULDN’T FEEL STRESSED IN THE SPACE AS THERE ARE MULTIPLE SEATING AREAS AND SPACES FOR EACH USER TO CHOOSE THE EXPERIENCE THEY WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE. THE PROCESS OF ORDERING SHOULDN’T BE STRESSFUL AS WELL SINCE WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE A STRESS RELIEVING EXPERIENCE. CANDOR COFFEE CO. IS A UNIQUE CAFE CREATING AN ATMOSPHERE THAT EACH GUESTS LOVES BEING IN. THE COFFEE SHOP CONCEPT IS WABI SABI WHICH IN TRADITIONAL JAPANESE AESTHETICS, WABI-SABI IS A WORLD VIEW CENTERED ON THE ACCEPTANCE OF TRANSIENCE AND IMPERFECTION. WABI SABI STATES THAT NOTHING LASTS, NOTHING IS FINISHED, AND NOTHING IS PERFECT. SOME CHARACTERISTICS OF WABI SABI THAT WERE BROUGHT INTO THE DESIGN ARE ASYMMETRY, ROUGHNESS, SIMPLICITY, INTIMACY, NATURAL OBJECTS, AND PROCESS. CREATING A MODERN TAKE ON WABI SABI AND CREATING AN AGED LOOK TO THE COFFEE SHOP WITHOUT USING MATERIALS THAT ACTUALLY HAVE AGED OVER TIME AND USING DESIGN LANGUAGE TO CREATE BEAUTIFUL IMPERFECTION.

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LEVEL ONE PLAN

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MEZZANINE PLAN

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TRANSVERSE SECTION

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LONGITUDINAL SECTION

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THE MEETING SPACE HAS WINDOWS ALONG THE INTERIOR WALLS THAT OPEN AND CLOSE SO THE MEETING SPACE CAN BE USED OR BE APART OF THE REST OF THE COFFEE SHOP. THERE IS BAR SEATING ON EACH SIDE OF THE WINDOWS SO WHEN THEY ARE OPEN PEOPLE CAN SIT ON EITHER SIDE AND INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER WHILE ENJOYING THEIR COFFEE.

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THE MEZZANINE HAS A MIXTURE OF DINING SEATING AND LOUNGE SEATING. THE MEZZANINE SPANS ACROSS THE LENGTH OF THE COFFEE SHOP AND HAS BAR SEATING FOR CUSTOMERS WHO WOULD LIKE TO OBSERVE FROM ABOVE. THE SEATING ON THE MEZZANINE HELPS THE CUSTOMERS SEE THE DETAILING IN THE WALLS FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

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KINETIC FLOW LUMINARE PROJECT • SPRING 2020 • LIGHTROOM • PHOTOSHOP • INDESIGN • WOODWORKING • SOLDER LIGHT WORK

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BIOMIMICRY: ADAPTING/ STRENGTH

The light design would adapt to people messing with it. Moving and not breaking, but protecting the light, just like how seaweed protects the sea life that uses it for shelter by changing shape with the current.

• WHO?: Children, disabled people who need tactile safety or comfort.

• WHAT?: Floor/ Table Lamp, LED Bulb, Warm White Light.

• HOW IS IT USED?: To calm the user, a night light, something to mess with.

• WHO?: All ages of people who are trying to manage stress and relax.

• WHAT?: Ambient stress relief toy light used as a night light for bedrooms or offices.

• WHEN?: Used when you want to manage stress and relax.

• WHERE?: A high stress environment like an office, or somewhere you go to relax like a bedroom.

BIOMIMICRY: MOVEMENT

Focusing on making objects look as though they are moving, without actually moving them.

• WHO: Millennial, Gen Z • WHAT: Table Lamp/ Chandelier, LED Bulb, Warm White Light.

• HOW IS IT USED?: Accent lighting, to mesmerize the user.

BIOMIMICRY: MOVEMENT OF SEA LIFE

Focusing on the flow and movement of objects under water, especially plant life.

• WHO: Children, or disabled people who need tactile safety or comfort.

• WHAT?: Chandelier/ Table Lamp, LED Bulb, Warm White Light • HOW IS IT USED?: To calm the user, mesmerize, distract, something to mess with.

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First, two pieces of wood were carved into two linear forms, Next, two channels were carved into the walnut wood for the lights, and one larger space at the end to hold the battery pack. A leather strip was placed on the interior and two pieces of vinyl on the two exterior strips.

LED light strands were cut and soldered from a plug in outlet to a battery pack that could fit inside the luminare since it is an interactive light fixture.

After gluing the two pieces together, offset lines were cut into each side of the wood so the two sides apply pressure to each other and don’t snap as easily.

By moving the wood to and from the band saw cutting through the wood, but not through the leather and vinyl it created an object that goes against what the user would think wood would do.

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The light sits in a base on the users desk when not being used. It can serve as a nightlight or an soft ambient light while not being used as a stress relief product.

The lighting design is inspired from the child wooden snake toy that bends and moves like a snake. The user interacts with the light moving it back and forth, changing the way the light is emitted from the fixture.

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VINYL

LED LIGHT STRIP

Vinyl is used on the outer part of the interior to emit light through the wood and allow flexibility for the light fixture. Leather is used in the center of the light fixture to make the wood flexible. The vinyl is put on the outer part of the interior to give the wood some extra grip, but also allow the light fixture to emit more light since the leather isn’t translucent.

The light fixtures base is shaped to hold the luminare in a way that the light can emit throughout the wood and create patterns on the base.

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REVOLVE EXHIBIT

POP-UP PROJECT • SPRING 2020 • RHINO • ENSCAPE • PHOTOSHOP • INDESIGN

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CONCEPT STATEMENT THE INSPIRATION FOR REVOLVE POP-UP EXPERIENCE CONCEPT STATEMENT IS DRIVEN BY INTERACTION BETWEEN OTHERS AND OBJECTS. THE POP-UP IS DESIGNED TO ALLOW USERS THE INSPIRATION FOR REVOLVE POP-UP TO WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE AND ALLOW THEMBY TOINTERACTION SEE DIFFERENT PEREXPERIENCE IS DRIVEN SPECTIVES. BY LOOKING AT SENSORY AND BETWEEN OTHERS AND OBJECTS. BOTTLES THE POP-UP HOW THEY ARETO USED IN SCHOOL YOUNGIS DESIGNED ALLOW USERSFOR TO THE WORK ER GENERATION, THE POP-UP ALLOWS ADULTS TO TOGETHER TO CREATE THEIR OWN FEEL LIKE KIDS AGAIN. USERS PLAY OVERSIZED EXPERIENCE AND ALLOW THEMWITH TO SEE SENSORY PANELS, MAKING THE USER FEEL SMALL. DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES. BY LOOKING AT THE POP-UP CONSISTS OF ROTATING PANELS OF LEXSENSORY BOTTLES AND HOW THEY ARE USED AN THAT ALLOW THE USER TO ROTATE THEM AND IN SCHOOL FOR THE YOUNGER CREATE A REACTION INSIDE. EACH PANEL IS FILLED GENERATION, THE POP-UP ALLOWS ADULTS WITH DIFFERENT LIQUID AND SOLID MATERIALS TO FEEL LIKE AGAIN. USERSEXPERIENCE PLAY WITHFOR THAT REACT TOKIDS CREATE A UNIQUE OVERSIZED SENSORY PANELS, MAKING THEYOU EACH USER. WHEN YOU APPROACH THE POP-UP, USER SMALL. THEWITH POP-UP CONSISTS OF ENTERFEEL A LARGE ROOM IMMENSE, REVOLVING PANELS. YOU CAN LAY UNDER THE ROTATING ROTATING PANELS OF LEXAN THAT ALLOW PANELS TO TO VIEW THE INSIDE THECREATE LEXAN FROM THE USER ROTATE THEMOF AND A A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE. YOU CAN ALSO VIEW REACTION INSIDE. EACH PANEL IS FILLED THE EXHIBIT FROMLIQUID THE SECOND FLOOR, LOOKING WITH DIFFERENT AND SOLID DOWN ON THETHAT POP-UP EXPERIENCE, FEELING LIKE A MATERIALS REACT TO CREATE A GIANT WATCHING OVER EVERYONE WHO IS SMALL. UNIQUE EXPERIENCE FOR EACH USER. WHEN THE BASE FOR THE PANELS ALSO SERVES AS A PLACE YOU APPROACH THE POP-UP, YOU ENTER A FOR PEOPLE TO STAND WHILE THEY INTERACT WITH LARGE ROOM WITH EACH OTHER, AND THEIMMENSE, WALL BETWEEN THEM. THE REVOLVING PANELS. YOU CAN UNDER GLASS PANELS ARE ILLUMINATED BYLAY LIGHTS BUILT THE ROTATING PANELS TO ATTENTION VIEW THE INSIDE INTO THE FRAME TO BRING TO THE OF THE LEXAN FROM A DIFFERENT DIFFERENT WALLS AND STRIKE CURIOSITY IN PEOPERSPECTIVE. ALSO VIEW THE PLE WHO PASS BY.YOU THECAN POP-UP EXPERIENCE ALLOWS USERS TO EXPERIMENT AND INTERACT WITH THE EXHIBIT FROM THE SECOND FLOOR, PANELS, ALLOWING TO PLAY AND RECAPTURE LOOKING DOWNTHEM ON THE POP-UP THE WHIMSICAL FEELING OF CHILDHOOD. THIS EXPERIENCE, FEELING LIKE A GIANT RELAXING EXPERIENCE ALLOWS USERS TAKE A WATCHING OVER EVERYONE WHO TO IS SMALL. BREAK FROMFOR THEIR LIVES ANDSERVES RETURNAS WITH THE BASE THEDAILY PANELS ALSO LESS STRESS.

A PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO STAND WHILE THEY INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER, AND THE WALL BETWEEN THEM. THE GLASS PANELS ARE ILLUMINATED BY LIGHTS BUILT INTO THE FRAME TO BRING ATTENTION TO THE DIFFERENT WALLS AND STRIKE CURIOSITY IN PEOPLE WHO PASS BY. THE POP-UP EXPERIENCE ALLOWS USERS TO EXPERIMENT AND INTERACT WITH THE PANELS, ALLOWING THEM TO PLAY AND RECAPTURE THE WHIMSICAL FEELING OF CHILDHOOD. THIS RELAXING EXPERIENCE ALLOWS USERS TO TAKE A BREAK FROM THEIR DAILY LIVES AND RETURN WITH LESS STRESS.

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ASSEMBLY

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PANEL ELEVATIONS INSIDE MATERIALS PANEL 1: OIL, MAGNETS, NUTS/WASHERS PANEL 2: CONFETTI/SEQUINS PANEL 3: SAND, OIL, WATER, FOOD COLORING PANEL 4: MINERAL OIL, CLEAR CORN SYRUP, FOOD COLORING FUNCTION

PANEL 5: ORBEEZ, OIL, TONIC WATER PANEL 6: WATER, FOOD COLOR, GLITTER, ELMER’S GLUE PANEL 7: PERLER BEADS, POLY-PELLETS PANEL 8: GLITTER, OIL, WATER

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ALUMINUM FRAME LEXAN GLASS ALUMINUM STAND

LED LIGHT BASE ALUMINUM FRAME + LAMINATE

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POP-UP PLAN

LONGIT

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TRANSVERSE SECTION

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TUDINAL SECTION

THE LARGE PANELS ARE PLACED THROUGHOUT THE SPACE SO PEOPLE WHO PASS BY THE EXHIBIT CAN EASILY WALK THROUGH THE PEOPLE INTERACTING WITH THE PANELS AND NOT BE IN THE WAY OF THE EXPERIENCE. PEOPLE CAN ALSO OBSERVE THE EXHIBIT FROM THE MEZZANINE IN THE SPACE, WHERE THEY CAN LOOK DOWN ON USERS INTERACTING WITH THE EXHIBIT.

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CORNUCOPIA FONDUE FONDUE POT PROJECT • FALL 2019 • SKETCH • HAND RENDERING • WOODWORKING

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THE PURPOSE OF THE DESIGN IS TO CREATE A FONDUE EXPERIENCE THAT IS BOTH FOR THE GROUP AND THE INDIVIDUAL. IT IS A UNIT WHERE THE PARTS AND PIECES ARE ADAPTABLE TO THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT THEY ALL TIE BACK TO EACH OTHER AND WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A SIMILAR OVERALL EXPERIENCE. THE RING ON THE BASE IS DESIGNED WITH A BALL BEARING DEVICE TO ACCOMMODATE EACH USER FROM EVERY ANGLE OF THE POT. THE POT BASE IS SHAPED TO ALLOW THE POT TO ROTATE SO EACH USER CAN ADJUST THE ANGLE TO ACCOMMODATE THEIR NEEDS. THE FORKS ARE CURVED TO ALLOW A NATURAL ANGLE FOR THE USER TO DIP THEIR FOOD IN THE POT WITHOUT HAVING TO UNNATURALLY BEND THEIR WRIST. MAKING SURE EACH INDIVIDUAL IS FEELING VALUED IN A GROUP WHILE STILL MAINTAINING THE GROUP EXPERIENCE IS THE CRUCIAL POINT OF THIS DESIGN.

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BY RESEARCHING COMPETITORS THAT ARE ALREADY ON THE MARKET IT WAS HELPFUL TO CREATE A UNIQUE FONDUE EXPERIENCE THAT HAD NOT ALREADY BEEN CREATED YET.

FOCUSING ON WHO WE WANTED TO BY OUR FONDUE POT HELPED FIGURE OUT THE PRICE RANGE AND FUNCTIONS I WANTED TO APPLY TO THE FONDUE POT.

THROUGHOUT THE DESIGN PROCESS I WENT THROUGH MANY ITERATIONS OF FORM AND HOW I WAS GOING TO ACCOMPLISH A FONDUE POT THAT CREATED AN EQUAL FONDUE EXPERIENCE FOR EACH USER IN THE GROUP.

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POT MODELING PROCESS

MODELING PROCESS

MAGNETS

POT

TO MAKE THE STAINLESS STEEL POT FOR THE MODEL MODELING FOAM WAS USED THROUGHOUT THE PAPER MACHE WAS USED AND THEN PAINTED TO PROCESS TO FIGURE OUT FORM AND FUNCTION LOOK LIKE STAINLESS STEEL. BEFORE MOVING ON TO WOOD.

ADD EXTRA SUPPORT FOR THE RINGS TO HOOK ONTO.

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STAINLESS STEEL AND SPHERICAL TO MAINTAIN AND HEAT EVENLY.

BASE

ROTATING RING

POT BASE

HANDLE

CORD STORAGE COMPARTMENT IN BOTTOM OF BASE.

ROUNDED TO ALLOW THE USER TO TILT THE POT AND ACCESS IT FROM ANY ANGLE.

A BALL BEARING DEVICE ALLOWS RING TO SMOOTHLY TURN AND ALWAYS BALANCE WEIGHT.

SURROUNDS WHOLE POT TO MAKE EACH INDIVIDUAL HAVE EQUAL ACCESS.

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SMALLER BOWLS

THESE SMALLER BOWLS CAN BE PLACED ON THE RINGS AROUND THE BASE TO HOLD SAUCES OR DIFFERENT FOODS OR SPICES THAT MIGHT BE USED DURING THE FONDUE PROCESS.

FORK

THE FONDUE FORK IS SHAPED ERGONOMICALLY FOR THE USER TO NOT HAVE TO UNCOMFORTABLY BEND THEIR WRIST TO AC-

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LID

COVERS POT WHEN NOT THE POT QUICKER. THE H USER TO TURN THE LID OV BOWL.

INTERFACE

KNOB SLIDES AND CLICKS INTO PLACE ALLOWING THE USER TO CHOOSE WHICH TEMPERATURE THEY DESIRE.

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HOOKS

HOOKS CAN BE PLACED WHEREVER THE USER WANTS AROUND THE ROTATING RING ON THE BASE. THESE HOOKS HOLD SMALLER BOWLS FOR DIFFERENT FONDUE ELEMENTS.

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