You´re not a Cadillac just because you´re in a garage.

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a short essay about my design skills

Fig 1 Unknown (n.d) SSDD [photograph]

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Fig 2 Mela Corral (2016) SSDD [photograph]

"You're not a Cadillac just because you're in a garage." This idea had been floating around in my mind for a long time, hitting the corners of everyday life until it became an absolute certainty that bounced back and forth in my head, clanging ("clonc-clonc")Â in the empty space where my military spirit had previously dwelt. It happened during the night of duty in a small, poorly lit room, where there were two rugged office chairs plus a lame table that served as both a desk and a dining table. (Mela Corral, 2020, see Fig. 2) At that time, I realized that I'd moved too many times, too many rooms like that, too many shared rooms in barracks, sad and dreary rented apartments.

I made the choice to become an interior designer there. I wanted to live differently, but I also wanted to help others live and work in more comfortable places. I was thinking about all this while I was scribbling on a scrap of paper. I love to draw, even though I'm not a good drawer. I liked it since I was a little girl, and to the desperation of my parents, who had to hide all the objects that were able to leave a line drawn on the surface. I used to paint walls, books, doors, furniture, dolls, etc. My mother bought me an adhesive board and a marker (the famous Velleda) -"Look, you draw here on the white part, and then you erase with your hand. It's like magic!"

-"Yes, Mommy. "

That was great, and I even worked for a day or two, but since my incurable humanism continuously pushes me to investigate, I decided to think outside the box, expand the boundaries of art, and try out markers on other surfaces. The world is too wide to be reduced to a half square meter board.

Unfortunately, there are no records of my artistic abilities from childhood, although this “Monty Python’s Life of Brian" frame is very descriptive of what any visitor could see on the walls of my home.

Fig 3. Monty Python, (1979) Life of Brian� [film]

(Monty Python,1979, see Fig.3)

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During these 14 exercises, I had to use different tools and Fig 4. Mela Corral, (2020) KAI:3 digital render [photograph]

Fig 5 Mela Corral, (2017) Assignment 3 rendered plan [illustration]

procedures that would follow me as an interior designer all my career.

Drawing, generating ideas, researching relevant designers (Mela Corral, 2020 see fig 8) learning the history of design and the intimate relationship of all the arts. I also had to find furniture for my assignments, or create custom furniture, as in the case of assignments 6 and 9. (Mela Corral, 2019 see Fig. 6&7) To gather information and samples of fabrics and products, I also contacted companies and specialists. I have learned to use the essential tools of AutoCAD and also have made progress in 3D design and rendering using SketchUp

Fig 6 Mela Corral, (2019) Assignment 9 digital render [photograph]

and V-Ray. (Mela Corral, 2019 see Fig. 6&7) I have learned how important it is to have access to a library of materials so that s possible seeing and touching samples. I've also been developing my own

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image and style of the brand. For some tasks, I had to attach budgets, write specifications, create FF&E tables, and even design objects.

After these experiences,53though brief, I can give my own opinion and

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Fig 7 Mela Corral, (2019) Assignment 6 digital render [photograph]

judgment about those parts of the work as a designer that I enjoy the most, and also about those that I find the most heavy.

3D designs using Sketchup Pro and VRay Render. A corridor area has been added in order to create a realistic visualization.

jaime jurado

Kitchen furniture: Varenna Phoenix, desig-

Integrated dishwaser by Smeg. Bespoke wall

ned by Poliform. Wall cabinets with led

panels in Black Elm. Sink & tap by Smeg.

lightning over the worktopin Black Elm fi-

Wall clock by Vitra. Sliding door by Rimade-

nishing. Backsplash shelving in Black Elm/E-

sio. Flooring tiles Bottega Collection by Por-

co Canaletto & Inox. Inox worktop. Base cabi-

celanosa. Wall paint Pointing by Farrow

nets Lacquered satin white.

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When I started the course, I enjoyed it like never before buying Fig 4 Fenix Cucine- (Lago, 2019)

[photograph]

colored pencils, markers, liners, pastels, watercolors ... I really

Ceramic tiles

Fig 9. Mela Corral, (2017) Assignment 3 captions [photograph]

enjoyed giving the Assignment 3 plans color and shade (Mela Corral, 2017, see Fig. 9) I also bought an IPad Pro because having to move around often makes it a lot easier to work and there are really good

Azulejos Peña, 1st dealer in

apps (Mela Corral,2017, see Fig 11). It also allows you to take

Madrid Fig 10.

Mela Corral, (2019) Assignment 9 Maria del Carmen Corral Lodeiro 72546664 Assignment 2 captions [photograph]

MIX & MATCH The following drawings have been made by layering pencil or watercolor pencil (dry) over promarkers and brushmarkers. All available kind of paper has been used to test how result looks like.

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creation and development of ideas. Thanks to this, I was able to recreate product samples in a realistic way and create sample tables

Finally in A-B corner.

as I would not have been able to do otherwise, since I often used samples. (Mela Corral, 2019, see Fig 12)

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When I asked for samples, they said “Samples? Uh....er

Fig 11. Mela Corral, (2017) Assignment 2 drawing, Adobe Sketch [illustration]

TV. brass framedPorcelanosa UK website, you can find a wonFor example,in

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while drawing and designing a future object to be presented and included in the homes of the two clients. I enjoyed more than a cat in the curtain section of Ikea, and the result was not one but a few

6 9 digital render Fig 13 Mela Corral, (2019) Assignment [photograph]

objects with GIA being the final choice. (Mela Corral, 2020, see Fig.

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close to the real. The course also gave me the opportunity to create

brought out my communication skills to present the product.(Mela

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my designs to clients, as they can visualize my design proposal very

discovered that it was the part that most developed my creativity and

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direction and that this skill can be of great assistance in showcasing

my own objects. If at first I thought it would be complicated, I

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consider essential for a designer and that broadens the options for the

materials that are large in size or the local supplier just didn't send me

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pictures and annotate them and draw on them. It is a tool that I

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The same thing happened with KAI:3, (Mela Corral, 2020, see Fig 15) an object designed in assignments 13 and 14, also extending

Fig 15 Mela Corral, (2020) KAI:3 digital render [photograph]

design work to the field of graphic design, where I have tried different styles of lettering and composition (until now I have made many posters for my colleagues 'birthday parties using Photoshop). (Mela Corral, 2020, see Fig. 16). I also found that my friends and social networking contacts like them, and I got very positive feedback. In addition, I opened a vote in IG on assignments 16 and 17 to decide which brand I will use in my design development (it was a close one, but BMW won). (Mela Corral, 2020, See Fig. 19) I also like drawing with AutoCAD, (Mela Corral, 2019, See Fig. 17) though maybe when I learn to master design in 3DS MAX or Revit I will enjoy it more, since I will also optimize the workflow. I am also very interested in learning how to use other advanced software that

Fig 16 Mela Corral, (2020) KAI:3 flyer [photograph]

allows me to make A / R visualizations. The least part I enjoy is the

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1 L2 CONTARDI KUBRIC S CLUSTER OF 10 (SEE FF&E)

WALLS : SB6 FARROW & BALL POINTING 2003 ESTATE EMULSION

M1 ORAC DECOR C396 + BUILT-IN LED LIGHTNING L4 (SEE FF&E)

MOLDINGS M1 & CEILING: FARROW & BALL ALL WHITE 2005 D2 CHAIRS: SEAT FABRIC SB10 NAYORO 03 TORTORE STRUCTURE: SB4 OLMO NERO

D4, D5 BLINDS SILENT GLISS NEW WENGE 25 mm.

D1 SHELVING SYSTEM SHELVES SB5 NOCE CANALETTO STRUCTURE: SB8 AGED BRONZE

5. Screw in place the IP68 case, using the 3 provided CELO CL82z screws.

Branch the wires to the power line.

M1 BUILT-IN LED LIGHTNING L4

6. Remove the plastic caps (fig. 3 p 63) if needed. (not PROJECT ASS9CLDUB for single installation).

Max. KOA CANVAS II, WADI ADDRESS AL-SAFA, 3, DUBAI of 10 lamps connected per 00000 (UAE) CLIENT A&J SNOW outlet (Recommended AREA SECTION YY’ SCALE (MM) 1:20 professional installation).

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ITEM SHELVES CHAIR DINING TABLE BLINDS BLINDS C. LAMPS MOLDING

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child. The task becomes heavy and tedious, and the flight of a fly is enough to distract and interrupt me.

#click

W/D/H 4550/330/2700 SEE FF&E TABLE SEE FF&E TABLE 2X 1050/25/2100 2150/25/2100 SEE FF&E TABLE 3450/61/161

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done, it is extremely useful when it comes to organizing data, too much. It's that sticky board on the door that I refused to draw as a

7. Connect to IP68 case the OLED lamp wire. Place the ATLANTICA cover.

Fig 17 Mela Corral, (2019) Assignment 9 elevation [plan]

an implicit excel in it gives me a slight rash. While it is true that once maintaining a supplier schedule and listing of materials, it bores me

Fig 18 Mela Corral, (2020) KAI:3 Assembly instructions [illustration]

D3 TABLE: STRUCTURE ANODIZED ALUMINIUM PEWTER TABLETOP: SB1 DARK EMPEROR MARBLE

FF&E design, writing specifications, or excel works. Any task that has

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I’m aware of the effect that the experience that I have gained has on me when, for example, I watch television with my family and I recognise furniture pieces, decorative items, lamps, finishes ... If we go out for a walk, I enter the shops and restaurants just to see the decoration, lighting or arrangement of the elements in the place. And while I have not yet decided precisely which division of interior design I would like to work in and my tastes lean towards the artistic independence of commercial interior design, it is likely that residential interior design would undergo a new revolution in the renovation of spaces. Such weeks of confinement, enforced to isolate us from a catastrophe such as a pandemic, should serve as a reflection for architects and interior designers about the need to rethink the definition of urban housing and the model of the development of the communities in which we live, which has been little revised since the middle of the last century (Getty Images, 2020 see Fig 20). Today, more now than ever, the need to find shelter in your home and the psychological influence of light, colour and the arrangement of space on our mindset is becoming evident. Undoubtedly, the psychological component of interior design will become even more important in the near future and, as designers, we need to hold this in sight and apply it to the new requirements of a market that faces an uncertain path today. I also believe that acquiring UX/UI design knowledge may be convenient, due to the great impulse that the digitalization of the working environment is going to receive from the full implementation of 5G and the new horizons in the field of design and creation.

Fig 20. Getty Images (2020) A community worker stands in front of a residential building as he prepares to conduct a health check in Caidian District of Wuhan. [photograph]

IMAGE REFERENCING Page 1 Fig 1 Unknown (n.d) Pink cadillac [photograph] Available at: https://eslamoda.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2018/06/ vintage-car-design-aesthetic.jpg Accessed 29/03/2020 Page 3 Fig 3 Monty Python (1979) Romani ite domum, “Monty Python Life of Brian� frame [film] Available at: http:// m.cdn.blog.hu/kt/ktamas/image/rid.jpg Accessed 29/03/2020 Page 8 Fig 20 Getty Images (2020) Wuhan community worker [photograph] Available at: https://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/ assets/200221172428-wuhan-community-worker-exlarge-169.jpg Accessed 29/03/2020