a much needed update!

wow, where to began?! i have been busy, busy, busy!

after graduating from uncg in may, i relocated back to my hometown of salisbury. shortly after, i started working at caniche [where i interned last summer] and began the process of revamping the shop's website and starting our email marketing campaign.

while the skeleton of the website was being prepared, i started working at the sister business of caniche, the lettered lily design studio, a graphic design studio specializing in invitations and announcements, business branding and marketing materials. I AM LOVING IT! graphic design is the direction i started to become interested toward the end of my college career, and after working in the field for several months i have really grown to love it. i started out doing small things like cutting and assembling, now i have started designing some things like invitations and holiday photocards.

meanwhile the caniche website has been up and running since october! the design of the site is complete, with the exception of changing the background on occasion, i continue to add products frequently after hours, this site has become my baby. i am very proud to say that i designed all of the graphics that you see on the site!

outside of "work" i have also been working for Reid Link Construction Company, my dad's business. i designed his new logo:

i have also been working on his website, which is still a work in progress, but has come a long way from the start. the site features photos that i have taken with my NEW camera! i also drew a house elevation for a home owner who was having a hard time visualizing what different windows and finishes would look like. after making several changes the home owner was able to make some decisions.

all in all i have also just been enjoying life, something i was missing while in school.
i went on a CRAZY adventure with leah, got a new awesome camera, and a fish-eye lens,

i turned 22 and also went to boone with james,

and few months later james and i went to see blink-182!

life is good :)

final presentation : final project

site model

i was asked to make a site model which was intended to have a model of my house added to it later. i used layers of chipboard that were cut on our school's laser cutter. our laser cutter unfortunately was out of commission soon after i completed this model therefore i was not able to add the house.

professional pratice : networking project : highpoint furniture market

on tuesday the 5th, lauren, leah and i went to the highpoint furniture market.  we attended an educational event about self-marketing titled "marketing yourself by design."  after the event we went over to the natuzzi showroom and spoke with edgar cabrera [iarc alumnus]. it was very nice to see him again and he gave us some great advice.

tertia : graphic standards

professional pratice : group marketing package

this is the final logo that our group decided on for the 3rd year's competition and for our group's marketing package.  the package consisted of a business plan and graphic standards for the mock firm.  i was in the graphics group and i learned that there is a lot that goes into making graphic standards and i am excited that the 3rd years picked my logo.

atlanta trip!

at the end of march our 4th year class took a trip to atlanta, ga to visit some awesome firms and showrooms.
we went to :

interface flor

tvs design,

gensler,

cooper carry

herman miller

ai3

and also asd.

the trip was a lot of fun and i am happy i got to go somewhere new and see all of these great places.

grand gesture model

our second assignment is to create a grand gesture model. again the view from my site was my inspiration for this model and i wanted to create different "frames" connected by one view. i also played with light and refection by using the blue.

professional pratice : personal marketing package

Our Personal Marketing Package consisted of a cover letter, resume, portfolio, cd, a "leave behind" and a LinkedIn profile with connections.  Having this assignment due early in the semester forced me to get organized and get it done but I also know that I will be forever working on this and I am still not satisfied at the state that my work is in as of now.

Participating in the "Avenues" event was a great experience and good practice for interviewing.  I interviewed with Keith Hobgood from Out of Our Minds Studios and he gave me some very helpful feedback on my portfolio.

section

this semester i am designing a house that would be located in asheville, nc. our first assignment is to create an artistic section of our ideas. the site that i have chosen has an amazing view of downtown asheville and this view is my inspiration for this section.

mock firm logos

in our professional practice class we are partnering with the third year studios for a design competition that they are entering, chicago architecture today.

these are the logos that i designed for the tertia mock firm.

abstract charcoal

i love the way this turned out! i had such a hard time with it at first but i'm very happy with the result.

art sketchbook

these images are what i filled my sketchbook with for my art class. i photoshopped a few too. :)

internship fair

instead of doing a board like everyone else, the retail group did a window display.  we printed images, then backed them with chip board and clipped them to strings that were hanging from the window mullions.

leah's closet

this was the first assignment for my art class (it took me forever to get a chance to scan) we were to draw something that had a lot of detail.  leah's closet was perfect!

primary school library : ghana : project document + program

diptych

primary school classroom : ghana : presentation

primary school classroom : ghana : model + seating and surface

these are images of my and leah's model!
the circle is representing the water filter.

these are the seating a surface units that the students would use within the classroom.  each student would have two, one to sit on and the other for their lap to write on.

they are easily stacked for storing purposes which also creates a space in between the two for things to be stored.

primary school classroom : ghana : project document + program

this is the research and the design that Leah and I have been working on for studio!