archicad

I decided to try and improve my overall skills and introduce archiCad into my inventory, This is what could be what helps me move forward with placements and also help me become a more all round professional

design trends of 2012

These 8 styles are the expected styles to trend through-out 2012 they include;
Pastels with neon brights.
Mid-century modern
1970's
Craft and folk
industrial
foxes
Lace
victoriana

For me the industrial look is the nicest and I believe will be the most successful as its fairly cheap and alot of the stuff is and can be reclaimed and re-upholstered.

interest in utilitarian/rustic style.

My interest in rustic/utilitarian style interiors began during the forth hotel project because of the use of revealed brickwork. its a cheaper for of making a room feel comforting when it is used well. I would say its more for commercial use than residential living. My current project is designing a restaurant and I will be involving both these styles into it.

dakota design

http://www.dakotahouseofdesign.com/

Since the rejection of neil wilson I have been in contact with dokota design in newcastle the website caught my eye straight away they develop and design the exact interiors I have always been interested in. hopefully this will be the chance I have been looking for.

neil wilson design

http://www.neilwilsondesign.co.uk/frame.htm

I began looking into placements and after several companies I came across neil wilson design, I liked the way he worked and the final outcomes he had so decided to apply for his company, unfortunately he did not like the standard of my work and decided to reject my application. for me this was a kick up the backside i needed, aswell as making me feel a little low about myself it spurred me onto to produce better work and i have now began applying for other placements

The forth newcastle

We were given another live brief, this time it was the forth hotel in newcastle upon tyne. WE were given a budget of roughly 100k to refurbish the interior of the pub. we had a client meeting at the site and took notes on what the client desired. The initial idea would be it would be  competetion and the bet idea would be given a prize this gave an extra incentive to the project. for the interior i chose a utilitarian themed style to go with what i thought was an already nice interior. i receieved good marks for my idea and think if it was chosen would have worked well for the pub.

cafe project

For this project we were giving a live brief and this entailed redesigning an old hexham post office into a new cafe. we had a sight visit and met up with the client, we were given two weeks to come up with a final design of which 5 people ideas would be chose. I was one of the 5 people whos work was chosen. for me it was as successful as we all hope as the client left with our design and took it upon her self to do her own version. hopefully this is not what the future will be like for future projects.