10.14.2009

Buried Deep


On a non-design related note, aren't memories funny? It's amazing how hearing a certain song can trigger a domino effect of perfectly preserved golden memories, each one like a bug caught in amber. Just hearing that one song immediately conjures up the way Eden looks in the fall. The taste of Bailey's in coffee. The feel of a warm drink after a cold walk.

Hearing that one song makes me remember the way I felt when I first saw him. The way he smelled of pomade and Newports. How we would skip class to do homework together and end up watching movies instead. It reminds me of when we went to get tattoos but there was too long a wait, so we ended up at the hookah place. It makes me remember how badly I wanted to kiss him when he was in the hospital....

I'm SO happy and in love with someone else now...but the heart does not quickly forget. Hearing that song makes me nostalgic and I sometimes wish that I didn't remember all those things. But no matter how hard I try to forget, I just can't.

10.04.2009

Project

I am soooo close to being done with my project! My imaginary client is an executive in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. I designed the apartment complex and then one unit for my client. I decided to make her a woman, but most of the finishes could go either way. I'm not entirely happy with the execution, but I am happy with a lot of my ideas. I just need to get to the point where I can translate my ideas into sellable renderings! I've been working on this project for seven weeks - here is the fruit of my labor!


the tools of my trade
part of my floor plan
this is the living room
and here are the actual finishes
this is the dining room
...and my kitchen finishes
an elevation of my kitchen/my best rendering for this project
my bedroom finishes/favorite concept for this project
my not-so-great execution of my awesome concept