Katie Rohrbach Interiors: September 2012

Introduction Statement

Hello designers,

my name is Katie Rohrbach of Katie Rohrbach Interiors. Ever since I was about seven years old I have been designing interior and exterior spaces. I still hold onto some of the interior space drawings from way back then. My passion for design continued to grow as time passed by. After graduating high school I attended Bellevue College studying photography, art and design for about two years until I transferred to Washington State University to study interior design. Currently I am enrolled at Washington State University as a freshman in the summer program. This opportunity to study at Washington State University means everything to me and I will tell you why. When I was sixteen years old I had a grand mal seizure at one of my friends birthday parties and landed onto a glass/hardwood coffee table. Ever since that fall I have never quite been the same… the fall caused memory loss to come and go with each passing day since the accident. Four years later and I still struggle with remembering how to do certain activities or what I am supposed to do. The one thing that this accident can’t take away from me is my ability to design and create. Although I will have this ‘handicap’ the rest of my life I will always be able to do what I love; design and create. The world around me inspires my designs and I put everything I have into a project no matter how small. I will continue to expand on my understanding and elements in the Interior Design industry on my road to my future career as an Interior designer.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Context Poster

The context poster design was designed around the topic - color in interiors. For our template we used a grid like pattern for our background as well as for the arrangement of information presented on the poster. For this poster I used rooms from designer; Meg Braff, in the Ritz Tower, New York. Although her designs are ornate I'm focusing on the main colors of each individual room. 'Every hue in the color spectrum brings an emotional reaction to the individual viewing it. There are universal moods defined by the general population[in this case- Western culture] for each and every hue depending on the intensity of the hue's value and intensity. Emotional response of colors in interiors overlaps with the psychological effects of colors.