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.

Monday, October 8, 2012

Concept Development

Concept Development

For my concept development I started doing 2d abstractions [parti's] which evolved into a final parti and from there I created concept models and space study models.

On the above parti's I focused on the use of color. I used the song Amarillo Sky for inspiration for my project that will continue to be my inspiration for the kitchen, bathroom, living rooms, etc. for the one bed room two bedroom and common space.



The partis in the second sheet that I made were done in black white to focus on the elements used to design them rather then emphasize them with the use of color. the final parti i chose is done in red to show the warmth of family and is an abstraction inspired by the infinity sign. Family is forever.

 The next four photos show the concept model I developed from the final parti (above). I left it in white due to the fact that I wanted to keep it open minded so people could intrepret it however they pleased.




I used the flowly element that the client wanted and focused on openness while still relating it to my concept model through the use of flow and connectivness. These are two different floor plans that I came up with. I hope to find a better fitting floor plan after I do the wheelchair exercise. It could change my whole design potentially.



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