Nicole KulesInterior Design Portfolio

WORK

IA OFFICE SPACE

EXIT TO THE UFFIZI GALLERY

THE CHAIR

RESIDENTIAL LOFT

PROMOTIONAL MAILER

ONCOLOGY CENTER

Choose a design firm and design a new office space located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Develop a comprehensive understanding of the issues related to workplace design in today’s business environment by producing a workplace suitable for the design firm after researching their culture, needs, and wants.

1. IA Office Space

Concept: Evolving the mobile workplace by providing intersection zones, escape zones, and work zones to allow for creativity, collaboration, and production.

IA’s current office spaces are very open and reflect their free-form culture. I wanted to reflect this in my design, so the only spaces enclosed are the conference rooms and private offices. Intersection zones along the main hallway allow for collaboration and stimulation among the employees. Many different work environments are offered so employees are encouraged to get up and move around, but every employee is provided with a home base. The lighting over the hallway creates an intimate, gathering space. The trapezoid shape of the lights is a reinterpretation of the intersection zones. Front Desk Sketches

Design an exit and piazza to the famous Uffizi museum in Florence, Italy that adds new life to the existing space and piazza but also blends in with the rest of Florence’s historic architecture.

2. EXIT TO THE UFFIZI GALLERY

The Uffizi Gallery currently does not have an efficient exit for the large numbers of visitors it receives every day. The exit to the museum creates an environment that makes visitors feel crammed and disoriented. The museum’s exit should guide visitors out while allowing them a chance to reflect upon what they just experienced. The main component of this design is the canopy structure. The canopy slopes downward gradually as the exit stairs and ramps meet street level. The varying levels of the ground match up exactly with the level changes of the canopy.

First Floor Plan

Second Floor Plan

3. THE CHAIR Design, detail, and build a chair at full scale. Experiment with form to cre-ate multiple iterations that will be a basis for the full scale final chair. My final chair is constructed using only plywood. Complex joints and notches proved a challenge for my design, especially the miter joint for the angle of the arms of the chair. A floral pattern is applied on every surface of the chair to lighten the wide chair and a half shape.

Final Chair Process Models

Process

4. RESIDENTIAL LOFT Design a residential loft for a unique client including their living space and also a space to operate their business, charity or hobbies. This project branches outside of residential design by adding a second design component.

Lower Level1. Entry 4. Kitchen2. Office 5. Dining3. Studio 6. Living

Upper Level1. Master Bedroom 4. Child Bedroom2. Master Closet 5. Child Bath3. Master Bath 6. Open to Below

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The family I created has a youth artists’ studio in their home. The parents run the artists’ studio, while in addition the mother is a professional baker. The large studio in the entry is where the father spends most of his time, while the mother has her large kitchen with industrial size appliances.

5. PROMOTIONAL MAILERCreate overall branding for the team, IDEA B.A.N.K., through a logo, color scheme, mission statement, and promotional mailer. The promotional mailer is to include packaging design focusing on joinery, graphics, and product presentation. The product to be sent to companies is a toy bow and arrow set, representing our logo and also showing IDEA B.A.N.K.’s fun- loving, easy-going nature.

Packaging design study models showing the different arrow clasps

The flaps with the large letters on them, open to reveal a picture of each member of IDEA B.A.N.K.

Forward-thinking team of interdisciplinary designers who share the passion of expressing the needs of the clients; striving to push towards a move sustainable future.

Mission Statement

To incorporate our logo into the packaging design, the clasp to first open the box, is an arrow, then the panels slide open to reveal the product.

These badges represent the different options of how to use the product

IDEA B.A.N.K B Ben Kleykamp A Alex Bishoff N Nicole Kules K Kelly McCaffrey

6. Oncology Center Design a health center for a specfic cause. Requirements include branding, graphic design, architecture, and interior design for this interdisciplinary studio. This project is based heavily on the client, and branding the space for them.

Community is a youth oncology center that is very technology based and forward-thinking. The motto is ‘kids go here to get better, not because they are sick’. The center includes private rooms for patients to live. The lobby is surrounded by glass panels that extend upwards to support a lounge space for patients who live at the center.

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Upper LevelSite Plan

Exterior

Community Logo and Exterior Signage

Nicole Kules440-309-3453kulesnc@miamioh.edu107 Shakespeare LaneAvon, OH 44011