Andrea Gamboa
Design Portfolio 2010-2015
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Table of Contents
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Couture Press Magazine
Advertisements
Book Jacket Design
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Logo and Brand Identity
Contact Me
Infographics
Photography
Pratt Institute Master of Fine Arts in Communications Design agamboa92@gmail.com 305.733.0860 www.agamboa92.com
Freehand Drawings
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University of Miami Bachelor of Architecture Minor in Visual Journalism
UCP House
Intermodal Station
SoHostel
Couture Press Magazine COUTURE
PRESS
VOLUME 3
Magnolia beauty cRiMes
by lorrAine gonzAlez
Victorious bRitish invasion
with ViCtoriA brAMwell C.P.
goes bRidal
by AbbeygAile MAnAois
Ok... U.k. KingdoM CoMe with tryfonAs Modestou
Rockabilly RoMance
by diAMond ClAyton
fearlessness, and originality... ANYTHING is possible.
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
CORY WADE HIDORFF You would have never known that Cory had gone through a tough childhood or that he is a total anime geek just by looking at him. His fierce and ultra confident demeanor comes from years of experience, something that wasn't achieved overnight.Yet with every "smize" and hard hitting pose, he makes it seem flawless. Get to know Cory as we ask him about his life, career and what makes Cory the fierce creature he is. Q: Here at Couture Press, we always value a person's journey. Tell us about yours. At what point in your life determined the success that followed after? A: It was actually a book I read! Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch. This fantastic book is a dialogue between a man (Walsch) and his spirit-self. It really opened my eyes to the truth about every human being's hidden potential and how we can get a little bit closer to accessing it. I really feel like this knowledge caused a shift in the way I viewed life. It allowed me to determine what success was to me... Because success is different to everyone depending on what it is you really want out of life. Q: Were there many hardships growing up and how have those obstacles shaped who you are now? A: I had a hard time during my years in middle-school and highschool. I used to be somewhat of an outcast and I allowed that to steal my attention away from my studies. I was a horrible student because I was unable to focus on anything outside of my social status and what people thought of me. It took a lot of self development for me to get out of that foolish mindset and I think a lot of kids still struggle with the same thing I went through. I now realize that people are
going to say both positive and negative things about you no matter what you do.. There is no point in stressing over it because you can't change it. I now know that my main concern should be doing what makes me happy and not trying to please everyone else. Q: Being on ANTM Cycle 20 as a top 3 finalist must of felt exhilerating! How did you deal with the stresses of the show and what was it that you think you did that allowed you to get that far? A: It was very easy for me to stay focused on doing well when I was on America's Next Top Model. When I got into the competition, at that point in my life I had already risen above all of the confidence issues I had when I was growing up. There wasn't any self doubt.. It was all about me seizing the opportunity of a lifetime. Chances like that don't come often... so I didn't want to waste it worrying the entire time. Being a part of Cycle 20 was a dream. Q: Many people must look up to you because of your accomplishments and that you are one the first openly gay models on ANTM. Sometimes, it is hard for people to match accomplishment with someone's sexual orientation. What do you say to that and how are you currently helping this industry change its
perspective? A: I do receive a lot of love from the LGBT community on a regular basis and I honestly feel most accomplished when I hear about the way I've helped to improve someone's self confidence, or when I hear that I've encouraged someone to be themselves with reckless abandon... Hearing that I've made a positive impact on someone's life... THAT is an accomplishment to me. You can touch someone's life whether you are gay, straight, black, white, catholic, atheist, boy, girl or gender neutral ... As long as you are out there trying to make a difference, you can be an accomplished person. In the past, the entertainment industry has put restrictions on the way we choose express ourselves... it's no secret... but I think that is changing on it's own. There are so many innovators out there today showing our youth that you can be anything and live a happy fulfilled life. Life is way too short not to explore every facet of your being. Live yours to the fullest. Q: Everyone needs a support system, who is yours and how have they helped you in your journey? A: My family... My boyfriend Anthony ... And my dog Sophie are my biggest supporters! Even though I had a difficult time in
school growing up, my parents were always there encouraging me to stay true to myself. The majority of the LGBT youth in my generation and generations before me had a much harder time than I did with my parents. I am thankful, but I also know that being a good parent is important before any religious commitments you've made. When I hear stories about parents disowning their gay children or trying to exorcize the "gay demons" living inside of them, I am first disgusted, and then reminded of how truly blessed I am to have been brought up in such a loving home. Anthony, my boyfriend, is my rock and is always there to hold my hand through the good and the bad, and Sophie is so cute! I just like cuddling her... I don't know if she actually supports me but she's great and she lifts my spirits everyday! Q: I am sure there are budding models out there who are unsure of where to even begin, what kind of advice can you give them to help them along? A: The best advice I can give is just not to get discouraged. There are always going to be ups and downs regardless of what it is you chose to pursue. Embrace the downs when they come, and stay humble during the ups. Also.. figure out what it is that makes you special... unique... capitalize on that. With focus, persistence,
Q: If you could describe yourself in 3 words, what would they be and why?
the Shell" and as an adult I watch "Sword Art Online", "Soul Eater", and "Deathnote"..... It's bad. Q: What is next! What is the next project you are working on?
the energy of a crowd. This is a recently discovered passion of mine that I will definitely be taking great strides towards. I would love for my charismatic nature to show more in my
A: Confident. I chose this word because I think it is important to practice what you preach! Unrelenting. I really don't know how to quit, so this word seemed to fit me perfectly! And lastly.... Fierce. Duh! :-P
Q: Just because we have made an accomplishment, does not mean we cannot make many more. What is the biggest dream or goal on your bucket list that you would love to conquer? A: My ultimate goal is to continue inspiring people on an internationally influential level. I hope that in the future I will be able to do my part to motivate a societal change that will no longer have us feeling restricted and afraid to express who we are to the utmost extremes. My dream is that I'll get to see a world where kids in schools are no longer fearful of what people may think about what they cannot change. Social constructs have conditioned us to believe that certain traits belong to either one gender or the other exclusively. My dream is that these absurd stereotypes become something that we can look back on and laugh at because they no longer apply. I have BIG dreams but I believe in the potential for them to come true. I know they will eventually.
Q: Other than modeling, what are your other passions in life? A: Everything I am passionate about, modeling aside, is in the art world. I enjoy expressing myself through music. I worked as a wedding singer for a long time before even starting my modeling career. I also worked professionally as a stage actor for a short time and did a lot of musicals. Music is something that comes naturally to me. I love visual art as well. I enjoy designing clothing. Who knows??? Maybe later down the road I'll be able to tap into these other artistic outlets as my career progresses.
Q: Aside from modeling advice, what is the best advice you can give to anyone out there to help them on whatever journey they are on?
Q: What is something that the world may not know about you that you feel comfortable telling? A: I am an extreme Anime nerd or... "Otaku" as the Japanese would say. I have been into Manga and Japanese Anime cartoons for as long as I can remember and I never grew out of it! I grew up watching "Sailor Moon", "Cowboy Beebop", "Inuyasha", and "Ghost In
we have some great artistic collaborations to be released in the near future.
A: I am looking to focus a lot more on television hosting as well as event hosting. I enjoy getting to speak and command
work. Sometimes when you are a model, your voice gets lost and I don't ever want that to happen to me. I have also partnered with designer Michelle Uberreste and
A: Do what makes you happy and don't live your life in comparison to anyone else's! Don't look left, don't look right, just look straight ahead and worry about pleasing yourself before you worry about pleasing others! OH! And "anything you do boo... do it with confidence!" It's as simple as that!
Q&A 1.Where does your artistic influence come from and when did you start making clothing? I grew up in an environment with men’s and women’s clothes, where I met the world of clothing market through my mothers boutique, Angela Tryfonos, a very influential person and role model in my life. I learned that with hard work, willpower, patience and perseverance goals can be achieved. My introduction to the world of garment making was at my foundation course at Aigaia School of Art & Design, where I used my background and my creative ideas into designing avant-garde fashion. My admiration for the powerful and beautiful women is the motivation behind my designs. I have developed a mature way of designing while having a well thought and researched concept. Living in London the last few years, I have the opportunity to visit galleries, museums, fashion exhibitions, and traveling around Europe to get inspired from the history and architecture of different cultures. Moreover by reading magazines and blogs keeps me updated on what is happening around me. Cyprus, my home country, is also a place with rich history and tradition in which I always like to refer to as a source of inspiration in my work. My aim is to present the country I grew up and to show the beauty of its history through my work. 2.How did you develop your interest in fashion design? During my foundation, I realized that fashion is the path that inspires me and I would like to focus on design. Therefore, I moved to London where I studied at Kingston University, specializing in womenswear design. 3.How do you describe your fashions and style? The attention to detail and construction helps me develop polished and well-constructed garments. My collections include elegant and feminine silhouettes that emphasize the female body. I am always working towards a sophisticated and luxurious style, dressing a powerful and confident woman. 4.What was your inspiration for the pieces shown? My collection plays with notions like memorabilia, femininity and romanticism. Memorabilia brings back elements that are lost, dressing the woman body to promote its beauty and power in a respectable way. The inspiration behind this collection is the fragile and vulnerable femininity. To design a collection that flatters and protects the wearer. Therefore, the designs have smooth and elegant curves, while there is the contrast of exposed elbows and some sharp edges to symbolize the protective nature of women. The fabrics I used are silks, georgette and lace, fabrics that give movement and emphasizing on the female body with feminine and elegant aesthetic. The geometric patterns and shapes of the clothes represent the power of a woman in contrast with the colours, sheer fabrics and elegant curves that represent the romanticism. The main concept of my research is femininity and its sexual representation in contemporary cultures. I focused my study on feminine representations and symbolism of female sexuality in the past.
Nowadays women are fragile and delicate. Femininity needs protection and care. By researching in traditional costumes from various countries and especially the Cyprus traditional dress, I came across with examples where lace is used to decorate the undergarment of the dress. That hidden element was used to imply that women were supposed to provoke only their partners and not exposing it. Mixing traditional patterns with a modern element such as QR Code, I developed my own prints combining traditional motifs and pixels found in QR codes. My muse is a powerful woman, yet elegant and sensitive. Her delicate side is only visible to few and hard to get. My work has been praised by many fashion bloggers and was nominated for the Textile Institute Print award at the Design Means Business Exhibition. 5.What motivates you? My motivation is my parents’ words, when after the Chemistry degree at the University of Cyprus, I decided to follow a new course. Seeing the love and passion I had for art, their advice was to follow my dreams while I am young, surpassing my limits at every opportunity and believing in myself. 6.Who is the most influential fashion living leader? The American Donna Karan I believe is the most influential fashion living leader, promoting the feminine and powerful women. 7.Where would you like to go from here? The beginning of a career is always difficult. The important part is to gain experience and meeting people in the fashion industry, given the knowledge and the skills to start a career abroad. During my studies, I had the opportunity to design and present my work for various companies in London, Europe and America and earn interest from companies such as Banana Republic in New York. Even more, I worked with JENA.THEO and Nicole Farhi in London. My collection had international interest from stylists, fashion bloggers and I had the opportunity to present my collection at fashion shows in London. The opportunities are given generously to young designer only if you are willing to work hard. If you believe in your dreams and do what you love with will, patience and perseverance, nothing is difficult. My goal is to get enough experience and acquaintances, working with companies in Europe and America. My ultimate ambition is to represent something more my promoting my beliefs perhaps through my own fashion house. 8.What current projects are you working on now? After my first couture Spring Summer 2014 collection, I decided that I wanted to design and present a ready to wear collection. 9.What is it like working for yourself now and who is your dream client? My dream client is each and every woman in the streets of a cosmopolitan city. A career woman with sophisticated and feminine style who will let her hair down after work and have a drink at a stylish bar. I would like to be dressing women who pick pieces from my collection and giving them a new twist by styling it with other brands.
Spring Summer 2014/2015 Designer: Tryfonas Modestou Photography: Danny Baldwin Hair & Make up: Pace Chen Model: Michaela Ireland
Layouts designed for Couture Press Magazine, using the photos and interviews produced by staff at the magazine. 3
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Advertising
Ad Campaign Client: Olay Objective: Create an ad campaign for Olay products to highlght the brand’s usage and image. 7
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Ad Campaign Client: Dannon Oikos Focus: Convince the consumer through headline and visual that your brand is the brand of choice. 9
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Book Jacket Design
Poster on tablet
Poster on bus shelter
Poster
Book Cover
Paginations
Client: Barnes and Noble Objective: Create eyecatching book covers that peak readers’ curiosity and motivate them to buy the book. 13
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Poster on tablet
Poster on bus shelter
Poster
Book Cover
Paginations
Client: Barnes and Noble Objective: Create eyecatching book covers that peak readers’ curiosity and motivate them to buy the book. 15
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Poster on tablet
Poster on bus shelter
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Book Cover
Paginations
Client: Barnes and Noble Objective: Create eyecatching book covers that peak readers’ curiosity and motivate them to buy the book. 17
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Logo and Brand Identity
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Dumbo district, down under the Manhattan Bridge, they decided to pursue their dreams and set up a Shoe Boutique, offering shoes with style for men and
women. These shoes are not expensive; they are low in cost, meeting the demand of many of their consumers who want style, but at a reasonable cost.
Demographic: Young and trendy men and women. Stylish and educated consumer, with a flair for the arts and fashion. They lived in those Brooklyn trendy neighborhoods.
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Stationary
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Give-Aways
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Infographics
Central Park Graphic Graphic created with a partner to depict the different activies that take place in the park and the surrounding buildings. 31
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CHILDREN WITH
WHERE ARE THEY? Amount of Unaccompained Homeless Children and Youth Per State
NO HOME
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coffee Importers
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coffee producers
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Every homeless child has a story and a reason. They were either abused by their own parents, left alone without guidance, or had to leave to find something to eat, among other reasons.
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the poorest families
For every 100 families
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seeking affordable housing there are units available
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California 13,709 Homeless 10,750 Unsheltered
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Wisconsin 336 Homeless 14 Unsheltered
4.2%
Monatana 194 Homeless 143 Unsheltered
73.7%
Delaware 44 Homeless 2 Unsheltered
4.6%
Hawaii 302 Homeless 220 Unsheltered
72.9%
Rhode Island 62 Homeless 3 Unsheltered
4.8%
Oregon 1,096 Homeless 660 Unsheltered
60.2%
New Jersey 716 Homeless 40 Unsheltered
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by Sheltered Status
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From 1 to 5 why are you must likely to visit coffee shop?
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Where do you drink your coffee? 70%
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All Homeless People
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kids are forced into prostitution by human trafficking networks every year
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South Dakota 59 Homeless 2 Unsheltered
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5000 runaways and homeless youth,die from assault, illness and suicide every year
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https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-homeless-teens
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Photography
Fashion Photography
Portrait
Elena Gonzalez shows us the glamour of black and white.
Jessica Tsiris in a Mediterranean scenario to reafďŹ rm her Greek roots.
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Still Life Photography
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Architectural Photography Exterior and interior of the Student Activity Center at the University of Miami. 41
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Landscape Photography Austrian Alps and their magical snow. (above) Fairchild Tropical Gardens, view of the lake. (right) 43
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Street Photography New Orleans doorway.
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Freehand Drawings
Piazza Di Porta San Giovanni
St. Ivo della Sapienza
Rome, Italy Fall 2013 ARC 582 Six-weeks session 49
Piazza Navona
Free hand drawing studies on site during a semester in Rome. Medium: Pencil 50
Medium: Pen and Ink
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Golden Glades UCPHouse
First Floor Plan
North Miami, FL Spring 2014 ARC 408 Ten-weeks session 55
The UCP house is a probono project that Professor Trautman brought to the school in order to design a new facility, given the fact that the current one does not work
well. We were separated into 5 groups; one project was to be selected and built. This house was designed to accommodate 15 cerebral palsy patients who live in the
current facility. My partner and I designed a house that would bring the outside environment into their lives. Their conditions do not allow them to spend much time outside
Second Floor Plan
the house. Examples of this approach included a green wall and a deck on the second floor, as well as letting in as much sunlight as possible. 56
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Long Section
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Intermodal Station
MIAMI INTERMODAL STATION by Andrea Gamboa SITE PLAN
MIAMI INTERMODAL STATION
MIAMI INTERMODAL STATION
by Andrea Gamboa
scale 1/16”=1’
north section
by Andrea Gamboa
MIAMI INTERMODAL STATION scale 1/16”=1’
first floor plan
scale 1/16”=1’ scale 1/16”=1’
scale 1/16”=1’
second floor plan
scale 1/16”=1’
by Andrea Gamboa north section
east elevation
MIAMI INTERMODAL VIEW FROMSTATION BRIDGE
scale 1/16”=1’
west section
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by Andrea Gamboa scale 1/16”=1’
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third floor plan
scale 1/16”=1’
Downtown Miami, FL Spring 2013 ARC 306 Ten-weeks session 61
South Elevation scale 1/16”=1’ south elevation
The project involved designing an intermodal station for the small seaplanes that land in the waterfront of Downtown Miami. My design does not compete with the monumental surscale 1/16”=1’
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rounding buildings. Rather it is to design a pleasant place that fulfills its function for the people travelling and the ones that are just visiting. This sustainable design enhances the
view of the site as well as connecting people approaching from different directions. The design allows everyone to interact with the water, either from the observation deck
scale 1/16”=1’ east elevation
east elevation
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East Elevation
scale 1/16”=1’
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or from the airport wing. The butterfly roof creates shade for the building, the planes, and collects rain water that can be reused for lavatories. scale 1/16”=1’
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SoHostel
Greene street View Typical Room View
Canal street view
Plans
Canal Elevation
Greene Elevation
Park View
Aerial View
Soho, Manhattan, NY Spring 2015 ARC 510 Fourteen-weeks session UPPER LEVEL STUDIO DESIGN AWARD 65
After studying iconic buildings in New York City, especially in Soho and hostels all over the world, and inspired by Asian hostels, we developed our concept to create
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communal spaces, that we translated into multiple lofts which create a range of levels that promote social interaction while maintaining privacy. Starting at the smaller scale,
the pods, which are for a single person essentially to sleep. The lofts, which are the communal spaces, where we intend each floor to promote different activities, creating a
social interaction within each room and between one another. Adding to this a larger scale of social interaction with the art galleries, restaurants and the concert hall. We
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also wanted to give back to the city in response to the scale of our building by designing a small waterfall park that will be accessible for our clients and New York residents.
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Andrea Gamboa 4100 Salzedo St #511, Coral Gables, FL 33146 a.gamboa3@umiami.edu (305) 733-0860
OBJECTIVE Hard-working student seeking an internship offering strong organizing skills, dedication, and effort in assigned tasks. EDUCATION University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Bachelor of Architecture, May 2015 Minor in Visual Journalism Cumulative G.P.A: 3.51 SKILLS • Collaborative Design. • AutoCad, REVIT, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Google SketchUp Pro, HTML, CSS, Microsoft Office. • Fluent in Spanish, Basic French. EXPERIENCE Couture Press Magazine, Virtual Insternship Graphic designer 05/14-08/14 • Designed and arranged spreads for the entire magazine. • Managed to keep the magazine’s style while incorporating my own ideas and designs. • Succeeded in communicating only by virtual media. • Learned to improvise and manage problems by myself when not able to reach superiors. University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida Staff designer for the Ibis Yearbook 08/12-01/13 • Designed spreads for the University yearbook. • Enhanced creativity designing from themes and pictures already given. • Developed skills to listen to critics and improve designs. Colegio Loyola Gumilla, Bolivar, Venezuela Fixing Our Environment Committee Member 09/09 -06/10 • Worked with a group of people outside of class to design wall patterns for a laboratory and paint it. • Planted trees and flowers in the school gardens to enhance the beauty of the landscape. • Learned how to work in groups and make useful ideas stand out. • Improved designing and planning skills. HONORS/ACTIVITIES • President’s Honor Roll. • Study abroad in Canada, England, France and Italy. • UNIVEN Venezuelan students union. • Habitat for humanities.