DESIGN PORTFOLIO CLAUDIA KOHN AVILA
Resume & Contact Info Solo Recycled Purse Quarantine Collages The Journey of The Shoe Leaves Hand Drawing EggBeater Rhino EggBeater Museum Artifacts Museum
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EDUCATION New Orleans, LA May 2022
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE Quito, Ecuador June 2020 - Present
Quito, Ecuador May 2020 - Present
Quito, Ecuador June 2019 - July 2019
ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE TULANE UNIVERSITY, Bachelor of Arts Majors: Design (School of Architecture), Environmental Studies Minor: Architecture GPA: 3.85 Honors: Dean’s List (4 semesters)
ESPABILA UIO Designer • Worked with founder to create direct to consumer bucket hat company • Designed Instagram content for the brand, gaining over 800 followers and over $1,000 in profit in the span of three months MARSUARTE Collaborator • Developed an Excel inventory system to keep track of over 500 paintings and sculptures • Photographed and cataloged all gallery installations • Compiled artists biographies and photos from gallery to create Instagram content • Helped coordinate transition from three gallery locations to one due to effects of COVID-19 BASICA S.A.S Assistant • Facilitated costumer service via social media by answering frequently asked questions for companies in Quito • Created social media content for the firm’s clients (Instagram and Facebook)
New Orleans, LA August 2019 -
SUSTAINABILITY COMMITTE, TULANE UNIVERSITY Active Member • Attend weekly meeting to discuss pressing environmental issues on campus • Initiated conversations with Tulane administration to increase sustainability on campus by designing new initiatives • Relaunched OZII Program (to-go meals) to eliminate the use of single use plastic around campus • Marketed meal program to freshmen • Coordinated the relocation for two OZZI packaging return stations on campus
New Orleans, LA August 2019 December 2019
UNITED STATES TENNIS ASSOCIATION Volunteer • Coached tennis classes for 30 children ages 5 to 12 • Placed tennis students in appropriate groups based on skill level • Coordinated tennis tournament for all students • Organized and maintained tennis equipment • Designed and led a presentation to students about New Orleans recycling regulations
RELEVANT COURSE WORK
Architecture Studio, Introduction to Architecture, Fundamentals of Design & Making, Visual Communication & Advocacy, Design and Society
SKILLS
Computer: Rhinoceros 3D, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop Language: Spanish (Native Speaker) Personal Interests: Ceramics, Woven Wall art, Drawing
MISSION STATEMENT I am an entuthiastic multicultural student looking to began my professional carreer with experiences in an innovating and dynamic work environment. As a design and enviromental studies student at Tulane University, I seek to apply my design skills this summer as an intern. Design is a crucial part of my life. With creativity and design, any solution for any problem can be achieved.
CLAUDIA KOHN AVILA 7634 Burthe Street, New Orleasns, LA ckohnavila@tulane.edu (504) 435-5415 https://www.linkedin.com/in/claudiakohn
SOLO RECYCLED PURSE 2018 l Introduction to Design and Creative Thinking l New Orleans, Louisiana
The project brief consisted in creating an accessory or piece of clothing made out of recycled materials. I made the design decision to use red solo cups, which usually has a single use, and all the plastic is thrown to the garbage.
I wanted
to give them a second use.
QUARANTINE COLLAGES Collages created during lockdown in Quito, Ecuador. A colorful representation of a mixture of photographs and designs. I decided to incorporate design magazines which represent how important design is to me and the combination of many colors, which represent joyfulness.
JOURNEY OF THE SHOE 2018 l Introduction to Design and Creative Thinking l New Orleans, Louisiana
Shoes have a unique dynamic in their compositions. As I started drawing the elevations, the section cut I started to understand how complex the shoe is and how every curve is different.
LEAVES
Re-creation of a component of our everyday life. Nature has always surrounded me and for this reason I made the design decision to find 10 different leaves and draw them in InDesign.
2018 l Introduction to Design and Creative Thinking l New Orleans, Louisiana
EGG BEATER
2020 l First Year Studio l New Orleans, Louisiana In this assignment we had to choose a vintage artifact with movement. I choose the Maynard Eggbeater because I was intrigued by the movement in the beater. A requirement was to draw the elevation and an axon of the artifact. I decided to arrange the elevation in a way where the viewer would follow the movement of the beaters. This page represents a composition of hand drawn elevation, axon and plan, as well as a Rhinoceros 3D illustration.
RHINO DRAWING EGG BEATER 2020 l First Year Studio l New Orleans, Louisiana
The following assignment was to translate the hand drawing in Rhinoceros 3D and the axon drawing was drawn in a 3D plane.
MUSEUM ARTIFACTS 2020 l First Year Studio l New Orleans, Louisiana Tulane has a variety of deposits and historical collections. For this project we were assigned to pick 3 artifacts from the collections and re-create them using Rhino 3-D. I chose a Mexican skull because I was immediately intrested by the complex curves and details, a kimono which caught my attention due to its delicacy, and a 3-ring sculpture with its unique circles.
ARCH 1012
KIMONO, 1 1/2” = 1’-0”
CLAUDIA KOHN AVILA
LESSON 3.1
MUSEUM IN RHINO
2020 l First Year Studio l New Orleans, Louisiana
For this project we were assigned to design a exhibition space for Tulane and its collection. I designed a 100 by 100 ft museum with the main piece, the 3 Ring Sculputre, as the main attraction of the exposition.
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CLAUDIA KOHN Tulane Univeristy Design (504) 435-5415 ckohnavila@tulane.edu
