kelly ALMUS Interior Design Portfolio
kelly almus 1310 Strong Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517 269.759.8863 almuskm@miamioh.edu
table of contents Elsy Studios REI Malta Villa Loft Product Runway Cabinet Bench
workplace 1 retail 7 residential 13 residential 17 fashion design 21 furniture design 23 furniture design 27
Elsy Studios
Cincinatti OH Semester: Fall 2015 Professors: Ann Weigand, Dara Baldrige Elsy is an Interior Design firm in Denver, CO focused on corporate design. They value their clients and employees highly, enjoying the creative work they do, playing with color and pattern when possible in corporate design. Flexibility and collaboration are also important to the work environment. The project consisted of about 15,000sqft of work space to accommodate 30 employees in the Edge building of Cincinnati. Various touchdown spaces and public and private collaboration spaces were created while using elements of pattern, their brand color red and various furniture to create a family like feel.
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C OLLA BORA T I ON & F A MI LY ORI ENT E D
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an open floor plan with multiple areas to engage in collaborative work or individual heads-down work give Elsy Studios the functionality they need for their design work. The materiality of the space includes their brand red and fun patterns.
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WORKPLACE STUDIO CINCINNATI, OH
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LEVEL 5 FURNITURE PLAN Copy 1 1/8" = 1'-0"
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PATTERN PLAY
many patterns were used in the space giving it a more relaxed and energized feel. Elsy is known for their fun finishes, so incorporating the reds, whites and grays display their unique character and style.
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FUNCTION
The Steelcase Bivi desk system offers the flexibility, open collaboration and storage needed in Elsy’s firm. While coworkers can do heads-down work, they are also given the opportunity to engage with each other without having to move locations. This system also provides the opportunity for teams working on specific projects to sit near each other and collaborate. The Herman Miller Sybl chairs provide employees with all day comfort and mobility.
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REI
Flagship Store, Washington DC Pave Competition 2015 Semester: Fall 2014 Professor: Deb Norman REI’s mission is to embrace the outdoors and encourage people to get active. The concept Bountiful but Organized relates to the way nature is organized organically. Such as many pines flooding a forest, where rocks and fish are more abundant in streams. REI uses technology and space planning to organize their bountiful products. Creating a unique product-nature relationship, the market like feel is implemented in collections of eclectic items, intimate spaces, natural materials and repetition of design elements evoking the bountiful but organized feeling nature has to offer.
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ORGANIC Back of House
the plan has a rigid structure at the front the store and gradually progresses into a natural organization as one travels farther into the store. The exterior beams imitate the mountain icon that is standard to REI. Displaying products on the front fixture immediately gives customers a tangible, market feel to the store with various stumps giving the fixture an eclectic nature.
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Sea Side Villa
Passive House Gozo, Malta Semester: Summer 2015 Co Designer: Alana Rattner Professor: Mary Rogero
The Maltese culture and architecture is primarily comprised of limestone, which is not only long lasting structurally, but also acts as a cooling element for the interiors. Through studying sustainable communities and the thermal envelope, the goal of the project was to create a family villa large enough for 7 people, with a neighboring villa and an optional opening to share the two. They include a sustainable thermal envelope and meet the needs of the hot Maltese climate.
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CULTURE DRIVEN
through the many elaborate patterns found in old Maltese Architecture, the diamond shape seen throughout is an example. The villa includes a large covered dining area outside catering to the typical lifestyle, spending most time outside.
Floor Plan 1
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Urban Loft
St. Joseph, MI Semester: Fall 2013 Professor: Gulen Cevik
This project was focused on designing a residential loft for a family with a member that has special needs. The Iddings have three boys, one with down syndrome and another with autism, therefore their design needs are different than most. Those needs were met through elements such as an open floor plan, intentional placement of the playroom, and a large patio with a play-set. Moments of stacking and use of positive and negative space through the push and pull of three dimensional objects tie the design together.
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POSITIVE & NEGATIVE design details such as the wall shelving partition consisting of the push and pull of the volume reveals the negative space. The great room displays this concept in the division of floors and use of wood and glass.
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Product Runway
Cincinnati, OH IIDA Competition Co Designers: Rachel Hucek, Ashley Kay, Joe Mautino, Kaley Sobanski, Lauren Visco, Lila Wengler Semester: Spring 2015 Paired with Mohawk Carpet Group, a team of 7 of us designed a runway fashion piece, using all elements of carpet. The theme was Music, while we specifically designed for Hip-hop and Rap. The piece included the use of weaved carpet, solution dyed nylon strands, nylon carpet pellets and backing. The concept revolved around bright colors, edge and confidence of the culture.
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Furniture Design
Furniture Studio Semester: Spring 2015 Professor: Greg Rutherford
Given the opportunity to design any style of cabinet, part of a cabinet wall, my inspiration revolved around a textile. Intrigued by the laying of the textile through dyes, embroidery and the texture created, I was challenged to fabricate the textile in a new medium, wood. This included engraving the background pattern with a background stain as well as a third layer of paint creating another texture. Tight joints and functional hardware completed the piece, intended as a wall cabinet for office supplies that lifts horizontally. The bench was designed to compliment the cabinet through the use of similar angles and layering of wood.
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THE CABINET
was inspired by the textile with multiple layers through dying, weaving and embroidery elements and translated from a cloth base to wood.
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THE BENCH
was derived from the angles that compliment the diamond like pattern engraved on the cabinet. This pattern added another layer to the textile, likewise on the cabinet. The intent was to create a simple, clean-lined piece that compliments the layering and angles of the cabinet.
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Education
Miami University, Oxford OH
Department of Architecture + Interior Design Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design | 2016 Minor in Arts Management with Entrepreneurship focus
Passive Housing + Sustainability Studio, Malta
Designed a sustainable residential Maltese villa using the thermal envelope through Sketchup and Maxwell render, immersed in the Maltese and German cultures Miami University | Summer 2015
Professional Design Experience
Miami University
Interior Design Intern field measured, space planned with AutoCad and specified furniture and finishes for a dorm recreation room on campus oversaw project from start to finish, all elements were successfully implemented January 2015-present
Holly Hunt
Intern organized textile lines, interacted with customers by pulling sample requests spruced up and restocked the 32,000 sqft showroom when necessary June 2014-August 2014
Design Involvement
Studio Representative for International Interior Design Association Club (IIDA) January 2013-present
Treasurer on Executive Board for International Interior Design Association Club (IIDA)
April 2013-May 2014
Leadership Experience
Director of Social Enrichment of Alpha Delta Pi Eta Epsilon Chapter | November 2014-present
mentored three teams of 7 officers to accomplish various events made impactful decisions with an executive board of 8, for 200 chapter members planned many successful socials, formals and sisterhoods with a budget of $8000
Special Events Co-Chair of Alpha Delta Pi Eta Epsilon Chapter | December 2013-December 2014
planned various events for Mom and Dad’s weekends for up to 400 people successfully organized a basket auction, raising $2300 for the Ronald McDonald House
Student Ambassador for the School of Creative Arts | September 2012-September 2013 National Society of Collegiate Scholars | January 2013-present
kelly almus 1310 Strong Ave. Estes Park, CO 80517 269.759.8863 almuskm@miamioh.edu