KY
St. Louis, MO
Chicago, IL
Lincoln, NE Seattle, WA
Dayton, OH
Pullman, WA Dallas, TX Jackson, MS
Washington D.C. Virginia Beach, VA
Jacksonville, FL
INTERIOR DESIGN
EXPERIENCE
Ky Christiansen
Interior Design Intern Facilities Services - Capital Washington State University
kychristiansen.id@gmail.com 509.336.5089
EDUCATION Washington State University BA in Interior Design May 2015
Yakima Valley Community College AA in Arts & Science May 2010
May 2014-May 2016
Exhibit Designer Museum of Anthropology Washington State University December 2013-February 2015
Seoul, South Korea
Athens, Greece
Yokosuka, Japan
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Hong Kong, China
Piti, Guam
Pattaya, Thailand
Singapore, Malaysia
Perth, Australia
PROJECTS
AWARDS
WSU Facilities Services - Capital Materials Library Interior Designer
Top Five in the category - Scholarship of Design Research Interior Design Educator’s Council (IDEC) Annual Conference March 2016
Memories of Celilo Falls Lead Exhibit Designer
Norma C. Fuentes and Gary M. Kirk Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research April 2015
November 2015-May 2016
September 2014-November 2014
Legacy of the Columbia River Fisheries Lead Exhibit Designer May 2014-September 2014
Dr. William R. Wiley Research Exposition Award for Undergraduate Excellence February 2015 Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) - Gray Award March 2014
TABLE OF CONT DESIGN for...
Strength. Endurance. Substance. Usefulness. Consequence. Significance. Beauty. Composition. Distinction. People. Assurance. Compassion.
1 MERRY FORKS 2 LEGACY EXHIBIT 3 CELILO EXHIBIT 4 FREITAG FLAGSHIP STORE 5 MATERIALS LIBRARY
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Project Profile Pullman, WA Commercial Student Considering the taste and business sensibility of both owners, design a wine bar and restaurant with shared office space in an existing commercial building. Patrick Merry, Owner of Merry Cellars Winery
Jim Harbour, Owner of South Fork Restaurant
Black Lacquer Farmhouse Furniture
Copper Finish Ambient Lighting
Design Concept: The floor plan of Merry Forks Wine Bar & Grille is inspired by the swirling of wine before tasting. The floor plan unfolds in a circular pattern from the center focus of the restaurant; the bar, serving spirits and a wide variety of Merry cellars wines, and the performance stage, which hosts local and regional entertainment. The client’s consumers are conservatively enlightened and come from educated, rural backgrounds. Pullman, WA is surrounded by farmland on rolling hills lending to the romantic notions of the working man. The restaurant needs to cater to a consumer who is functional yet attuned to the finer things in life.
Casework & Flooring in Marbled Maple
Colored glass in light tubes mimicks varieties of wine
Paint & Accent
3Form Partitioning Walls Flooring - Wood Finish Porcelain Tile
Casework - Marbled Maple
Brick Facade Walls
Steelcase Systems Finishes
Objective: Design a wine bar and grille on the first floor that incorporate both owners’ design and business sensibility. The proposal included a VIP area for special parties and clients and an office space on the second floor with general office amenities.
Project Requirements: Renovate a two-story building that currently operates as a bookstore into a restaurant and office space. Current architectural conditions such as, foundation, structure, and facade are to remain unchanged. Examine code requirements to ensure design fits within International Building Code (IBC) parameters. The restaurant requires additional restrooms and a focal staircase. The office space must be furnished with Steelcase furniture. Develop a complete set of construction documents.
Suspended Lighting
Steelcase Siento
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Project Profile Pullman, WA Commercial Professional / Student Design an immersive, anthropological exhibit using previously researched and designed panels in conjunction with owner artifacts. 1,200 8-10 volunteers Shannon Tushingham,
Director of Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University
Kathleen Ryan, Professor/Mentor Irene Martin, Owner and Creator of
The Legacy of the Columbia Fisheries
College Hall - Museum of Anthropology
Artifacts for exhibition
Process sketch
Objective: Create an environment that facilitates an informative, experiential understanding of fishing culture and lifestyle from the individual fisherman to the Columbia River fisheries. Combine panels, researched and developed by Irene Martin of Skomakawa, WA, and artifacts from the gillnetter collection to allow visitors to associate panels with relevant material and guide them through wayfinding techniques in the undefined space.
Example of exhibit panels
Project Requirements: Project budget covered:
Repair fixtures and update liners of built-in display units. Refurbish found cabinets and portable display walls. Reproduce artifacts related to canneries. Architectural conditions were to remain the same.
Project demands:
Design and present exhibit floor plan to stakeholders. Coordinate various design aspects with interior design volunteers. Implementation and installation of exhibit. Supervise volunteers and department interns.
1-Exhibit Sign 2-Panel author introduction & Panel 1: Legacy of the Columbia River Fisheries 3-Floats, fisherman’s toolkit and lead sinkers 4-Panel 2: Legacy of Salmon & Panel 3: Legacy of the Columbia River 5-Panel 4: Legacy of Innovation in Salmon Processing & Panel 5: Legacy of Fish Processing and Marketing 6-Panel 7: Legacy in the Ethnicities of the Fishing Fleet & Chinese cultural artifacts 7-Panel 6: Legacy in a Tradition of Boat-building & gillnet boat images 8-Salmon to scale & salmon facts display 9-Panel 8: Legacy of Organization & organizational artifacts 10-Nylon & linen net display 11-Panel 9: Legacy of Traditional Tools and Skills & fish net needles 12-Portable stove & net float varieties 13-Panel 12: Legacy of the People 14-Native American fishing artifacts & whale blanket display 15-Panel 13: Community Legacy 16-Cannery display 17-Panel 10: Legacy of Nutritional Benefits, Panel 11: Legacy of Conservation and Management & Panel 14: Legacy of Recovery and Restoration 18-Lifestyle of the Gillnet Fishermen video 19-Related & suggested reading material 20-Permanent ancient anthropology exhibits
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Project Profile Pullman, WA Commercial Professional / Student Create and collaborate on an anthropological exhibit based on glass slides found in the WSU library archives. 2,000 8-10 volunteers Shannon Tushingham,
Director of Museum of Anthropology at Washington State University
Kathleen Ryan, Professor/Mentor Josiah Pinkham, Nez Perce member and ethnographer
Process and presentation of North Corridor Wall
Initial quick sketches and notes
Sketches presented to client
Indians making own nets
Indian boy proudly displaying salmon which he caught
Netting needles, like the one used in the hand of the man on the right, were used to mend and maintain nets which was an ongoing chore. Traditional nets were made with a plant called dogbane; modern nets are made with linen, fishing line, or wire.
A young boy proudly displaying the salmon he caught. When a boy catches his first fish and kills his first animal, it is seen as a rite of passage. To celebrate, the tools and clothing which he wore at the time of fishing or hunting were given away as a symbol of gratitude.
Chet Ullin Photograph collection, Image 11 Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) Washington State University Libraries
Chet Ullin Photograph collection, Image 21 Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) Washington State University Libraries
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Chet Ullin Photograph collection, Image 28 Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) Washington State University Libraries
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Digital Mockup
Process and presentation of South Corridor Wall
Sketches presented to client
Digital Mockup
Objective: Create an informative, immersive exhibit through design and research collaboration. The design component of the exhibit was the development of life-size reproductions of glass slides accompanied by contextual and culturally derived graphics. The content portion of the exhibit came from collaboration with Nez Perce representatives and a researcher of the Cowlitz tribe. The story was to convey Native American day-to-day interactions, familial and cultural structures, and finally the struggle to save their way of life which is otherwise submerged and lost under the Celilo Bridge present day. This exhibit is to be a product of sharing the cultural context. Available exhibition space was in a small portion of the museum and a corridor. Use of these spaces meant that the exhibit needed to be omni-directional allowing visitors to come and go from any direction and still understand the full meaning of the material.
Project Requirements: Project budget covered:
Update liners of built-in display units. Architectural conditions were to remain the same. Enlargement and printing of images from archival glass slides. Design and printing of complementary graphic elements.
Project lead demands:
Design and present exhibit wall layouts to stakeholders. Coordinate various design aspects with interior design volunteers. Implementation and installation of exhibit. Supervise volunteers and interns.
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1-Prints of: -Tommy Yallup, Celilo indian attorney -Indian boy proudly displaying his catch -Close-up view of dip bag net -Indian man and boy making their own nets -Jimmy George pulling dip bag net out of water with salmon 2-Aerial prints of Celilo Falls before flooding 3-Print of Chief Tommy Thompson 4-Prints of platforms and fishing operations 5-Prints of: -Fish buyer weighs salmon and pays indian -Indian women picking bones from dried, shredded salmon -Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands -Indian women drying salmon skin & backbone 6-Related & suggested reading material 7-Indian pulling in salmon with dip net 8-Jimmy George, Chief Tommy Thompson’s son-in-law, holding two chinook salmon 9-Celilo Falls footage circa 1940s 10-Small-scale platform reproduction
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FREITAG FLAGSHIP STORE Product Displays
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Project Profile Los Angeles, CA Commercial Student Design a flagship store reconciling the Swedish sense of design and purpose with the demand and lifestyle of the American tourist. Freitag, ambiguous representation
F-abric Clothing Line Colors
DESIGN CONCEPT Freitag L.A. is a dynamic store for a shopping EXPERIENCE. During the day, clothing and bags are sold and PERSONALIZED with the custom F-word. After purchase, customers are treated to a Freitag photography session to increase brand AFFINITY and LOYALTY. At night, retail space is RECONTEXTUALIZED into a place that hosts artistic events, local concerts and private parties. Freitag is rebranded to be the next up-and-coming DESTINATION spot in downtown L.A.
Fundamentals & Reference Line Colors
DESIGN CHALLENGE 1:
A lifestyle and design disconnect between the Swedish sensibility and Los Angeles overtness Swedish design is conscientious and well edited. The Los Angeles local community is unique, overt, and eccentric which tourism takes advantage of. To blend the styles, Freitag will need to be re-branded to adjust its commercial culture to the L.A. and American tourist lifestyle.
DESIGN CHALLENGE 2:
Style contrast between the clothing line (F-abric) and the bags (Fundamentals and Reference) The Fundamentals and Reference product lines are graphic, bold, and experimental. F-abric is a textured, more natural product line. The lines are stylistically different, but both share a similar color palette.
Product Storage
Break Room, Kitchen & Storage
Display Unit & Product Storage
Office & Conference Restroom
Stair to 2nd Floor
Elevator
Fitting Rooms
Cash Wrap
Reference Area
Digital Advert Unit
F-abric Area
Front Entrance
Level 1 Fundamentals Area
Cash wrap and Reference product line area.
Customers receive complimentary photo shoot with Freitag products for memory and promotion.
Popular Photo Ops with Customers and their Frietag merchandise Waiting Room
Digital Services Center Elevator
Fitting Room
Vending
Photography Studio
Level 2
High-Density Foam
Magnetic Base
Triangular Piece
Hexagon Pod
Hexagon Pods Assembled
The wall unit allows retail staff the freedom to redesign and reposition mannequins to display merchandise based on themes of movement. The mannequin is dressed, repositioned, and fastened to the wall in action poses. Six triangular pieces form the hexagon pod which have a magnetic backing that adhere to the metal wall. The hexagon pods fill in the space between the architectural frame and the mannequin. The completed product conveys the design concept of the f-abric product line submerged in the abstracted earth.
Repositionable mannequin fastened to wall
Repositionable hexagon pods attach to wall magnetically
Metal sheet layer attached to wall
Mounted architectural frame
Wall Display System
The modular units display the Fundamentals and Reference product lines on the central retail floor. Each unit has a varying number of boxes with glowing walls lit by LED lights. The ambient glow of the boxes emphasizes the feature of Freitag - the bags. The units are powered and fastened together by conduit running through a magnetic plate. They can also be moved freely or fixed in place by hidden, lockable wheels.
Glowing Boxes Lit with LEDs
Hidden, Lockable Wheels Magnetic, Electrical Component
Assembled Display Unit
Separated display unit into components
Product Displays
MATERIALS LIBRARY
Storage Solution
Pullman, WA
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Project Profile Pullman, WA Commercial Professional Design and relocate the materials library for the interior design staff of Washington State University Facilities Services Capital division. Nancy Stephenson,
Interior Design Manager Jennifer Reynolds, Interior Specialist Stacy Gravel, Interior Designer Roxy Holden, Interior Designer
McCluskey Services Building - Old Paint Booth
Storage Furniture for Reconfigure
Adjacency Sketch & Matrix Adjacency Matrix Entry Drop-off Break-out Space New Product Demo Product Project Prep / Meeting Space Materials Legend:
Primary Adjacency Secondary Adjacency Adjacency Not Required
Additional Requirements: -Intern work station -Networked printer -Archive project storage -Architectural finish storage
Objective: Design new layout for the interior design materials library for the Washington State University Facilities Services - Capital division. Coordinate with the interior design manager, staff, and construction managers and individual trades in the renovation of the new materials library. Downsize and reorganize current materials library. Pack and prepare for move of materials library to new location. 8
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION | MOVE IN MAY 2016
Project Scope: Remove old HVAC and install passive system. Remove old conduit and install power and data. Current fire system and hot water pipes to remain. Remove current lighting and install updated system. Patch damaged concrete subfloor and install rubber flooring. Fabricate new carpet tile rack. Install and reuse current furniture both freestanding and mounted.
North Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation
Current Conditions
Initial Sketch & Drafted Elevations
Carpet Tile Rack The rack allows the user to view and find carpet samples with ease. Each slot can store approximately 30 carpet squares (24” x 24”) or planks (18” x 36”) and up to 60 thin planks (9” x 36”). At any given time, the rack can store more than 180 carpet samples reducing the footprint of carpet storage in the materials library.
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18” x 36”
24” x 24”
Storage Solution
Ky Christiansen 9061 Seward Park Ave S Seattle, WA 98118
kychristiansen.id@gmail.com 509.336.5089