Lauren Hillner University of Cincinnati BS Interior Design 2015
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DESIGN demands
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PASSION
Passion to learn. Passion to create. Passion to discover.
It’s passion that fuels us late at night as we continue to design, analyze, and refine until we are convinced by what we have produced. I found that passion when I was six years old. I always asked my parents for old boxes, glue, and paper to create whatever my imagination could dream up – cameras, laptops, and even small paper models of places I frequented. This imagination carried me outdoors as I would hike and explore around the United States and Europe, taking in all of the wonderful sights, smells, and sounds. I’m inspired by nature and experiencing the world around me. I want to see the world from a unique viewpoint and to share this viewpoint with others through my interior environments. I want to create invigorating and inspiring places for the betterment of its inhabitants. I want others to feel the spaces I design – more than simply exist within them but experience, engage, and interact with them. Design demands passion. It’s this passion that makes me fall in love with design day after day. 3
resume photography & artwork hand rendering European Study abroad co-op projects corporate office design retail design restaurant design
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LAUREN HILLNER EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENTS
University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH 2010-Present College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning BS Interior Design 2015 G.P.A. 3.902/4.000 Dean’s List
Awards 2013 Retail Design Institute: International Student Design Competition - 1st Place
Selected as one of the five Interior Design and fifteen Architecture students for the 2013 SAID Europe Study Abroad trip. Participating in the Professional Practice Co-op Program, alternating semesters of college study with work in the field of Interior Design.
2012 Fentress Global Competition: Workplace of the Future - Finalist 2012 Guildhaus Residential Design - 2nd Place Developer’s Award Activities Exploratory Studies Major Mentor for Interior Design, DAAP Ambassador, Orientation Board Member, Intramural Volleyball
EXPERIENCE FRCH Design Worldwide Cincinnati, OH May 2013 - August 2013 January 2014 - May 2013 Worked in the Department Stores, Retail/ Mixed-Use and Resource Design Studios for multiple projects. Selected materials and wrote specifications. Built 3D computer models, produced 3D renderings and 2D drawings, and put together presentation packages for clients using Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Photoshop, and InDesign. Worked in the conceptual, schematic, design documentation, and construction phases. Volunteered with Lighthouse. Team member of the 2014 Herman Miller Good Design Challenge.
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Earl Swensson Associates Interior Intern Nashville, TN March 2012 - June 2012 August 2012 - December 2012 One of the top Healthcare firms in Tennessee. Set up and updated REVIT models for construction documents. Rendered plans, elevations, and perspectives in Photoshop. Communicated with vendors, representatives, and clients. Selected finish matierals and prepared creative presentations for clients. McAuley High School Recruitment Coordinator Internship Cincinnati, OH August 2011 - August 2012 Postgraduate Intern for my Alma Mater. Developed the Ambassador Program. Planned and led Ambassador Team trainings. Planned McAuley Open House.
hillneln@mail.uc.edu (513) 478-9221
1730 Flora Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45231
SKILLS Macintosh OS and PC Operating Systems Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign AutoCAD 2010, 2011 REVIT 2011 and 2012 MicroStation Microsoft Word, Powerpoint Google Sketchup V-ray for Sketchup Painting Digital Photography
Bath and Body Works Associate Cincinnati, OH November 2009 - December 2011 Unloaded shipments, sold products, and operated the cash register. Required superior personal skills. University of Cincinnati Student Orientation Leader Cincinnati, OH April 2011 - September 2011 Led and introduced 4,500 new students to the University of Cincinnati. Assisted and facilitated parent and guardian information sessions. Represented the UC community in a positive, well-informed, and friendly manner. Required superior verbal communication skills.
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PHOTOGRAPHY & Artwork 1st - 4th Year
My My My My
stress relief. motivation. source of inspiration. outlet for expression.
Purple Iris, 2011
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Gondola Ride, 2013
Piano Sounds, 2011
Venice Canals, 2013
Nashville Skyline, 2012
Oxford Character, 2013
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hand rendering 3rd Year | Spring Semester
Take a page from a magazine that has multiple different materials and textures. Duplicate that image in your own hand using markers, colored pencils, paint, or any other media to achieve an exact replica of the magazine image.
Magazine Image
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Hand Rendered Image
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european study abroad 12 countries in 7 weeks. I applied and was accepted to the University of Cincinnati’s School of Architecure and Interior Design 2013 Fall Study Abroad trip. With a total of five Interior Design students, fifteen Architecture students, and one professor, we studied design from the Red House era to the Bauhaus era.
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3rd Year | Summer Semester
Chiacgo Premium Outlets requested FRCH to complete furniture studies for the open public spaces of their outlet mall. In keeping with the Frank Lloyd Wright concept for the rest of the architectural elements, the furniture represented forms and cantelievers centered around the “public space.�
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4th Year | Spring Semester White House | Black Market requested FRCH to create an inspiration package for one of their store locations. This includes image strategy as well as materials. They wanted the concept to be based on the buzz words
“relaxed,” “cabana,” and “feminine.”
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corporate office design 2nd Year | Summer Quarter 2012 Fentress Global Competition: Workplace of the Future - Finalist Develop a concept of the workplace of the future based on trend research in technology, finances, society and culture, demographics, and politics. Business travelers are important to the hotel industry as well as the economy. 25% of all travelers are business travelers, but they represent more than 50% of all revenue spent at U.S. hotels. As the number of business travelers increase, the need for a functional hotel environment increases. Major complaints include poor lighting, too few power outlets, uncomfortable desk seating, lack of networking spaces and work spaces, and lack of horizontal surfaces. Using an existing hotel building shell, this new hotel aims to provide a productive work environment for any type of person in any type of business. The single rooms provide a quiet, personalized area that forms to individual work tendencies, while the newly designed collaborative space allows workers to efficiently meet one-on-one or in larger group settings.
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Proposed space planning
Plan of single rooms, double rooms, & new collaborative space
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Single Room Option 1
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Single Room Option 2
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Collaborative Space Option 1
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Collaborative Space Option 2
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Retail design 4th Year | Fall Semester Create a hotel with a major retail aspect in downtown Cincinnati, OH. Partner with an Architecture student, who will create the shell and space planning of the hotel. With the designated retail space on the ground level, design a retail store and environment that reflects the arts and crafts produced in Cincinnati from both past and present. The concept behind both the hotel and retail design was the idea of the past and presenting meshing together. Cincinnati has such a profound past in the Arts and Crafts movement, but it also has a bright future. The retailers represented in the design are Rookwood Pottery, Verdin Bells, Neusole Glassworks, and Modern Art Jewelry. The art for sale is represented from both the past and present times of Cincinnati. For the interior of the retail store, the past and the present merge longitudinally down the center of the space, with each side wrapping down the floor and up the ceiling. This not only highlights the pieces of art and jewelry for sale, but creates movement in the design. The materials of the space also refer back to the two times merging together with the “present” in polished and chrome materials and the “past” in rough wood and iron materials. Architecture Partner: Andrea Suever
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Exterior Night of Overall Hotel - Andrea & Lauren
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Hotel Lobby - Andrea & Lauren
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Hotel Bar - Andrea & Lauren
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Overall Plan RETAIL FLOOR PLAN SCALE: 1/4” = 1’
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Reflected Ceiling Plan
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Cash Wrap
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General Retail Space
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restaurant design 3rd Year | Spring Semester Retail Design Institute: 2013 International Student Design Competition - 1st Place Rebrand and re-conceptualize a failing American food chain located in Columbus, Ohio. While retaining an American based menu, the new brand must represent the wellness-conscious guest by serving organic and locally sourced ingredients, such as free-range chicken, organic meats, and sustainable seafood. Finally, given an existing shell, create an environment that effectively represents this new brand. Down-to-earth began with the inspiration of focusing the interior environment on a backyard garden atmosphere. Elements of the design, such as the space planning, wayfinding, materials, and overall environment hint to the backyard garden environment and use it to positively influence a healthy lifestyle. The space planning of the restaurant creates different environments of a quiet and privatized dining experience with booth seating, semiprivate dining with open tables, and social dining with bar and community seating. Each space adds to the overall environment, with its rich materials and bright pops of color, creating an overall healthy and inspiring restaurant.
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Exterior Evening Rendering
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Overall Plan
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hostess stand
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main dining
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spice bar
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outside dining
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pick up area
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server’s station
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bar
9 restrooms
5 bar lounge
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10 kitchen
seat count main dining: 158 bar: 23 bar lounge: 52
Reflected Ceiling Plan
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Activities are choreographed around the garden pavilion bar that serves local beers, wines, and specialty drinks made with herbs and spices. The central location of the pavilion bar puts an emphasis on the social interactions of the community with the designed space.
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Garden Pavilion Bar
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The Spice Bar celebrates different cultures represented by different spices, and allows guests to become more educated about these different spices and how to use them for their own cooking endeavors. Each menu option has a constant base food item, while the herbs and spices are picked fresh, chosen by the customer, and added exactly to their liking.
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Entry view to Spice Bar
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Secluded Dining Area
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Main Dining Area
Longitudinal Section Perspective
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