NIMISHA SHARMA
DESIGN PORTFOLIO
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NIMISHA
HELLO
SHARMA
CONTACT nimisha7sharma@gmail.com
INTERIOR & LIFESTYLE DESIGNER I was born on 07.09.89 Current Address: Via Verdi 4, Florence, Italy, 50122
EDUCATION
IT: +39 342 906 5801 IND: +91 981 078 9771
EXPERIENCE
2014 Masters degree, Interior Design from Florence Design Academy, Florence, Italy.
2013 EVENT DESIGNING at Commitments(start up) POSITION: Head designer for events, Delhi,
2008-2012 GRADUATION: National Institute of Fashion Technology, Delhi.
2013 FURNITURE DESIGNIG at ExhibitD, Delhi,
2007-2008 DIPLOMA: Fine arts, Delhi Collage of Arts
India
India
POSITION: Design Intern, to assist on projects 2012 INTERIOR DESIGNER at 90Degrees, Mumbai, India
POSITION: Design Intern for graduation project
EDUCATION 2006-2007 SCHOOL: 10 + 2 : Bal Bharati Public School, Ganga Ram Marg, New Delhi
EXPERIENCE 2011 PRODUCT DESIGNER at Futuring designs, Pune, India POSITION: DESIGN INTERN to assist on street lamp designing for WIPRO.
LANGUAGES English................ Hindi(native).......... Italian................ German.................
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SKILLS
INTERESTS
AUTOCAD
Travelling Design books Art exhibitions Painting Photography Music Funny videos Happy hours Collecting post cards
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3DS MAX SKETCH UP ILLUSTRATOR INDESIGN RHINO PHOTOSHOP MS OFFICE APPLE IWORK
CONTENTS
EXHIBITION DESIGN
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RETAIL SPACE DESIGN
10-13
MEDITATION ARENA
14-17
CAFE + EXHIBITION DESIGN
18-21
INTERIOR DECORATION
22-25
INTERIOR DECORATION 2
26-29
INTERIOR DECORATION 3
30-33
FURNITURE DESIGN
34-37
INTERNSHIP: 90DEGREES
38-41
INTERNSHIP: FUTURING DESIGNS
42-45
PRODUCT COLLECTION
46-49
ARTWORKS
50-57
EXHIBITION DESIGN
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DESIGN BRIEF To design an exhibition space for the designer Manish Arora. Exhibiting his jewelery pieces.
INSPIRATION Ispired by Manish Arora’s different jewelery collections :Aztec, Jungle, Head gear. ORIGAMI being our key inspiration for the space that combines with his jewelery patterns.
IDEA BEHIND The idea was to create a space that engulfs the customer into the world of Origami and Jewelery, a space that transforms itself into a mystery of different areas.
EXHIBITION DESIGN
RETAIL SPACE DESIGN
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RETAIL SPACE DESIGN
DESIGN BRIEF To design a retail space for Issey Mikaye’s flagship store.
INSPIRATION
Floor Plan
The inspiration was taken from Issey Miyake’s designs that evolves from line to form. The PROCESS was the key inspirational factor in the space designing.
IDEA BEHIND The Idea was to make a dynamic and luminous space that shows the process of Issey Miyake’s designs that evolve from lines which transform into wall fixtures for clothes and his products.
Window Displays
MEDITATION ARENA
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MEDITATION ARENA DESIGN BRIEF To design a building space inspired by Mario Botta’s design ideologies and his works of architecture.
INSPIRATION The inspiration was taken by Mario Botta’s St. John church for its basic shape, calm and peaceful outlook, And his Building for ‘modern & contemporary art’ uses water in the centre to create a beautiful play of light and shadow.
IDEA BEHIND The idea behind is to evokes intense emotions, like works of Mario Botta does. A place which is striped down of its elaborate decoration and brought down to a building with its core use for meditation. The play of lines on the skylight gives a soothing yet functional use to bring as much natural light into the building for a peaceful and soulful meditation . With water and light the effect created will be of calm and quite.
CAFE + EXHIBITION DESIGN
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CAFE+EXHIBITION DESIGN DESIGN BRIEF To design a small space for a cafe + exhibition gallery where musical performances can also take place.
INSPIRATION The inspiration for this project has been taken from ART itself, with doodles on the wall and light fixtues that are inspired by basic amalgamation of shape and form.
IDEA BEHIND An artistic Hub. A space where creative people can get together and have a good time with a fun and easy going enviornment. With a cafe on the ground floor and at the same time art exhibitions take place on the floor above.
Exhibition space on first floor with cafe on the ground floor
INTERIOR DECORATION
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ECLECTIC ROOM DECOR DESIGN BRIEF
To design a BED & LIVING room for a fashion stylist.
INSPIRATION The inspiration for this project was the design style of the client that was ECLECTIC. Mixing styles from different times was the key inspiration for the rooms keeping in mind the harmony of the look.
IDEA BEHIND LIVING ROOM: Idea behind the living room was to make it more social and an active space with using bright inviting colors that initiate conversations. BED ROOM: The bed room is a space for mental and physical relaxation hence the colors were chosen to create a calming effect.
LIVING ROOM
BED ROOM
INTERIOR DECORATION 2
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INTERIOR DECORATION 2 DESIGN BRIEF To design a room using seven layers of decoration
7 Layers of Decoration
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Paint & Architecture
INSPIRATION The inspiration for this room was the 7 layers of decoration: 1.Paint & architecture, 2.Flooring, 3.Upholstered furnishings, 4.Accent fabrics, 5.Non upholstered furniture, 6.Accessories, 7.Plants & lighting
Flooring
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Upholstered Furnishings
Accent Fabrics
IDEA BEHIND The idea behind was to incorporate all 7 layers of decoration in the room while making it user friendly and stylish at the same time.
Non upholstered furniture
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5 Plants & Lighting
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Accessories
INTERIOR DECORATION 3
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INTERIOR DECORATION 3 DESIGN BRIEF To design a room getting inspired by a runway model.
INSPIRATION The inspiration is en from the runway el and the style represents called - Chic.
takmodshe Boho
IDEA BEHIND The idea was to make the room resemble the look and materials of the model in terms of the textures and accent colours.
FURNITURE DESIGN
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FURNITURE DESIGN DESIGN BRIEF To design a set of furniture for a Drummer bachelor fashion stylist client, who loves to host partis and wanted the furniture to be a mix of pop with a classic touch.
INSPIRATION The inspiration of the shape was taken by the drum sets and colors were drawn from the choice of the Client.
IDEA BEHIND The idea was to make the display area clean and simple yet fashionable, and in accordance to the needs of hosting many parties the pop - up bar was a good choice to provide to the client.
INTERNSHIP: 90 DEGREES
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INTERNSHIP: 90 DEGREES DESIGN BRIEF To design furniture ternship 90Degrees
cafe and bar for the inproject in company.
INSPIRATION The inspiration was the young client base for the cafe and bar.
IDEA BEHIND The idea behind was to make the furniture fun in terms of use and colour. The furniture was designed keeping in mind the youth and the excitement factor they would feel when the furniture will be easily used together or separetely.
3D FURNITURE PROTOTYPING
INTERNSHIP: FUTURING DESIGNS
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INTERNSHIP: FUTURING DESIGNS DESIGN BRIEF To design a street lamp with low manufacturing cost for WIPRO.
MODEL MAKING
INSPIRATION The inspiration was taken by the smoothness and curves of the cars, and the fluidity of mercury.
IDEA BEHIND The idea behind the street lamp was to design in a way that would be easy to manufacture through casting techniques and easy to repair if any problems occurs.
INSPIRATION BOARD
PRODUCT COLLECTION
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PRODUCT COLLECTION DESIGN BRIEF To design a Garden furniture collection exploring your individual style.
INSPIRATION The inspiration ws taken from the bent of a leaf, exploring its curves and the intricate pattern on its skeleton. The inspiration was then modified to fit furniture.
IDEA BEHIND The idea behind was to make it by using Acrylic sheet as the material, which would be heat bent and laser cut for the intricate pattern, the Acrylic was used to make the furniture look light and airy. The sunlight would reflect on the surface and the material would make it water proof.
FORM EXPLORATION
GARDEN FURNITURE PROTOTYPES
ARTWORKS
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PENCIL ARTWORKS
ABOUT ARTWORK The artworks are pencil drawn and shaded, for texture understanding. To be able to differentiate between soft and rough materials.
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PAINT & MARKER ARTWORKS
ABOUT ARTWORK These artworks are made for understanding elements of design: mood depiction, symmertry, object abstract transformation and fluidity.
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PAPER ARTWORKS
ABOUT ARTWORK Paper work was done to understand 3d elements of design, pattern innovation & application.
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NIMISHA SHARMA
nimisha7sharma@gmail.com