INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO Design Philosophy: Design, to me, transcends aesthetics — it’s a narrative-driven process intertwining with emotions, needs, and desires, crafting each project into a unique story. I thrive on challenges, viewing them as gateways to innovation, pushing the limits of conventional design to create inventive, daring, and sometimes risky solutions that stand out in the realm of interior design.
QIAN WANG (JESSIE)
SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS -- INTERIOR DESIGN: BUILT ENVIRONMENTS
PERSONAL RESUME EDUCATION School of Visual Arts BFA Interior Design: Build Environments Interior Design
Aug. 2019 - May. 2024 New York, NY
Term Honors: Fall 2022 Term GPA: 3.934 Spring 2023 Term GPA: 4.000
INTERNSHIP Exhibition Hall of The Red Brick Art Museum Exhibition Assistant
Archstudio
Oct. 2020 - Jan. 2021 Beijing, BJ
Assistant Architect Mar. 2020 - May. 2020 Beijing, BJ
School of Visual Arts: Interior Design Open House Student Speaker
2020 - 2023 New York, NY
AWARDS AND RECOGNITIONS 2023 SARA NY Design Awards Design Award of Merit Project: Disinfecting Divider Closet (DD Closet) Jun. 2023 New York, NY
2022 International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Student Representative Membership
2020 Kravet Certificate of Achievement Design of Distinction Award Jul. 2020
New York, NY
Qian Wang (Jessie) PROJECT EXPERIENCES 2023 Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) at ICFF + Wanted Design ( NYC x DESIGN )
Project: Cyberpunk Hot Air Balloon installation Interviewed by: • International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF) Official Featured on: • Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS (DIFFA) Official Digital Booklet • INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine Official Website • YRB Magazine Website Jan. 2023 - May. 2023 New York, NY
The Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame Museum Project: Ukulele Installation
Jun. 2023 - Nov. 2023 New York, NY
School of Visual Arts
Project: TwistClosetX Featured on: “Visual Opinion Volume 29 Issue 5: Muse” Magazine Apr. 2023 New York, NY
SVA ID:BE Restorative Justice Exhibition
Project: Staten Island Community Justice Hub ( Group Project) Dec. 2023 - Jan. 2023 New York, NY
The One UN Climate Change Learning Partnership (UN CC:Learn)
Certificate of Completion E-Course “Climate Change: From Learning to Action” May. 2022 Online SKILLS & LANGUAGES Skills: AutoCAD, Procreate, SketchUp, Revit, Rhino, Lumion, Enscape, Adobe Suite, 3D Printing Machine, CNC Wood Cutting Machine Languages: Mandarin -- Native, English -- Fluent
FURNITURE DESIGN
Disinfecting Divider Closet (DD Closet)
CONCEPT STATEMENT: The Disinfecting Divider Closet is an innovative solution for addressing pandemic-related challenges. It acts as a room divider in hotels and public spaces, offering secure quarantine options. It features disinfection capabilities for items, enhancing safety and comfort.
FURNITURE DESIGN
Disinfecting Divider Closet (DD Closet)
DESIGN SOLUTION: The “DD Closet” optimizes space, features a bright and spacious design, and includes a flat table, perforated panels, raised shoe storage, and transparent clothing panels. With disinfection capabilities, it enhances safety and comfort, fostering a sense of companionship for those in isolation.
FURNITURE DESIGN
TwistClosetX
CONCEPT STATEMENT: TwistClosetX is a groundbreaking furniture piece that combines modularity, smart technology, and sustainability. Inspired by Piet Mondrian and Tetris, this design transforms a room by using versatile partitions, making it adaptable to different moments and settings.
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DESIGN DESCRIPTION: Its innovative features extend beyond aesthetics; TwistClosetX includes various blocks, each serving a unique purpose, from a sensor-equipped dirty clothes collector to a secure storage safe, and even a smart mirror with a display screen. This integrated technology empowers users to control the closet’s configuration, monitor weather conditions, and manage access to the safe.
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Furthermore, TwistClosetX embraces sustainability, harnessing solar energy through its core cylinder to generate electricity for its built-in features. This innovative design thus maximizes space utilization, integrates smart technology, and reduces environmental impact, making it a truly unique and forward-thinking addition to interior design.
HOSPITALITY DESIGN
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The Wilderness Retreat
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DESIGN INTRODUCTION: The wilderness of retreat hotel is to re-invent a healthy and comfortable temporary transitional housing and create expandable systems that allow one or two kids to join the single parent previously homeless or incarcerated residing in these transitional houses.
CONCEPT STATEMENT: The goal of the WILDERNESS RETREAT Hotel is to create rooms that offers a unique and immersive experience that transports guests to a peaceful and transformative environment. The design seeks to connect individuals with nature and encourage self-reflection and personal growth.
HOSPITALITY DESIGN
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Each hotel room is inspired by the warmth of a campfire and the form of a tent, meditative atmosphere for self-reflection. Despite their compact size, the rooms ut spaces, with a loft bed accessible via a climb, evoking the feeling of ascending multi-functional staircase serves as a bookshelf and study area, while the central lating a campfire, fosters a sense of wilderness camping, facing with expansive tr RAINWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM
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Red Rooster DESIGN DESCRIPTION: Harlem’s Timeless Charm, Redefined Our redesign of the Red Rooster at The Mart 125th embraces Harlem’s timeless charm while redefining its appeal for a new era. Drawing inspiration from the neighborhood’s rich cultural heritage, we aim to create a restaurant that resonates with both the older and newer generations. This concept retains the core elements that guests love while infusing modern living technology for enhanced convenience and an even more immersive dining experience. BRAND IDENTITY + CULTURAL INFLUENCES
IDEA: celebrating the roots of American cuisine in the heart of Harlem with a lively atmosphere and live music
CELEBRITY CHEF MARCUS SAMUELSSON was born in Ethiopia and being adopted growing up in a fishing village in Sweden and found his passion for cooking while working in top restaurants in Europe.
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LITERATURE AND POETRY
VISUAL ARTS
FOOD AND CUISINE
RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY
LIVE MUSIC
CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
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RESTAURANT DESIGN
SITE ANALYSIS: The Mart 125 at 252 W 125th St, New York, NY, is a four-story building with a rich hist as a vibrant market hosting local vendors. After sitting empty and underutilized for two decades, the cit now committed to revitalizing this important Harlem location.
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17th Century Early Settlement by the Dutch
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FURNITURE DESIGN
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PRODUCT DESIGN
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Ukulele Design
DESIGN DESCRIPTION: Presenting an art installation crafted for the Long Island Music Hall of Fame Exhibition. This creation, deeply influenced by a rock musician, Gene Simmon’s song: Living in Sin.
ART INSTALLATION
Cyberpunk Hot Air Balloon
RENDERING
INSTALLATION DESIGN FOR DIFFA (DESIGN INDUSTRIES FOUNDATION FIGHTING AIDS) BY DESIGN 2023 / INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY FURNITURE FAIR (ICFF) High-tech solutions can minimize poverty and reduce economic and social inequality. Housing can be floating, since people can now work from anywhere. A nomadic life provides hope for the homeless. This hot air balloon with its cyberpunk aesthetic utilizes various parts from electronic waste to upcycle by-products, waste materials, and useless or unwanted products to create a design that has both artistic and social value. This conceptual work was created by four students and our professors. A deep indebted to our revered department chair, Ms. Carol Bentel and Mr. Kevin O’Callaghan, chair of the 3D Design department, for his instrumental role in actualizing our design vision.