Meeting with a Professional Designer

     I presented my finished project drawings to Bob Krikac who is a faculty in interior design program in Washington State University. I re-drew some of my drawings in order to provide better versions and communicate my ideas better.

     The presentation was taken place in Carpenter 114 in Pullman, Washington, which is a studio for sophomore interior design students. I started to tell Professor Krikac my inspiration of “idea of home” first, and then I showed him my parti and my concept model. Next, I showed him my floor plan that I re-designed a fully ADA accessible room for Besse’s family. I introduced the place of each room first and then I show the perspectives and elevations of those rooms in order to communicate my idea in further. Professor Krikac listened my presentation and he gave me a lot of feedback and I divide them into three categories. Firstly, he said that there were some wrong dimensions that I need to take care of such like a sofa bed in an office would block the doorway if is open. I just considered the sofa bed folded so I thought the dimension was fine. Secondly, Professor Krikac said that I needed to add more things to my design in order to make it interesting and cool. He thought that my overall design is a little bit boring. Finally, he mentioned that I should always relate my concept of “idea of home” to the design for Besse’s residence.

     The experience of meeting with a professional designer was really meaningful and educational. It made me feel that there are still a lot more skills and knowledge that I need to learn. I believe I will try my best in order to be a mature and skilled designer.