Project Description:
U N I T Y : a connection between design and humanity.
The Salt Lake International Airport is redesigned to promote a connection between people and place. Focused on the aesthetic nature of the architecture and the spaces created within, this design is intended to illicit a sense of harmony. Symbolically, an airport is a blending of people and cultures: an introduction for some, a welcome home for others. This idea is echoed throughout the facility. The design scheme resonates the natural beauty which is Utah . With its vast red rock formations, contrasted against a blue sky canvas, the unique desert setting is simulated in the color palette for the interior of Terminal Two. Hints of a Native American heritage are also seen in the deep turquoise blues and rich coral reds found throughout.
The re-designed Terminal Two at the Salt Lake City International Airport represents a coming together, through design: technology and landscape, People and place, form and function.
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Biography:
As long as I can remember I have always had a passion to create. I've built cardboard houses with window treatments from fabrics that my mother had collected, and designed and created a very intricate quilt from old fabric samples. The quilt was complete with rich colors, patterns, and textures. Hand-embroidery highlighted each piece of the quilt. I've always been drawn to beauty, and have a critical eye for detail.
Personal hobbies have mirrored my desire to design. An interest in jewelry took one hobby to a new level when I started, ZOOK, a jewelry design business. I have incorporated my philosophy of “making things beautiful” in all aspects of my life. I also enjoy sewing, floral design, book binding, paper making, and graphic design.
I entered college with a love for art and spent my first semester immersed in art classes. In the spring of 2000 I spent the semester in London . It was in Europe amidst the architecture and design, that I came to the realization that my life's desire was focused on design as a functional part of living.
I discovered that interior design utilized all my talents, not just my sense of aesthetics, but my ability to visualize and create a place where I could fashion beauty – beauty not just to be seen, but lived in. Interior design provides that medium. It was within the Interior Design program at Utah State University that I finally found my niche.
As a full time interior design student I have been challenged and enthralled by the endless possibilities of design. I only need to imagine something, and it can be created. I fell in love with this idea. I was specifically drawn to Utah State University because of its demanding FIDER accredited four year program, and the competitive environment that would require me to excel.
I see design as a way I can influence the world, leave a mark, and make the world better. I want to create inspiring places. I want someone to sense, after they have left a space I've designed, like they've had a wonderful conversation with an old friend. To me good design is simply the repetition of solid inspiration.
Design is entirely fulfilling. This is important, because after the sleepless nights and high pressure deadlines - I still love it.
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