Why Designing Is More "Me"?

When it comes to designing, I love simple, clean and modern interior design. I'm always inspire to design a simple yet bold interior spaces. When people think about the word "simple", they will think the space would be boring and no uniqueness, however, the word "simple" can be more than that. It can give the sense of chic and elegant into the spaces. Bright colours, pattern and abstract is not the only thing that can show certain characteristic into the space. The pictures below are 5 example of interior design space I'd choose that define my simple modern designing style.

Minimalist Exercise

Reason Why I Choose This Path As An Interior Designer

Interior design was never my first choice during my high school days. I was thinking about making into biology major medical school last time. However, I always had love making craft and drawing ever since I was in kindergarten. I’ve been drawing ever since I could remember, it was my hobby. However, during open enrollment day after high school, I survey the courses available between design and medical in a lot of different university, private and even government. By surveying and researching a lot about the courses, I was in a dilemma. My parents told me they doesn’t mind on which one I choose, as long I can do it and happy with my own choices. It took quite some times for me to decide but then I realize, biology is fun and interesting, however, design had always been my true passion ever since before. In the end, I chose to take design course which is something I love to do. Who isn’t happy working on something they love for the rest of their life?

During my foundation in design, I decide on taking Interior Architecture as my degree course rather than graphic course. Some people asked why, since I enjoyed drawing, they thought I will be taking graphic instead to gain more knowledge. The reason is because I never thought on making that as a career. Interior Design had always sparks my interest on how amazing a space can tell us, whether it’s more to comfy zone, working zone, chic and modern zone etc. One space is able to tell us a story, an emotion, its function and the characteristic of a person. How people able to design something beautiful yet practical is also amazing. I wanted to do something like that. I want to learn and design something to make people happy. When I see how people are happy with my work, I will be happy as well. I like designing and I want a space to leave a great impression to someone. A space that can be brought to life. There are still so many things to learn from my course and self-learning, I will be looking forward to that in the future. 

Project 3: Working Drawing and System Integration

For our last project for this subject, we were give a task to produce a working drawing based on our Interior Design Projects final project, which is a Science Center. The number of working drawing we need to produce is;

1.Setting-out Plan

2.Furniture Layout Plan 

3.Reflected Ceiling Plan

4.Electrical Plan

5.Section Drawing

6.Water Supply System

7.Detail Drawing(2) 

These are my working drawing:

Setting-out Plan

Furniture Layout Plan 

Reflected Ceiling Plan

Electrical Plan

Section Drawing

Water Supply System

Detail Drawing 1

Detail Drawing 2

Reflection:

This project task took for 7 weeks and we had plenty of tutorial with each of our of lectures. Although my progression was a bit slow in the beginning, but I slowly began to understand what I need to do and don't. With the given sample of our senior's work, we were taught the correct method of working drawing we should be doing. My autocad software(along with my 3Dmax software) received a error message and I can't use it at all. I end up doing my work at the campus computer lab most of the time I could. It was a difficult period for me. However, I was able to finish my work on time and submit it in one piece.

Project 2: Individual Reflection

For this project assignment, we have to produce a report and layout drawings based on our site visit we went, which is the 3K MPSJ at Subang Jaya. In a group of 4, we had divided ourselves in 2 part, two people doing the report while the other two do the layout drawing.

I was in charged of the report together with Goh Pei San, while Chia Kha Wen and Thian Bing Xun did the layout drawing. For the report, Pei San and I divide our workload into parts, as I take the introduction, enviroment of the site, natural physical feature, vegetation, sensory and building services. Both of us still help each other when we had difficulties on our part. By keeping in track with our other group members, we managed to finish everything and hand our submission in one piece. To my group members, thank you for your hard work.

We need to include UBBL(Uniform Building By-Laws 1984) Acts into the report as well. I realize how important it is to understand the laws before designing a building. It is for the safely of the people and the building as well. There are some laws acts that I don't quite understand fully yet, so I will need to ask my lecturers about it in the future.  

Observation Journals - Task 5

For this task,we were told to sketch out 3 different type of joints on our study trip to Singapore. The types of joints are Rivet, Welded and, Nut and bolts. Since I wasn't able to attend the study trip due to personal issues, we were told that those who didn't go to the trip will need to sketch out 2 objects of each joints. 

These are my sketches:

@Sasana Kijang Museum

Reflection:

I had a hard time on understand what rivet joints are, It took me awhile to understand it and I also counldn't find it easily like the other joints. The other joints are easier to find since it can be found at anywhere around us. I'm not used to rivet joints before which is why I was having difficulting to identified one. It had show me how lack I was in types of joints around me. I would need to taking note of the joints properly now.

Revision Drawing - Task 4

This task is a group of 4 people project and we need to draw our chosen furniture in front view, elevation, section, detail drawings and assembly drawing, together with specification and title block. For this task, my group (Imani, Wafaa, Cherry and myself) had chose Eames Lounge Ottoman Chair as our chosen furniture, 

Eames Lounge Ottoman Chair :

Interior Detailing Drawing Eames Lounge Ottoman Chair:

After the submission, we were told to give remarks on other group drawing and vice versa. After the comments made from our coursemates, we have to re-draw it into our journals. The drawing below is my revision remarks drawing:

Reflection:

I quite suprised how many small and careless mistake me and my group had made in our drawing. I could have said the same for other groups as well.. By doing these type of observation on what is wrong on this drawing itself,  really helps us a lot. It actually made me realize on the mistake that we do and makes us understand it more in a proper way. I will hope that I won't be making th same mistake in the nearest future.