About Me
Education - Interior design related
Certificate of Interior Design @ KLC school of design 2016-2017, including the following modules:
- 3D modelling using SketchUp
- Vectorworks - creating a plan, elevation and lighting/electrical plan
- Hand inked plans & elevations
- Hand rendering, colour theory and sketching
- Textiles & window treatments
- Costing breakdown sheet using EstiPC
- Kitchen and bathroom layout and industry design principles
- Sample boards
- Style history and current trends
- Sourcing of decorative and functional materials and finishes including:, lighting, flooring, wallcovering, sustainability and efficiency + much more
- The design process and professional practice documentation including: design analysis, design statement, textile rationale, window treatment specification, decorative specification, design brief and more
In 2016 I completed a certification course in APS home staging, covering how to prepare a property for sale.
Full, clean Driving licence (and own car )
Proficient user of Microsoft office..
Other Programs and tasks I have basic knowledge in are flower decorations, Photoshop, InDesign, AutoCAD, 3D CAD (technical drawing) and WordPress.
In 2003 I completed an exchange semester at North Carolina State University, USA. I attended their School of Design and took a 1st year Industrial Design Studio, as well as 4th year course in Product Usability & Ergonomics. The following summer I had the opportunity to work with a mixed team of students from design schools around Sweden. Together as a team we performed eight product/industrial design tasks.
Other Education & Work Experiences
I have a B.Sc. in Engineering majoring in Innovation & Product Design. During the years at GE Oil & Gas, a brief overview of the tasks I undertook were:
- 2006-2010 - Creating and reviewing of technical drawing and mechanical design with the 3D CAD program ProEngineer (Now known as Creo)
- 2011-2013 - Managed an engineering design team
- 2013-2014 - Running testing programmes and fabrication site support
- 2015-2016 - Quality and project finalisation
"The finest thing about a hobby is that you can't do any pretending about it. You either like it or you don't"
- Dorothy Draper