Recently attained the Bachelor of Science in Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago, studied abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, with a focus on Urban Design, and currently working as a stylist and visual window designer for a local Chicago boutique. My passion is travel, for I believe that to see and experience the world, one discovers themselves, and has a clearer universal understanding of how the world works and where their place is.
I find myself hesitantly answering people when they ask me what I studied in school by replying,
"I studied Architecture."
That's really not the whole truth.
I have come to acknowledge I hardly ever studied a single 'architecture' at all, but spent a lot of time observing the behaviors, conditions, and psychological properties within the phenomenology that encompasses the broad spectrum of our field in design and theory. In studio, the practice of theory and social implications within the symbiotic necessity of architecture following people, gave birth to the design ethical order that governs the integrity, excitement, and contemporary evolutionary process that makes architecture a lifestyle, art, and matter of ideals I live by. Whether it be designing the spaces 'in between,' or interpreting the sacredness of the human experience within architecture, "the eye lies in the palm." Since my induction into Architectural studies, I have been enthralled in a complex romance with the symbiotic surreality between form and the sensory organs in my aesthetic manifesto for the design experience and it's production of sculpture, fashion, philosophy, models, photography, or installations.
I am looking for my chance to shift the expectations and perceptions of people when they think of what 'architecture' can be vs. should be with a twist of fashion, art, and sense of humor.
44 Blue Productions, Chicago, IL, US, Cast Member
Cast member on reality television docu-series based on Chicago’s online consignment shop, E-Drop Off. “House Of Consignment" was produced 44 Blue Productions. Due to air March 2012 on VH1.
E Drop Off, Chicago, IL, US, Intern
As an intern at E-Drop Off, the luxury online consignment shop, duties included primarily back of the house assistance in various departments, such as the Photography Studio, Copy-writing department, Social Media and Marketing departments.
1. Organized and prepped dropped-off merchandise for photo documentation.
2. Trained to copy-write; Inspect, describe, and input over all condition of garments.
3. Liaison and aid between the social media and marketing teams in event planning.
4. Researched and assisted in event planning by sorting marketing materials, prepping for event presentations, with light maintaining, organizing the stock room.
Akira, Chicago, IL, US, Stylist and Visuals Designer
As a Visuals team leader, duties involved maintaining the over all store, including producing, executing store layouts for product placement, and developing key visual presentations for promotions to ensure sales. Lead role as designer of window display installation, comprising of an ability to execute a project to meet high standards within a tight budget and short time frame.
1. Coordinated, designed, and executed window display installations for spring, summer, fall, and winter sets.
2. Managed a design production cost under budget.
As a Stylist, the goals in a competitive and commission driven environment are to establish a trust and clear understanding of what the shopper is looking for in order to expand a sale and make that one customer a returning client.
1. Consulted clientele during personal style sessions.
2. Maintained and catalogued in house client book.
3. Assisted head stylist during annual spring fashion show by picking, sorting and prepping garments for runway.
4. Organized and visually maintained main floor merchandise.
Installation Art Award, 1st Place
Amongst six Akira boutiques, designated First Place for best window display and art installation for the company.
End of the Year Show, Honorable Mention
Each professor selects one project from his or her studio to be displayed in the annual Spring exhibition at the UIC School of Architecture.
Best Portfolio Award, Award
Each professor from all four-studio sections in the fourth year undergraduate program designate four awards to the top pupils with the best portfolios.
