NARRATIVE ENVIRONMENTS, INTER-disciplinary DESIGNER
As a designer, I enjoy imagining spaces that create curiosity and effectively tell a story. I aim to foster a conversation and create memorable user experiences by immersing people in a space that is both beautiful and functional. Inspiration while designing often comes from art, nature, and the idea of multi-sensory experiences. While working with clients, I find it’s important to listen to their needs, ask questions, and do research in order to develop solutions that will be successful.
One of my favorite architects, Carlo Scarpa, believed that displaying art, museografia, is an art itself and I believe the beauty of exhibition design is the rhythm created for the user’s experience, much like a dance.
After studying exhibition design at the Fashion Institute of Technology, I worked for City Eventions, NYC as an experiential event designer. In fall of 2020 I began a master’s degree program at Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) studying Interior Architecture in Narrative Environments and Exhibition Design. After the first year through the pandemic I took a leave of absence. I found YACademy’s Architecture for Exhibition Workshop in Bologna, Italy, and for 3 months studied Italy’s rich history of exhibition design through a series of presentations and discussions with industry experts and collaborated with the PRADA Foundation and designers from around the world on new ways to create modular displays for contemporary art. Upon completion of the project with PRADA, I was lucky to also collaborate with Amsterdam architects at UNStudio on research for a sustainable educational toy collection for their “Future Perfect” initiative which was exhibited at salone del mobile 2022.
Additionally, I have worked on exhibition rotation layouts for the Motion Picture Academy Museum, Los Angeles, CA and collaborated with Native North American curators from Brown University on an exhibition design proposal for Weetamoo Woods, Tiverton RI.
I have worked in all phases of the design process from ideation through to fabrication while at university and in my professional work, keeping mindful of budgets and the client’s needs. I am experienced in renderings, 3D modeling, diagrammatic drawings, concept development, and project management.
I am fascinated by how we can escape through space and connect with our environments and I aspire to innovate and design for a more sustainable and inclusive future.
On my own, I continue research to explore concepts like: how to represent different learning styles and how do people experience and hold memories? What resonates with people as individuals in a society where information is overloaded? What is the role of educational exhibits for the future of conveying and holding knowledge?
