Area Choice

I started to think about the area of my choice far way before the beginning of the Foundation course at Chelsea. As I was doing my A-levels I had a possibility to enter the university this year. I got into University of Brighton to study BA Interior architecture, however I decided to withdrawn my UCAS application, as I had a lot of doubts about this course, as it is too architectural based, and among all 1^st year projects that I was shown on the interview day, there was only one to deal with furniture, design and decoration. On the interview tutor explained me that the only difference between architecture and interior architecture course in Brighton is that it is not that boring. So I felt that I need one more year to get more experience in Art and Design. I want to experiment more with media, improve my drawing skills, work in 3D, so then I can feel myself more confident. So, definitely the area I want to go is 3D and Spatial and then apply for BA Interior and Spatial Design. I fell in love with interiors since I was a child. When I was 6 my mother decided to open her first beauty salon, so basically I was brought up in the atmosphere of renovations buildings for beauty salons, as well as moving to new flat and new country house, which all were designed by my mother. As I was always with her I remembered myself spending days and hours in different furniture, wallpaper, décor shops and boutiques. In addition, I was watching TV programs about changing the interior of the people apartments. Interior design is what I really want my life to be dedicated to.

Unfortunately, because of my visa problems, I missed the whole 3D rotation and half of the Fashion and Textiles, however I still could manage to do some bits at home. For the second part of the Compress and Expand project (Fashion and Textiles) I picked up a sponge and did sequential photos of its compression. So, I got to the idea of twisting and rotation in order for the original-sized object became a compressed one. Although, it was fashion and textiles project I found it useful for interiors and architecture, as the shapes that I did can be easily be applied both for fashion and interior design and architecture.

During my rotations I understood that it is important to start exploring several ideas in order to get to the final one. What I really like in Chelsea that we don't have a certain idea of how final piece will look like, we are allowed to do anything, which can never be wrong. So, it helps to relax and enjoy the working process.

As well as interior design I am thinking of product design, furniture in particular. And on the area talks we were told that 3D area suits for both interior and product design.

One of my favourite painters is Vilhelm Hammershøi, who is famous for painting quite interiors. When I look at his works I feel like I am hypnotized. I can’t express my feeling properly, but I can feel warmth in my heart. In his painting interiors are main characters and people are their backgrounds.

My favourite designer is Philippe Starck . He is both interior and product designer. And if I were asked what I want to do in future, I would say that I want to be like him. I like that in interiors he combines both classical and modern shapes, bringing luxury and simplicity together.