Tamara K. Wyld

www.designspecatl.com

Interior Design · Product Specification · Design Management

Sales · Client Management · Project Management

Brand Promotion · Product Support Materials Development

Tamara K. Wyld 404.731.9119 mobile

Interior Designer tamara@designspecatl.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tamarakwyld/

Tamara K. Wyld Portfolio 2013

B & B Design Interior Design Studio II - Project for Juried Review

University of Georgia - March, 1995

Project Scope for 10K sq ft for B & B Design, a leading iconic fashion design company.

– Departments / Areas: Marketing & Sales, Systems / IT, Design & Production, Accounting, CEO with Executive Assistant, VP, VIP, President, Main Reception, Office Manager, office services & storage, multi-purpose & break rooms, conference rooms (1 private for CEO), M & W restrooms.

– Design an office environment in which creativity can thrive, international business can be efficiently and impressively conducted, and everyday office functions can all be supported in a bespoke setting. Catering to celebrity and high-end clientele is essential – welcoming, always fashion forward, must invoke integrity, positive energy and constant mobility.

– Departments should provide privacy to work efficiently with little interruption, yet have fluid access to coworkers for ease of collaboration.

– Individuals should create minimal interruption to others when transitioning from one area to the next. Work stations near aisles should be sensitive to privacy needs.

– Executive suites should allow for privacy due to meeting with affluent clientele and reviewing confidential and/or proprietary designs and information.

– Specifications must be easily adaptable in order to stay on-trend and reflect the unique, high-end brand-image required by such an organization.

– Consider ADA-compliant needs, Fire & Safety codes, egress requirements.

– Consider FFE uses: wearability, cleaning, multi-functioning, adaptability, uniformity, compatibility.

B & B Design Bubble Diagram, preliminary schematic

B & B Design Circular and preliminary schematics, conceptual ideas

B & B Design Special Features: Accessible seating, panel heights, executive suite

Perspective

Elevations, rendered,

showing beam spread

B & B Design Sally’s Suite: Perspective & Elevations

B & B Design Sally’s Suite: Furniture Plan and Schedule

• Herman Miller furnishings

• Contemporary styling yet classic

• Woods: light maple

• Soft flooring: blue & grey

• Decorative window treatments: off-

white sheer with texture

• Executive Chair: deep slate blue

leather, matte finish, no texture

• Side chairs: blue and teal pebble-

texture

• Sofa: deep green leather

• Side table: glass and metal with deep

red chairs, textured

• Accessories: sleek and minimal

B & B Design Sally’s Suite: Color & Product Boards

• Exclusive Stainmaster products are placed at the front in the most easily-accessible location.

• Display fixture layout and traffic flow uses various flooring materials in a showroom application for

ease of shopping; Install layouts created for contractor.

• Specifications include paint colors, lighting fixtures and layout, exterior treatments. Use of warm

or rich paint colors encourages a more domestic feel, allowing customer to relate to their home.

• Overall good design attracts the consumer, earning their trust and providing a respectable

environment in which to shop. This can win business, return customers, and a good reputation.

• Encourage a seating area to accommodate the non-shopper with the main customer – reduces

impatience and distractions, allows greater opportunity to close the sale.

• Proper lighting is essential in order to best show color, textures, and provide a visually-

comfortable shopping environment.

Stainmaster Flooring Center Retail Store Design – USA & Canada

• Requests upgrade of store’s image with more dramatic and efficient lighting.

– Solution: use Metal Halide on angle, focus on displayed merchandise on walls.

• Requested fitting rooms be adequately lit, but softly to minimize personal

sensitivities common for this product, in effort to maximize sales.

– Solution in hall: use horizontal up-lighting to wash upper walls and ceiling,

allowing light reflectivity from ceiling and walls to be the ambient lighting.

– Solution in fitting rooms: use side-mount vertical lighting by mirrors to avoid

shadow-casting on person; use lower CRI lamp to soften skin-tones and

minimize “problem areas” as prone to occur in swimwear fittings.

• Client wished to reduce light fixture visibility for higher-end aesthetics.

– Solution: use recessed lighting to hide, use track to streamline; all low-profile

fixtures to minimize visual attraction, allowing focus to be on merchandise.

Swim N’Sport National retailer of ladies’ swimwear and accessories

Lighting layout & calculations using AGI32 software

Swim N’Sport Lighting Layout

• Shows overall FC readings on floor - based on lighting type, lamp, reflector,

angle, and distance.

• Layout for Sales Floor and Fitting Rooms:

– Entry: recessed CFL and recessed Metal halide multi-spots @ 12’ AFF

– Sales Floor perimeter: Metal Halide track @ appx 9’ AFF, angled

– Sales Floor center front and rear soffits: recessed CFL @ 9’ AFF

– Sales Floor center – Cash Wrap: 50wMR16 pendants @8’ AFF

– Fitting Room hall: Wall-mount horizontal wall-wash uplights @7’6 AFF

– Sales Floor wall: reading from Metal Halide track @ 9’ AFF, angled

Swim N’Sport Lighting Layout

Swim N’Sport Total store footcandle calculations

Swim N’Sport Example of wall footcandle calculations

• Luminaire Schedule: lamp type, lumens, light-loss factor, and total watts used per

lamp.

• Numeric Summary: Footcandle (FC) levels, averages, min / max, and location of

each reading.

• Information on the summary pages allows for:

– Energy Cost Analysis for cost comparisons; total energy cost can be determined

by also using HVAC system reading or estimates.

– A numeric understanding of light level variances for appropriate visibility at task

areas, highlighting merchandise, artwork, or architectural features, and desired

dramatic effects.

– Avg / Min and Max / Min can show balance of light in a particular location.

Swim N’Sport Summary of footcandles and calculations

Swim N’Sport Summary of footcandles and calculations

AutoCAD layout for

manufacturing and installation

Installed flooring at show

Amtico International Inc – GlobalShop 2001 2000+ square feet of Amtico LVT trade show floor

Phase III - design board

for display at Sales & Design Center

• 2000 sf condo home with balcony.

• Modern architecture and detailing, e.g. floor-

to-ceiling windows w/ automated recessed

shades for energy & light control, drywall to

doors and windows, no trim, upper cabinetry

goes to ceiling.

• Kitchen equipped with Viking stainless-steel

appliances, natural or engineered stone

countertops, sleek cabinetry design for

efficient and visually-clean storage.

• Kohler bath fittings and water-saving fixtures;

natural stone floors and tile details around

bath and showers with glass accent tiles.

• Low VOC paint in soothing neutral or pale

colors, wood flooring in bamboo for better

use of sustainable and renewable resources.

Kairos Development Corporation Mixed-Use development, Buckhead neighborhood – Atlanta, GA

“A Healthy House of the South home

is certified to significantly reduce

allergens, moisture, insects, and

radon gas and has the areas best

ratings for EarthCraft homes.”

“A Healthy House of the South™

(HHS) home provides you a healthy,

safe, durable, and energy efficient

environment. Our homes are built to

the highest building standards in the

U.S., utilizing the American Lung

Association’s best practices and

standards, which include site

inspections during construction and

performance testing upon

completion.”

“Get better air quality, lower energy

bills, and more home for your money

with a Healthy House of the South.”

Quotes found at:

www.healthyhouseofthesouth.com

Southern Builder Showhouse 2006 McConnell Homes / Healthy House of the South, LLC - Atlanta, GA

Clockwise from lower left:

• Bonus Room: Velux skylights for

natural light; accent lighting for

drama; ambient lighting fixtures in

long oval shapes to accent center

vault in ceiling.

• Kitchen: natural materials, energy-

efficient appliances; custom island

height for baking and prep; hidden

storage for small appliances.

• Master Shower: natural stone;

custom stained-glass; multi-function

shower fittings.

• Entry door: Custom stained-glass

for custom door.

Southern Builder Showhouse 2006 McConnell Homes / Healthy House of the South, LLC - Atlanta, GA

• Specified all exterior finish options, including custom

door & sidelight details, front porch exterior lighting.

• Master bath: designed custom cabinetry and tile

designs; specified custom trim detailing at counters;

specified lighting, paint and cabinetry finishes.

• Living Room: designed fireplace hearth and mantle,

specified natural stone; Custom-designed built-in

cabinetry with fold-and-slide doors, interior adjusting

shelves to accommodate media equipment.

McConnell Homes Barcus Residence - Virginia-Highland neighborhood, Atlanta, GA

• Wine Room: “Vintage Views” wine racking:

-cost-savings due to reduced fabrication and

finishing; less use of resources which require

“renewal”

-inexpensive to purchase and install

-iron racking is nearly invisible, allowing wine

bottles to be a featured display

-allows for more wine storage vs. wood-

dividers due to minimal material thickness.

• Alabaster & iron mosaic pendant light fixture;

natural slate flooring; granite counter

surfaces.

• Cabinets & drawers for storage.

McConnell Homes Barcus Residence - Virginia-Highland neighborhood, Atlanta, GA