Ky Christiansen designed several exhibits and interior spaces while obtaining their BA in Interior Design from Washington State University. This included leading the design of exhibits on the legacy of Columbia River fisheries and memories of Celilo Falls for the Museum of Anthropology. Ky also served as an interior designer for the WSU Facilities Services Capital division, working on projects like renovating a materials library. After graduation, Ky gained experience as an exhibit designer and has received recognition for their research and design work.

1. KY

2. Seattle, WA
Pullman, WA
Dallas, TX
Jackson, MS
Jacksonville, FL
Virginia Beach, VA
Washington D.C.
Dayton, OH
Chicago, IL
Lincoln, NE
St. Louis, MO
EXPERIENCE
Interior Design Intern
Facilities Services - Capital
Washington State University
May 2014-May 2016
Exhibit Designer
Museum of Anthropology
Washington State University
December 2013-February 2015
INTERIOR DESIGN
Ky Christiansen
kychristiansen.id@gmail.com
509.336.5089
EDUCATION
Washington State University
BA in Interior Design
May 2015
Yakima Valley
Community College
AA in Arts & Science
May 2010
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Pattaya, Thailand
Singapore, Malaysia
Hong Kong, China
Perth, Australia
Yokosuka, Japan
Piti, Guam
Seoul, South Korea
PROJECTS
Legacy of the Columbia
River Fisheries
Lead Exhibit Designer
May 2014-September 2014
Memories of Celilo Falls
Lead Exhibit Designer
September 2014-November 2014
AWARDS
Norma C. Fuentes and Gary M. Kirk
Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
April 2015
Dr. William R. Wiley Research Exposition
Award for Undergraduate Excellence
February 2015
Showcase for Undergraduate Research
and Creative Activities (SURCA) - Gray Award
March 2014
Athens, Greece
WSU Facilities Services - Capital
Materials Library
Interior Designer
November 2015-May 2016
Top Five in the category - Scholarship of Design
Research Interior Design Educator’s Council (IDEC)
Annual Conference
March 2016

3. TABLE
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DESIGN for... Strength.
Usefulness.
People.
Endurance.
Consequence. Significance.
Assurance. Compassion.
Substance.
Beauty. Composition. Distinction.
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2 LEGACY EXHIBIT
3 CELILO EXHIBIT
1 MERRY FORKS
5 MATERIALS LIBRARY
4 FREITAG FLAGSHIP STORE

4. Commercial
Student
Pullman, WA
Project Profile
Patrick Merry, Owner of
Merry Cellars Winery
Considering the taste
and business sensibility
of both owners, design a
wine bar and restaurant
with shared office space
in an existing commercial
building.
Jim Harbour, Owner of
South Fork Restaurant
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5. Black Lacquer
Farmhouse Furniture Copper Finish Ambient Lighting
Design Concept:
The floor plan of Merry Forks Wine Bar & Grille is inspired by the swirling
of wine before tasting. The floor plan unfolds in a circular pattern from the
center focus of the restaurant; the bar, serving spirits and a wide variety of
Merry cellars wines, and the performance stage, which hosts local and regional
entertainment.
The client’s consumers are conservatively enlightened and come from educated,
rural backgrounds. Pullman, WA is surrounded by farmland on rolling hills
lending to the romantic notions of the working man. The restaurant needs to
cater to a consumer who is functional yet attuned to the finer things in life.
Casework & Flooring in Marbled Maple Colored glass in light tubes mimicks varieties of wine
Paint & Accent
3Form Partitioning Walls
Flooring - Wood Finish Porcelain Tile

6. Objective:
Design a wine bar and grille on the first floor that incorporate both owners’
design and business sensibility. The proposal included a VIP area for special
parties and clients and an office space on the second floor with general office
amenities.
Project Requirements:
Renovate a two-story building that currently operates as a bookstore into
a restaurant and office space. Current architectural conditions such as,
foundation, structure, and facade are to remain unchanged. Examine code
requirements to ensure design fits within International Building Code
(IBC) parameters. The restaurant requires additional restrooms and a focal
staircase. The office space must be furnished with Steelcase furniture. Develop
a complete set of construction documents.
Steelcase Systems Finishes
Brick Facade WallsCasework - Marbled Maple Suspended Lighting Steelcase Siento

8. Commercial
Professional / Student
Design an immersive,
anthropological exhibit using
previously researched and
designed panels in conjunction
with owner artifacts.
Pullman, WA
Project Profile
Shannon Tushingham,
Director of Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University
1,200
Irene Martin, Owner and Creator of
The Legacy of the Columbia Fisheries
8-10 volunteers
Kathleen Ryan, Professor/Mentor
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9. College Hall - Museum of Anthropology
Artifacts for exhibition
Process sketch
Objective:
Create an environment that facilitates an informative, experiential
understanding of fishing culture and lifestyle from the individual
fisherman to the Columbia River fisheries. Combine panels, researched
and developed by Irene Martin of Skomakawa, WA, and artifacts from
the gillnetter collection to allow visitors to associate panels with relevant
material and guide them through wayfinding techniques in the undefined
space.
Example of exhibit panels

10. Project Requirements:
Project budget covered:
Repair fixtures and update liners of built-in display units. Refurbish found cabinets
and portable display walls. Reproduce artifacts related to canneries. Architectural
conditions were to remain the same.
Project demands:
Design and present exhibit floor plan to stakeholders. Coordinate various design
aspects with interior design volunteers. Implementation and installation of exhibit.
Supervise volunteers and department interns.

11. 1-Exhibit Sign
2-Panel author introduction & Panel 1: Legacy of the Columbia River Fisheries
3-Floats, fisherman’s toolkit and lead sinkers
4-Panel 2: Legacy of Salmon & Panel 3: Legacy of the Columbia River
5-Panel 4: Legacy of Innovation in Salmon Processing & Panel 5: Legacy of Fish
Processing and Marketing
6-Panel 7: Legacy in the Ethnicities of the Fishing Fleet & Chinese cultural artifacts
7-Panel 6: Legacy in a Tradition of Boat-building & gillnet boat images
8-Salmon to scale & salmon facts display
9-Panel 8: Legacy of Organization & organizational artifacts
10-Nylon & linen net display
11-Panel 9: Legacy of Traditional Tools and Skills & fish net needles
12-Portable stove & net float varieties
13-Panel 12: Legacy of the People
14-Native American fishing artifacts & whale blanket display
15-Panel 13: Community Legacy
16-Cannery display
17-Panel 10: Legacy of Nutritional Benefits,
Panel 11: Legacy of Conservation and Management
& Panel 14: Legacy of Recovery and Restoration
18-Lifestyle of the Gillnet Fishermen video
19-Related & suggested reading material
20-Permanent ancient anthropology exhibits
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12. Commercial
Professional / Student
Create and collaborate on an
anthropological exhibit based on
glass slides found in the WSU
library archives.
Pullman, WA
Project Profile
Shannon Tushingham,
Director of Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University
2,000
Kathleen Ryan, Professor/Mentor
8-10 volunteers
Josiah Pinkham, Nez Perce member
and ethnographer
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13. Initial quick sketches and notes
Sketches presented to client
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Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Washington State University Libraries
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Sign
Tommy Yallup, an attorney, was part of the Yakama tribal delegation in 1951 that testified “before a Con-
gressional committee about the importance of Celilo Falls on the Columbia River and the impact which
the proposed The Dalles Dam would have on their people”
- http://nativeamericannetroots.net/diary/1359
Tommy Yallup - Celilo Indian attorney
Chet Ullin Photograph collection, Image 21
Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Washington State University Libraries
A young boy proudly displaying the salmon he caught. When a boy catches his first fish and kills
his first animal, it is seen as a rite of passage. To celebrate, the tools and clothing which he wore
at the time of fishing or hunting were given away as a symbol of gratitude.
Indian boy proudly displaying salmon which he caught
Chet Ullin Photograph collection, Image 11
Courtesy of Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC)
Washington State University Libraries
Netting needles, like the one used in the hand of the man on the right, were used to mend and
maintain nets which was an ongoing chore. Traditional nets were made with a plant called dog-
bane; modern nets are made with linen, fishing line, or wire.
Indians making own nets
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Digital Mockup
Digital MockupSketches presented to client
Process and presentation of South Corridor Wall
Process and presentation of North Corridor Wall
Objective:
Create an informative, immersive exhibit through design and research
collaboration. The design component of the exhibit was the development
of life-size reproductions of glass slides accompanied by contextual and
culturally derived graphics. The content portion of the exhibit came from
collaboration with Nez Perce representatives and a researcher of the Cowlitz
tribe. The story was to convey Native American day-to-day interactions,
familial and cultural structures, and finally the struggle to save their way of
life which is otherwise submerged and lost under the Celilo Bridge present
day. This exhibit is to be a product of sharing the cultural context.
Available exhibition space was in a
small portion of the museum and
a corridor. Use of these spaces
meant that the exhibit needed
to be omni-directional allowing
visitors to come and go from any
direction and still understand the
full meaning of the material.

14. Project Requirements:
Project budget covered:
Update liners of built-in display units. Architectural conditions were to
remain the same. Enlargement and printing of images from archival glass
slides. Design and printing of complementary graphic elements.
Project lead demands:
Design and present exhibit wall layouts to stakeholders. Coordinate
various design aspects with interior design volunteers. Implementation and
installation of exhibit. Supervise volunteers and interns.

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1-Prints of:
-Tommy Yallup, Celilo indian attorney
-Indian boy proudly displaying his catch
-Close-up view of dip bag net
-Indian man and boy making their own nets
-Jimmy George pulling dip bag net out of water with salmon
2-Aerial prints of Celilo Falls before flooding
3-Print of Chief Tommy Thompson
4-Prints of platforms and fishing operations
5-Prints of:
-Fish buyer weighs salmon and pays indian
-Indian women picking bones from dried, shredded salmon
-Cable car transportation from shore to fishing islands
-Indian women drying salmon skin & backbone
6-Related & suggested reading material
7-Indian pulling in salmon with dip net
8-Jimmy George, Chief Tommy Thompson’s
son-in-law, holding two chinook salmon
9-Celilo Falls footage circa 1940s
10-Small-scale platform reproduction

16. FREITAG FLAGSHIPSTORE
Product Displays
Los Angeles, CA
Commercial
Student
Los Angeles, CA
Project Profile
Freitag, ambiguous
representation
Design a flagship store
reconciling the Swedish
sense of design and
purpose with the
demand and lifestyle of
the American tourist.
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17. DESIGN CONCEPT
F-abric Clothing Line Colors
Freitag L.A. is a dynamic store for a shopping EXPERIENCE. During the day,
clothing and bags are sold and PERSONALIZED with the custom F-word. After
purchase, customers are treated to a Freitag photography session to increase
brandAFFINITYandLOYALTY.Atnight,retailspaceisRECONTEXTUALIZEDinto
a place that hosts artistic events, local concerts and private parties. Freitag is
rebrandedtobethenextup-and-comingDESTINATIONspotindowntownL.A.
Stylecontrastbetweentheclothingline(F-abric)andthebags(FundamentalsandReference)
DESIGN CHALLENGE 1:
DESIGN CHALLENGE 2:
The Fundamentals and Reference product lines are graphic, bold, and experimental. F-abric
is a textured, more natural product line. The lines are stylistically different, but both share a
similar color palette.
Swedish design is conscientious and well edited. The Los Angeles local community is unique,
overt, and eccentric which tourism takes advantage of. To blend the styles, Freitag will need
to be re-branded to adjust its commercial culture to the L.A. and American tourist lifestyle.
A lifestyle and design disconnect between the Swedish sensibility and LosAngeles overtness
Fundamentals & Reference Line Colors

18. Break Room,
Kitchen & Storage
Office &
Conference
Cash Wrap
ElevatorRestroom
Display Unit &
Product Storage
Fitting Rooms
F-abric Area
Reference Area
Fundamentals
Area
Stair to
2nd Floor
Digital
Advert Unit
Product
Storage
Front Entrance
Level 1
Cash wrap and Reference product line area.

19. Customers receive complimentary photo shoot with
Freitag products for memory and promotion.
Waiting Room
Vending
Elevator
Digital Services
Center
Level 2
Popular Photo
Ops with
Customers and
their Frietag
merchandise
Photography
Studio
Fitting Room

20. Triangular Piece
Wall Display System
Repositionable
mannequin
fastened to wall
Metal sheet layer
attached to wall
Repositionable
hexagon pods
attach to wall
magnetically
Mounted
architectural
frame
The wall unit allows retail staff the freedom to redesign and reposition mannequins
to display merchandise based on themes of movement. The mannequin is dressed,
repositioned, and fastened to the wall in action poses. Six triangular pieces form
the hexagon pod which have a magnetic backing that adhere to the metal wall. The
hexagon pods fill in the space between the architectural frame and the mannequin.
The completed product conveys the design concept of the f-abric product line
submerged in the abstracted earth.
Hexagon Pod Hexagon Pods Assembled
Magnetic
Base
High-Density
Foam
Product Displays
Assembled Display Unit
Glowing Boxes
Lit with LEDs
Hidden, Lockable
Wheels
Magnetic, Electrical
Component
The modular units display the
Fundamentals and Reference
product lines on the central
retail floor. Each unit has a
varying number of boxes with
glowing walls lit by LED lights.
The ambient glow of the boxes
emphasizes the feature of Freitag
- the bags. The units are powered
and fastened together by conduit
running through a magnetic
plate. They can also be moved
freely or fixed in place by hidden,
lockable wheels.
Separated display unit into components

21. LIBRARYLIBRARY
Pullman, WA
MATERIALSMATERIALS
Storage Solution
Nancy Stephenson,
Interior Design Manager
Professional
Pullman, WA
Project Profile
Design and relocate the
materials library for the
interior design staff of
Washington State University
Facilities Services Capital
division.
Commercial
Jennifer Reynolds,
Interior Specialist
Stacy Gravel,
Interior Designer
Roxy Holden,
Interior Designer
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22. McCluskey Services Building - Old Paint Booth
Storage Furniture for Reconfigure
Adjacency Sketch & Matrix
Entry
Drop-off
Break-out Space
New Product
Demo Product
Project Prep / Meeting Space
Materials
Adjacency Matrix
Legend:
Primary Adjacency
Secondary Adjacency
Adjacency Not Required
Additional Requirements:
-Intern work station
-Networked printer
-Archive project storage
-Architectural finish storage
Objective:
Design new layout for the interior design materials library for the Washington
State University Facilities Services - Capital division. Coordinate with the interior
design manager, staff, and construction managers and individual trades in the
renovation of the new materials library. Downsize and reorganize current materials
library. Pack and prepare for move of materials library to new location.
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2-Project Prep / Meeting
3-Entrance
4-Brochure / Literature
5-Textiles
6-Paint / Wall Protection
7-Material Archive
8-Furniture Component
9-Demo Furniture
10-Laminates
11-Carpet
12-Hard Flooring
13-Break-out Space
14-Drop-off Zone
15-New Product
16-Architectural Finishes
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION | MOVE IN MAY 2016

23. Project Scope:
Remove old HVAC and install passive system. Remove old conduit and install
power and data. Current fire system and hot water pipes to remain. Remove current
lighting and install updated system. Patch damaged concrete subfloor and install
rubber flooring. Fabricate new carpet tile rack. Install and reuse current furniture
both freestanding and mounted.
North Elevation
East Elevation
West Elevation

24. Current Conditions
Initial Sketch & Drafted Elevations
Carpet Tile Rack
9” x 36”
18” x 36”
24” x 24”
The rack allows the user to view and find
carpet samples with ease. Each slot can
store approximately 30 carpet squares
(24” x 24”) or planks (18” x 36”) and up
to 60 thin planks (9” x 36”). At any given
time, the rack can store more than 180
carpet samples reducing the footprint of
carpet storage in the materials library.
Storage Solution

25. 9061 Seward Park Ave S
Seattle, WA 98118
Ky Christiansen
kychristiansen.id@gmail.com
509.336.5089