2. UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE, KNOXVILLE
FORTH YEAR INTERIOR DESIGN
GRADUATION: MAY 2015 - GPA: 2.82 (End of Fall 2014)
Contact Info:
mking37@utk.edu
931-206-2864
559 POND APPLE RD
CLARKSVILLE, TN
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4. This was a space designed for
Tennessee Orthopedic Clinics. We
were given two floors and 13,000
square feet of space to design
the clinic. This concept was bent
on the efficiency of the staff and
a positive patient experience.To
reduce the level of stress on the
patient, we hid certain objects in a
clinic that may cause stress, such as
needles. We completely separated
the staff experience from the patient
experience. The staff is located
toward the center of the building,
and the circulation for patients is
along a heavily fenestrated wall that
overlooks the city of Knoxville. The
nurse stations are designed to be
efficient, allowing nurses to see the
exam room doors, which glow with
the color of each room’s status, which
replaces the flag system on the side
of the clinic door. Overall the clinic
is focused not only on efficiently
handling patients needs, but also
on keeping them relaxed during a
stressful time.
TENNESSEE ORTHOPEDIC CLINICSpring 2014: TEAM MEMBERS TORI STAHL, EMILY JOHNSON
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6. This is a design for a Steelcase
competition. The company is NEXT,
an organization focused on assisting
inventors with the development of
their products. We were required to
use mostly Steelcase furniture, but
this design includes a few custom
installations, such as the wall
separating the front desk from the cafe
space. I developed this concept from
NEXT refining an innovator’s ideas.
The entrance to the space is organic
and soft. As you circulate back into the
main office space, the design becomes
more rigid and streamlined.
NEXT STEELCASE COMPETITIONFALL 2013
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8. While in a construction class, we
designed and built two kitchenettes
for the school, which included an
aluminum and steel frame clad in
wood, with concrete countertops
and sink. We re-purposed wood
from old drafting desks to form the
cladding on the aluminum frame, so
as to conserve resources. From this
project, I learned not only how to pour
concrete, but also how to weld. The
final product is now in use in the third
and fourth floors of the architecture
building.
Max-Min ConstructionSpring 2014: TEAM MEMBER HUNTER TODD
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10. T-FUSIONFALL 2014: PRODUCT DESIGN
During a class focused on product
design and Kickstarter, I learned
essential marketing techniques for
selling a new product. Besides the
product we made, we created a
website and a Kickstarter page, with
an attractive video to show off the
product.
My product is a tea infuser, named
T-Fusion. Unlike other infusers, this
one includes a plunger that strains
any remaining tea out of the leaves,
ensuring none of the leaf goes to
waste. Utilizing a 3D printer to make
prototypes of this product, I furthered
my understanding of ergonomics and
complex connection mechanics.
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12. This project was part of UT’s Smart
Communities Initiative. The university
chose a city to help revitalize its downtown
area. The project is a multi disciplinary
collaboration with fields including civil
engineering, business, landscape
architecture, graphic design, interior design,
and many more. This enabled us to work
alongside people with very different skill sets
from our own, in turn enhancing our abilities
to communicate with other disciplines.
The interior designers focused on the
Cherokee Hotel, now the Cleveland
Summit. It was a hotel in the 1920s, but
has been turned into section-eight housing.
Our mission was revive it into a hote,
consequently bringing people back to the
city. We faced many challenges due to
the building not being in current code. Our
overarching concept was Transmigration,
celebrating the high points of the past
lives as a hotel. We honored the Cherokee
heritage of the land, and merged that with
the deco style of the 1920s to create a
unique brand for the hotel.
We made some bold moves by removing
one of the mezzanine floors to create a
double height space in the lobby, and by
moving the main entrance to the back of the
building, in order to allow cars to park and
unload their bags without parking on the
street. In addition, we designed a restaurant
and a parking garage for the hotel guests’
convenience.
HOTEL CHEROKEEFall 2014: TEAM MEMBERS JOHN BALENTINE, JENNA CHAMBERS
