This design portfolio contains illustrations and renderings created by Nichol Hiemstra across various project types including residential kitchens, restaurants, retail pop-up stores, nightclubs, offices, and residential homes. A variety of media were used including colored pencils, markers, pens, Sketchup, and Revit. The portfolio demonstrates skills in hand rendering textures, materials, lighting plans, and 3D digital models.

1. Nichol Hiemstra
- Design Portfolio -

2. Illustration
Demonstrated all textures, highlights and shadows with Colored pencils, markers, and pens

3. Metal Appliances
Tile Backsplash
Tan wall paint
Natural Wood
Counters
Residential Kitchen Elevation
Fabric for Chairs
Metal Appliances
Oak wood flooring
Residential Kitchen Floor Plan
Terra Cotta Flooring
Granite Countertop
Illustration
Illustrated with all materials, finishes, highlights and shadows. With the use of colored makers, pens and pencils

4. Bar/ Cocktail area
Bar/ Cocktail area
Service Station
Reflective Ceiling Plan
Main Dining
Manager Office
Restaurant/ Bar Rendering
Illustrated with Sketchup, and hand drawn floor/ Lighting plan

5. Space Planning Process Board – Restaurant Space Plan Options
Restaurant/ Bar Material and Process Board

6. Design Studio Floor Plan
Design Studio Rendering – Colored markers, pens and pencils
Design Studio Office Hand Rendering

7. Covered
Patio
Restaur
ant
Kitche
n
Restroo
ms
Dance
Floor
Night Club/ Restaurant Concept Lighting Plan
Night Club/ Restaurant Inspirational Board
Restaurant/ Nightclub
New Client Concept Board

8. Client profile
“pop-up” Floor Plan
Custom Design Concept Board
Reflected Ceiling Plan
Sephora “pop-up” store concept

9. Custom cube retail fixture concept
Retail lighting plan
3D view Custom displays
3D Sephora retail “pop-up” store model
Sephora “pop-up” store concept

10. 2x4
Fluorescent
T8 Lamp
Reflected Ceiling Plan
“Generation”
Chair for all
open offices
Executive Chair in
Private offices and
Conference room
Break Room
stacking chair
in navy blue
Office Furniture and Material Selection
3D Knoll Furniture View
Office Sketchup Model
Created with Sketchup 2012 Program

11. Office Sketchup 3D Views
Created entirely in Sketchup

12. Real Life Application
Boys Bathroom – Bedroom Concept – Home Theatre room Illustrated with Sketchup

13. Interior Rendering
Finished Rendering
Site Plan
Residential REVIT Model
Inspiration Picture
Residential REVIT Model
Created with REVIT 2013 Software