This is my portfolio consisting of work from the past two years as a result of the Applied Interior Design diploma at Unitec. It contains examples of my work which include hand-drawing and rendering and CAD design work for a hospitality and retail situation.

1. Emma Chicken
INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO

3. I am a recent graduate of the Applied Interior Design Diploma at Unitec. My main
passions lie in art and design, namely with an interest in interiors and graphics. I
appreciate drawing tone, textures and pattern together to create beautiful visual
outcomes and pride myself on the detail I put into each work I create.

4. Contents
1 Computer Aided Design
3 Retail Project | Keramika
4 Inspiration
5 Dimensioned Floor Plan
6 Isometric View
7 North Elevation
8 South Elevation
9 Exterior Perspective
10 Entry Perspective
11 Perspective Through Store
12 Keramika Schedule - Finishes
13 Keramika Schedule - Furniture
14 Keramika Schedule - Lighting
17 Office Project | GridAKL
18 Inspiration
19 Dimensioned Floor Plan
20 Isometric Office View
21 North Elevation
22 South Elevation
23 Custom Cabinetry Piece Plan, Elevations & Cross Section
24 Rendered Cabinetry Plan, Elevations and Perspectives
25 Exterior Perspective
26 Entry Perspective
27 Kitchen Perspective
28 Lighting Plan
31 Hand-Drawn Projects
33 One Floor Plan, Three Ways
34 Titirangi Retreat
35 Inspiration
36 Floor Plan and Overall Look & Feel
37 Sunny Suburban Mexicana
38 Inspiration
39 Floor Plan and Overall Look & Feel
40 Home of the Future
41 Inspiration
42 Floor Plan and Overall Look & Feel
45 120 Paritai Drive Residential Project
46 Rendered Floor Plan
47 Developed Kitchen Floor Plan
48 Elevations 1 & 2
49 Elevation 3 and Cabinetry Cross-Section
50 Elevation 4
51 Kitchen Cabinetry Joinery Detail
52 Rendered Kitchen Perspective
53 Kitchen, Living and Dining Lighting and Electrical Plan
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55 Developed Bathroom Floor Plan
57 Elevation 1
58 Elevation 2
59 Rendered Perspective
60 Developed Bathroom Lighting Plan

5. Computer Aided Design
ArchiCAD
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7. KeramikaDESIGNER CERAMIC & GLASSWARE STORE
The Brief:
Hurstmere Road in Takapuna is an up-and-coming area on the North Shore just a minute’s walk away from the
beach. Recent hospitality and retail additions like Mexico restaurant, Zomer beachside cafe and Lululemon
activewear have boosted popularity and created a social beachside hub.
I was required to invent my own retail store to add something new and exciting to the area.
The Outcome:
Drawing upon Takapuna’s bustling beach location and natural surroundings I have aimed to design a retail
environment which reflects the serene nature of the area. Light wood textures and soft, pastel hues mirror the
sandy beach shore just a stone’s throw away while complementing the delicate pieces on show.
Keramika - drawing from the Greek work ‘keramikos’ for ceramics - offers high-end designer ceramic and
glassware showpieces and everyday homewares while offering an interactive ‘Paint Your Own’ workshop,
giving customers the chance to design and paint their own pieces to display in their own home, or to offer as a
unique and original gift.
Retail Project
87 Hu rstmere Road, Tak apuna
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Inspiration
spacious
airy
calming
beach tones
simplicity

9. Dimensioned Floor Plan
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Window displays - showpieces
Latest stock
Ceramics
Counter
Showpieces
Glassware
‘Paint Your Own’ area
Kitchen
Toilets
Storage
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Window displays - showpieces
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Ceramics
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Showpieces
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‘Paint Your Own’ area
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Isometric View
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North Elevation
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Exterior Perspective

14. Entry Perspective
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Perspective Through Store

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Keramika Schedule - Finishes

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Keramika Schedule - Furniture

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Keramika Schedule - Lighting

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21. Office Project
The Brief:
Biz Dojo is a client company located across central Auckland managing shared and innovative spaces, offer
coaching for coworking spaces, and host and run partnered acceleration and activation programs. GridAKL,
powered by Biz Dojo, is the coworking ‘tech ecosystem’ in Auckland city’s Wynyard Quarter. As a temporary
startup space until 2016, GridAKL required a re-vamp of their exitsting office, taking into consideration the need
for flexible workspaces catered to incoming small startup businesses of 3 or more.
Their ‘accelerate’ office downstairs on 132 Halsey Street will accomodate occupants of up to 20 persons, in
small-scale companies needing a moveable setup to adhere to their flexible and collaborative approach to to
working.
The Outcome:
I’ve drawn from the Auckland rail line as the “heart of the city”, connecting areas across the Auckland region
through checkpoints translating to collaborative stations in the office, encouraging shared creativity, ideas
and relationships in a team environment.
The floor plan is based around a flexible workplace with furniture that moves with each respective company’s
needs. As occupiers of an open-plan working environment, employees are encouraged to connect with each
other amongst their own teams and across others.
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Inspiration
illusionary line
connectivity
flexible
spacious
open-plan

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Entry
Moveable glass whiteboards
Hotdesking space
Flexible group desking
Collaborative brainstorm space
Customisable acoustic screens
Kitchen
Eating space or extended collaboration space
Dimensioned Floor Plan
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Dimensions in mm
4,320 9,980
5,170 7,600
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Entry
Moveable glass whiteboards
Hotdesking space
Flexible group desking
Collaborative brainstorm space
Customisable acoustic screens
Kitchen
Eating space or extended collaboration space
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Isometric Office View

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North Elevation
Scale 1:50
Dimensions in mm
12,760
2,730
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BuzziSpace BuzziPicNic Table
BuzziMilk Stool
Clarus Glassboard Portable Whiteboard
Europlan Flip Table
Kada Blom Chair

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14,200
South Elevation
Scale 1:50
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BuzziSpace BuzziScreen Acoustic Divider
BuzziSpace BuzziCube Seat
Autex Acoustic Wall Tile
Custom Kitchen Island
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As part of the brief, we were required to design and document our own cabinetry piece to
suit to the GridAKL co-working environment, which would act as a
multi-functional and flexible furniture item.
I came up with a moveable room divider, seat and storage unit for creating adaptable
furniture layouts when requiring a quick and easy brainstorming or meeting space. The
divider incorporates removeable planters for improved air quality, 2 wood pallet-look
drawers, open shelving. and a custom-upholstered cushion seat for comfort.
Scale 1:50
Dimensions in mm
PLAN VIEW
FRONT ELEVATION CROSS-SECTION REAR ELEVATION
Custom Cabinetry Piece Plan, Elevations & Cross Section

28. Rendered Cabinetry Plan, Elevations and Perspectives
Scale 1:20
Dimensions in mm
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PLAN VIEW
FRONT ELEVATION SIDE ELEVATION REAR ELEVATION
FRONT PERSPECTIVE VIEW REAR PERSPECTIVE VIEW
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Entry Perspective

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Kitchen Perspective

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Lighting Plan
LIGHTING & ELECTRICAL LEGEND
Existing fluorescent suspended tube lighting
Custom LED suspended strip lighting fixtures
Recessed LED downlights
Power outlet
Lightswitch
1-Kitchenandcabinetdownlights
2-SuspendedLEDstriplights
3-Suspendedfluorescentlighting
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Scale 1:100
Dimensions in mm

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Hand-Drawn Projects

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One floor plan, three ways
The Brief:
Based on the existing floor plan of a small 3 bedroom home, I was given 3 vastly different briefs for 3
hypothetical groups of tenants to inhabit the space. I was required to research mood imagery and formulate a
rendered floor pan with matierality to suit each of the tenants’ individual lifestyles and design preferences.
Brief 1 | Titirangi Retreat
Brief 2 | Sunny Suburban Mexicana
Brief 3 | Home of the Future

38. Titirangi Retreat
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Brief 1:
Tim and Joanne are a married couple in their fifties with a small nestled amongst Titirangi forestry, with a
beautiful view overlooking the native bush and surrounding ocean. Joanne’s retired mother Nancy also
shares a home with the couple and the three love to spend the summer months out on their deck soaking
up the sun and enjoying the native scenery around over a glass of wine.
Tim and Joanne would love a home that reflects their relaxed surroundings in terms of its design. Joanne
is also an appreciator of Japanese culture sytlistically, and would love to display their ornamental finds and
artworks form their previous trips to Japan. Tim restores old Scandinavian furniture as a profession and
some of his beautiful pieces feature throughout their home. Japanese culture is also prevalent through
Nancy’s favourite hobbie of ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, and twice a week she will
teach classes with her friends in her outdoor garden shed. Her arrangements too can be found displayed
throughout their home.
I aimed to provide Tim, Joanne and Nancy with a calming nature-inspired scheme drawing upon their
surrounding outdoor environment, while incoporating their appreciation for Japanese and Scandinavian
infuences. I chose an earthy and rather soft palette to create a serene and calm setting.

39. Inspiration
light and spacious
clean lines
warm & inviting
serene
modern contemporary
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40. Floor Plan and Overall Look & Feel
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41. Brief 2:
Bubbly young couple James and Valeria recently moved to New Zealand with their twin 4-year old
daughters after living in Valeria’s home country of Mexico, where the couple first met while James was
travelling South America some years ago. Now, they’re interested in settling down in their cosy Grey Lynn
villa where the girls can run around in their generous backyard and practice their ballet at home in their free
time.
The pair also spent time travelling other areas of South America and Europe and share a love for colour and
interiors with character, drawing some of their influence from architects like Luis Barragan. Along the way
they have collected a few showpiece items for their home like a gorgeous Turkish rug and a unique rustic
Mexican dining table with other small ornaments they love to display.
As a friendly and outgoing couple they both enjoy entertaining friends and family on weekends out their
outdoor patio with wood-fired pizza oven. Valeria loves to cook delicious Mexican dishes full of colour and
loves the idea of an outdoor vege garden.
In my rendered floor plan I’ve attempted to communicate a bright and fun home with lots of character,
based around family and entertainment. I’ve invcorporated an outdoor patio area with a small deck area off
the office with access to the backyard to encourage indoor/outdoor living and easy circulation.
Sunny Suburban Mexicana
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42. Inspiration
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colour and pattern
a home where family and entertaining come together
modern with character
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bathroom project
Floor Plan and Overall Look & Feel
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Home of the Future
Brief 3:
Bonnie and Mark are a mid-20’s couple with a love for all things science fiction. The two share an office
from home; Bonnie as a Graphic Designer and Mark as the owner of a theatre company. Both are avid ap-
preciators of science fiction movies abd boradway musicals, and would love to incorporate a home theatre
system into their design to accompany their evergrowing collection. As well as being collectors of films,
Bonnie and Mark also have a large art collection, including replica Warhol prints which they would love to
have on display.
Their design style follows a futuristic aesthetic with streamlined reflective surfaces, curved furniture and a
mostly monochromatic palette., drawing influence from renowned architect Zaha Hadid.

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Inspiration
streamlined
futuristic
sleek and refined

46. Floor Plan and Overall Look & Feel
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49. 120 Paratai Drive | Residential Project
The Brief
My class was a part of a semester long residential project with our client in Paratai Drive, Orakei in
Auckland. The project inclduded an overall rendered floor plan scheme, as well a larger focus on several
rooms including included matierals boards and documented schedules which were then proposed to our
client.
Our clients had a traditional style but wanted something more modern with warm pops of colour, that
considered her lifestyle of a family of four with two young children, and met her requirements of being
functionally and visually pleasurable.
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Rendered Floor Plan

51. Developed Kitchen Floor Plan
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Dimensions in mm

52. Elevations 1 & 2
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53. Elevation 3 and Cabinetry Cross-Section
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54. Elevation 4
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55. Kitchen Cabinetry Joinery Details
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Rendered Kitchen Perspective
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Developed Kitchen, Living and Dining Area Electrical and Lighting Plan
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Developed Bathroom Floor Plan
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60. Elevation 1
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Elevation 2
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62. Cabinetry Joinery Detail
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Rendered Perspective
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64. Developed Bathroom Lighting and Electrical Plan
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