1. Desiree D. Sliwinski
Interior Design Portfolio
1642 Burns Ave
St Paul, MN 55106
(651) 216-6052 (C)
Desiree@Sliwinski.net
2. Table of Contents
Residential: Color/Rendering
Building Ties: General Mills Condominium: Photoshop
Mexican Culturally- Sensitive Housing Floridian Condo: Colors & Finishes
Burns Avenue Craftsman House:
Art
Dining Room, St. Paul, MN
Value Study: Ink & Pencil drawings
Kitchen Design /Build
Ink & Model
Commercial:
Sprockets Children's Theater
Transitions Coffee Shop
Voltumna Americana Bistro & Pomona Lounge
Carbon Collaborative-1,500sqft Office
Minneapolis Met Council-8,000sqft Office
fahernHEIGHT 360-12,000sqft Office
Encompassing-HFA, Senior Thesis 2010
3. Residential Design
Building Ties:
Mexican Culturally-Sensitive Housing
Burns Avenue Craftsman House:
Dining Room, St. Paul, MN
Kitchen Design /Build
Featured sculpture artist
“Emerging”
Along with partner Jessie Taft
Building Ties 09’
At the Hennepin History Museum
5. Burns Avenue Craftsman House
Before
After
The Burns Avenue home, built in 1926, had been renovated in the early 80’s and lost
the character of a late Craftsman-style dwelling.
Focusing on the Craftsman details turned this once dull interior
.
into a timeless, serene space.
Dining Room
6. Burns Kitchen Design/Build
This family needed a better
working solution for their
three entryway, 9x11 non-
functioning 1920’s kitchen
The entryway to the dinning
room was removed and is
where the corner kitchen
sink is currently located
Both the before and after
pictures were taken in the
second entryway. The
before connected the
hallway and the after now
connects the living room
and dining room areas
Before After
7. Burns Kitchen Design/Build
Dining Room
The 2x2 chimney was removed and duct
work was run through the studs to free up
space for a new rollout pantry
Living
Dining Room
Room
Living
Room
Dining Room
The new design allows for two
people to work in the kitchen
at the same time.
Four semi-custom and thirteen
standard cabinets, along with
hidden features like a roll-out
garbage/recycle combo allows
for ample and efficient storage
Solution
8. Commercial Design
Sprockets Children's Theater
Transitions Coffee Shop
Voltumna Americana Bistro & Pomona Lounge
Carbon Collaborative-1,500sqft Office
Minneapolis Met Council-8,000sqft Office
fahernHEIGHT 360-12,000sqft Office
Encompassing-HFA, Senior Thesis 2010
Target store planning
Project Jr’s Department,
A runway-style experience for Teens
9. Sprockets Children’s Theater
This three person team project was divided to reflect each
individuals strengths to create a fun view of the “gears”
turning inside a child’s mind
. Located in Kissimmee, FL as a magnet school for the Orlando
theme park scene as well as a tiered-story triplex theater, the
mezzanine level is represented as a gear would move
10. Transitions Coffee Shop
With cubistic inspiration
from Duchamp’s painting,
Nude Descending a
Staircase, combined with
symbolic representations
from nature, repetitive
sharp, curvilinear shapes
connected within clean The Hudson area bridges
horizontal lines will help the gap between Minnesota
emphasize the connection & Wisconsin; urban &
of these conflicting rural, old & new, modern &
elements. traditional, and inside &
out.
These and other juxtapositions of natural &
industrial materials, smooth & rough textures,
glossy& matte finishes , and tone & color
complements, have been implemented through
comfortable, versatile and enduring custom
furnishings and finishes.
12. Carbon Collaborative- 1,500sqft Office
Quick, Hand-Drafted small corporate office for
Carbon Collaborative, a commercial
design/graphic firm
“Branding” is emulated through
every aspect of the design
13. Minneapolis Met Council-8,000sqft Office
The IDS Center, nationally
distinctive for the “ZOGS”
or cut-back exterior was
originally designed to allow
for 32 corner offices. This
along with the strict tenant
policies made this
consolidation design
challenging, inspiring the
concept of “Purposeful
Chaos”
Herman Miller Furnishings help promote The wood works reflected ceiling above the reception
collaboration teams while allowing for privacy when radiates asymmetrically to in compass both public
needed areas
14. fahernHEIGHT 360-12,000sqft Office
From ideation to presentation
As one would enter the lobby
from the elevators, the brand of
fahrenHEIGHT 360 would
surround them in both obvious
and quirky ways, reflecting the
company’s culture
16. fahernHEIGHT 360-12,000sqft Office
•Ceiling is open-to-deck 12’-0” A.F.F. unless otherwise noted
•Closed offices are 8’-6” A.F.F.
•Clouds are 8’-0” & 8’-6” A.F.F.
•Reception 8’-0” A.F.F.
•Center “ignition point” is 8’-10” with 8’-0” soffit A.F.F.
Reflected Ceiling Plan
17. Materials & Finishes
Color/Rendering
General Mills Condominium: Photoshop Rendering
Floridian Condo: Materials & Finishes
Art
Value Study: Ink & Pencil drawings
Ink & Model
18. Floridian Condo: Colors & Finishes
Nature, in an island theme, was used as an inspiration for the flow throughout the space. Diagonals, curvy lines and a variety of different scale patterns and
texture combinations mimic the organic feel and shape of foliage.
19. General Mills Condominium
Materials and Finishes Board
This condo, located in the former Creamette Building was designed
for executives visiting the General Mills Corporation. Corporate &
historical culture, such as the use of a grain grinding stone as a
coffee table, or the ”XXXX” a sign of flour quality was combined
with a more international feel in FF&E.
PhotoShop Rendering
Trundle bed pulls
out for family
visitors
Custom tile feature
in entry breaks-up
stained concrete
flooring
Custom dining
table
20. Art: Value Study, Ink & Model
Mc Neil Hall
Spatial Interpretation
The black and white
ink drawing to the right
is a light and shadow
interpretation as if the
viewer was looking
down from the back of
the model.
The model below is a spatial interpretation of the
footprint of the three buildings that make up Mc
Wire Dress: Ink Neil Hall.
.
Inspirations
That lead to
Creations
Flower: Close-up in Graphite
21. Thank You for Viewing my Portfolio
"It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to
make a few objects beautiful; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very
atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect
the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts."
Henry David Thoreau
“You can design and create, and build the most
wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to
make the dream a reality.“
Walt Disney
“My job is not to just create environments but to create
environments that will inspire the people in them”
University of Minnesota 2010
