1. Tamara K. Wyld
Portfolio 2013
Tamara K. Wyld
www.designspecatl.com
Interior Design · Product Specification · Design Management
Sales · Client Management · Project Management
Brand Promotion · Product Support Materials Development
Tamara K. Wyld 404.731.9119 mobile
Interior Designer tamara@designspecatl.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/tamarakwyld/

2. B & B Design
Interior Design Studio II - Project for Juried Review
University of Georgia - March, 1995
Project Scope for 10K sq ft for B & B Design, a leading iconic fashion design company.
– Departments / Areas: Marketing & Sales, Systems / IT, Design & Production, Accounting, CEO
with Executive Assistant, VP, VIP, President, Main Reception, Office Manager, office services &
storage, multi-purpose & break rooms, conference rooms (1 private for CEO), M & W restrooms.
– Design an office environment in which creativity can thrive, international business can be efficiently
and impressively conducted, and everyday office functions can all be supported in a bespoke
setting. Catering to celebrity and high-end clientele is essential – welcoming, always fashion
forward, must invoke integrity, positive energy and constant mobility.
– Departments should provide privacy to work efficiently with little interruption, yet have fluid access
to coworkers for ease of collaboration.
– Individuals should create minimal interruption to others when transitioning from one area to the
next. Work stations near aisles should be sensitive to privacy needs.
– Executive suites should allow for privacy due to meeting with affluent clientele and reviewing
confidential and/or proprietary designs and information.
– Specifications must be easily adaptable in order to stay on-trend and reflect the unique, high-end
brand-image required by such an organization.
– Consider ADA-compliant needs, Fire & Safety codes, egress requirements.
– Consider FFE uses: wearability, cleaning, multi-functioning, adaptability, uniformity, compatibility.

3. B & B Design
Bubble Diagram, preliminary schematic

4. B & B Design
Circular and preliminary schematics, conceptual ideas

5. B & B Design
Special Features: Accessible seating, panel heights, executive suite

6. B & B Design
Sally’s Suite: Perspective & Elevations
Perspective
Elevations, rendered,
showing beam spread

7. B & B Design
Sally’s Suite: Furniture Plan and Schedule

8. B & B Design
Sally’s Suite: Color & Product Boards
• Herman Miller furnishings
• Contemporary styling yet classic
• Woods: light maple
• Soft flooring: blue & grey
• Decorative window treatments: off-
white sheer with texture
• Executive Chair: deep slate blue
leather, matte finish, no texture
• Side chairs: blue and teal pebble-
texture
• Sofa: deep green leather
• Side table: glass and metal with deep
red chairs, textured
• Accessories: sleek and minimal

9. Stainmaster Flooring Center
Retail Store Design – USA & Canada
• Exclusive Stainmaster products are placed at the front in the most easily-accessible location.
• Display fixture layout and traffic flow uses various flooring materials in a showroom application for
ease of shopping; Install layouts created for contractor.
• Specifications include paint colors, lighting fixtures and layout, exterior treatments. Use of warm
or rich paint colors encourages a more domestic feel, allowing customer to relate to their home.
• Overall good design attracts the consumer, earning their trust and providing a respectable
environment in which to shop. This can win business, return customers, and a good reputation.
• Encourage a seating area to accommodate the non-shopper with the main customer – reduces
impatience and distractions, allows greater opportunity to close the sale.
• Proper lighting is essential in order to best show color, textures, and provide a visually-
comfortable shopping environment.

10. Swim N’Sport
National retailer of ladies’ swimwear and accessories
Lighting layout & calculations using AGI32 software
• Requests upgrade of store’s image with more dramatic and efficient lighting.
– Solution: use Metal Halide on angle, focus on displayed merchandise on walls.
• Requested fitting rooms be adequately lit, but softly to minimize personal
sensitivities common for this product, in effort to maximize sales.
– Solution in hall: use horizontal up-lighting to wash upper walls and ceiling,
allowing light reflectivity from ceiling and walls to be the ambient lighting.
– Solution in fitting rooms: use side-mount vertical lighting by mirrors to avoid
shadow-casting on person; use lower CRI lamp to soften skin-tones and
minimize “problem areas” as prone to occur in swimwear fittings.
• Client wished to reduce light fixture visibility for higher-end aesthetics.
– Solution: use recessed lighting to hide, use track to streamline; all low-profile
fixtures to minimize visual attraction, allowing focus to be on merchandise.

11. Swim N’Sport
Lighting Layout

12. Swim N’Sport
Lighting Layout
• Shows overall FC readings on floor - based on lighting type, lamp, reflector,
angle, and distance.
• Layout for Sales Floor and Fitting Rooms:
– Entry: recessed CFL and recessed Metal halide multi-spots @ 12’ AFF
– Sales Floor perimeter: Metal Halide track @ appx 9’ AFF, angled
– Sales Floor center front and rear soffits: recessed CFL @ 9’ AFF
– Sales Floor center – Cash Wrap: 50wMR16 pendants @8’ AFF
– Fitting Room hall: Wall-mount horizontal wall-wash uplights @7’6 AFF
– Sales Floor wall: reading from Metal Halide track @ 9’ AFF, angled

13. Swim N’Sport
Total store footcandle calculations

14. Swim N’Sport
Example of wall footcandle calculations

15. Swim N’Sport
Summary of footcandles and calculations
• Luminaire Schedule: lamp type, lumens, light-loss factor, and total watts used per
lamp.
• Numeric Summary: Footcandle (FC) levels, averages, min / max, and location of
each reading.
• Information on the summary pages allows for:
– Energy Cost Analysis for cost comparisons; total energy cost can be determined
by also using HVAC system reading or estimates.
– A numeric understanding of light level variances for appropriate visibility at task
areas, highlighting merchandise, artwork, or architectural features, and desired
dramatic effects.
– Avg / Min and Max / Min can show balance of light in a particular location.

16. Swim N’Sport
Summary of footcandles and calculations

17. Amtico International Inc – GlobalShop 2001
2000+ square feet of Amtico LVT trade show floor
Installed flooring at show
AutoCAD layout for
manufacturing and installation

18. Kairos Development Corporation
Mixed-Use development, Buckhead neighborhood – Atlanta, GA
Phase III - design board
for display at Sales & Design Center
• 2000 sf condo home with balcony.
• Modern architecture and detailing, e.g. floor-
to-ceiling windows w/ automated recessed
shades for energy & light control, drywall to
doors and windows, no trim, upper cabinetry
goes to ceiling.
• Kitchen equipped with Viking stainless-steel
appliances, natural or engineered stone
countertops, sleek cabinetry design for
efficient and visually-clean storage.
• Kohler bath fittings and water-saving fixtures;
natural stone floors and tile details around
bath and showers with glass accent tiles.
• Low VOC paint in soothing neutral or pale
colors, wood flooring in bamboo for better
use of sustainable and renewable resources.

19. Southern Builder Showhouse 2006
McConnell Homes / Healthy House of the South, LLC - Atlanta, GA
“A Healthy House of the South home
is certified to significantly reduce
allergens, moisture, insects, and
radon gas and has the areas best
ratings for EarthCraft homes.”
“A Healthy House of the South™
(HHS) home provides you a healthy,
safe, durable, and energy efficient
environment. Our homes are built to
the highest building standards in the
U.S., utilizing the American Lung
Association’s best practices and
standards, which include site
inspections during construction and
performance testing upon
completion.”
“Get better air quality, lower energy
bills, and more home for your money
with a Healthy House of the South.”
Quotes found at:
www.healthyhouseofthesouth.com

20. Southern Builder Showhouse 2006
McConnell Homes / Healthy House of the South, LLC - Atlanta, GA
Clockwise from lower left:
• Bonus Room: Velux skylights for
natural light; accent lighting for
drama; ambient lighting fixtures in
long oval shapes to accent center
vault in ceiling.
• Kitchen: natural materials, energy-
efficient appliances; custom island
height for baking and prep; hidden
storage for small appliances.
• Master Shower: natural stone;
custom stained-glass; multi-function
shower fittings.
• Entry door: Custom stained-glass
for custom door.

21. McConnell Homes
Barcus Residence - Virginia-Highland neighborhood, Atlanta, GA
• Specified all exterior finish options, including custom
door & sidelight details, front porch exterior lighting.
• Master bath: designed custom cabinetry and tile
designs; specified custom trim detailing at counters;
specified lighting, paint and cabinetry finishes.
• Living Room: designed fireplace hearth and mantle,
specified natural stone; Custom-designed built-in
cabinetry with fold-and-slide doors, interior adjusting
shelves to accommodate media equipment.

22. McConnell Homes
Barcus Residence - Virginia-Highland neighborhood, Atlanta, GA
• Wine Room: “Vintage Views” wine racking:
-cost-savings due to reduced fabrication and
finishing; less use of resources which require
“renewal”
-inexpensive to purchase and install
-iron racking is nearly invisible, allowing wine
bottles to be a featured display
-allows for more wine storage vs. wood-
dividers due to minimal material thickness.
• Alabaster & iron mosaic pendant light fixture;
natural slate flooring; granite counter
surfaces.
• Cabinets & drawers for storage.