WEBVTT Kind: captions Language: en 00:00:09.884 --> 00:00:11.761 whenever people ask what do you do? 00:00:11.761 --> 00:00:13.138 I'm like, oh I'm an interior designer. 00:00:13.138 --> 00:00:15.932 They always think of interior decorating. 00:00:15.932 --> 00:00:21.062 I definitely , quickly find out that it was just not that .This program 00:00:21.062 --> 00:00:26.484 is much more than just picking furniture and picking some curtains. 00:00:26.735 --> 00:00:29.195 it's about doing different things. 00:00:29.195 --> 00:00:31.031 There's so much stuff you can go into. 00:00:31.031 --> 00:00:33.908 Anyone can pick furniture. Not everyone can design. 00:00:33.908 --> 00:00:37.412 You can look at the blueprints like the floor plans or RCP's 00:00:37.662 --> 00:00:42.417 You can create models, you can create materials. 00:00:42.417 --> 00:00:46.671 I'm often asked, what's the difference between architecture and interior design? 00:00:47.088 --> 00:00:49.174 You're literally designing the insides of buildings. 00:00:49.174 --> 00:00:51.384 You're given a structure with the outside shell. 00:00:51.384 --> 00:00:56.264 architecture relates the building to its external environment, 00:00:57.015 --> 00:01:02.479 whereas interior design relates the interior function to the individual. 00:01:02.771 --> 00:01:05.190 You have to have the understanding of building systems. 00:01:05.190 --> 00:01:06.649 You have to know about, 00:01:06.649 --> 00:01:10.528 a lot of technicalities that you wouldn't think a designer would know. 00:01:10.570 --> 00:01:11.738 you walk into a space and you're like, 00:01:11.738 --> 00:01:15.241 oh, this, this kind of feels good, or I don't like this. 00:01:15.533 --> 00:01:19.245 Then you have some sense of what it takes to be an interior designer. 00:01:19.245 --> 00:01:24.542 so it's really cool to sort of create these spaces that, people can live 00:01:24.542 --> 00:01:28.838 an experience in. Interior designers create feelings in spaces. 00:01:28.838 --> 00:01:30.673 not just walking through a building, you know, it's 00:01:30.673 --> 00:01:33.843 they're able to interact with the space, they're able to be one with the space. 00:01:33.968 --> 00:01:38.181 but to really create thoughtful spaces, spaces that help 00:01:38.181 --> 00:01:42.685 community, spaces that delve into social problems. 00:01:42.811 --> 00:01:45.230 Yeah. I can't just look pretty. It has to function. 00:01:45.230 --> 00:01:47.107 And it has to serve a purpose. 00:01:47.107 --> 00:01:48.733 and it can give you some sort of feeling. 00:01:48.733 --> 00:01:51.945 It can change your your thoughts, your feelings. 00:01:52.028 --> 00:01:55.448 as designers we're not only charged with making things beautiful, 00:01:55.448 --> 00:01:57.325 but we also have to understand how to build them. 00:01:57.325 --> 00:01:59.577 that's one of the big reasons why we go out onto the field 00:01:59.577 --> 00:02:02.914 to sort of inspect buildings before they're completed, 00:02:03.081 --> 00:02:06.292 we have a building systems class where they're learning 00:02:06.292 --> 00:02:09.379 about the plumbing systems, the mechanical systems, 00:02:09.379 --> 00:02:13.383 because we need to have the understanding that, well, what goes above the ceiling? 00:02:13.383 --> 00:02:15.969 Can I really do that? They get to see the details, 00:02:15.969 --> 00:02:21.850 they get to see the materiality. To bring these crazy creative ideas to life. 00:02:21.891 --> 00:02:25.687 It's not as like a typical college class 00:02:25.687 --> 00:02:29.524 that you would think, with the structure and mid-terms, exams, homework. 00:02:29.858 --> 00:02:32.735 It's mostly projects. Very hands on, which I enjoy more. 00:02:32.735 --> 00:02:35.738 This is part of the Stem major. 00:02:35.864 --> 00:02:38.158 So we are actually an associative science. 00:02:38.158 --> 00:02:39.409 You use a lot of math. 00:02:39.409 --> 00:02:42.745 You got to use, a lot of logic, which I like. 00:02:42.745 --> 00:02:46.624 But you also get to be creative It just so happens we're problem solving 00:02:46.624 --> 00:02:48.668 and making things beautiful at the same time. 00:02:48.668 --> 00:02:50.670 We're designing a hostel. 00:02:50.670 --> 00:02:52.255 And it's two floors, 00:02:52.255 --> 00:02:56.301 I mean, we had to first space plan everything on trace paper. 00:02:56.551 --> 00:02:59.554 then we would put this into AutoCAD. 00:02:59.637 --> 00:03:02.223 we can import that AutoCAD file into SketchUp. 00:03:02.223 --> 00:03:05.977 when you do that we can literally build from that file up 00:03:06.311 --> 00:03:09.230 and make it essentially look real. 00:03:09.230 --> 00:03:12.817 These renderings, this is the communal dining area. 00:03:12.984 --> 00:03:16.196 The portfolio is made of your entire career at Mt. SAC. 00:03:16.279 --> 00:03:18.239 this is actually one of our beginning classes 00:03:18.239 --> 00:03:21.242 where you're just learning about, three dimensional form. 00:03:21.868 --> 00:03:24.579 these are just ideas that were once two dimensional. 00:03:24.579 --> 00:03:27.999 They were drawn on a piece of paper, and then we were able to, 00:03:27.999 --> 00:03:31.002 make them three dimensional so we can kind of play with the idea. 00:03:31.377 --> 00:03:34.088 And so all of the projects are very abstract. 00:03:34.088 --> 00:03:38.384 But then later you learn how to incorporate these abstract ideas 00:03:38.676 --> 00:03:43.223 into concepts that really tell a story in a space. 00:03:43.640 --> 00:03:45.934 the reality is how do you make something functional? 00:03:45.934 --> 00:03:47.894 so if I were to do a staircase design 00:03:47.894 --> 00:03:49.854 with that, how am I going to design this staircase 00:03:49.854 --> 00:03:54.234 so it actually can work and it can be usable and not just be a pretty staircase. 00:03:54.234 --> 00:03:57.237 Mine was based on the Tongva tribe, 00:03:57.403 --> 00:04:02.408 So this represents, the basket weaving that they used to do. 00:04:02.951 --> 00:04:05.828 what I really like about interior design in general 00:04:05.828 --> 00:04:08.957 is that I'm able to bring to life what I imagine. 00:04:09.415 --> 00:04:10.667 But how do you abstract it? 00:04:10.667 --> 00:04:12.168 How do you make it new? 00:04:12.168 --> 00:04:14.420 and in this class is very fundamental. 00:04:14.420 --> 00:04:17.799 So they're making sculptures, So I'm making a model. 00:04:19.008 --> 00:04:22.053 the concept's from a reference building 00:04:22.887 --> 00:04:26.891 but as they progress into studio, those sculptures 00:04:26.891 --> 00:04:32.647 start to become stairways, or they become ceilings or floors or whatever. 00:04:32.897 --> 00:04:36.025 if you see all around, all the projects on the walls and everything, 00:04:36.109 --> 00:04:39.612 someone has to be creative and you have to have at least that drive 00:04:39.904 --> 00:04:44.284 and appreciation for art We take students from the very beginning. 00:04:44.284 --> 00:04:47.704 So when they enter, you don't have to know anything. 00:04:47.870 --> 00:04:52.083 but the program itself is amazing, like the different opportunities 00:04:52.083 --> 00:04:55.920 that they offer. A lot of interior design students think, oh, I need to 00:04:55.920 --> 00:05:00.049 learn how to draw or I need to know, and we teach you everything. 00:05:00.049 --> 00:05:01.217 It's too much work. 00:05:01.217 --> 00:05:04.887 But you learn a lot, because they really do push you to try your best. 00:05:04.929 --> 00:05:06.014 This is one of those majors 00:05:06.014 --> 00:05:09.559 that will show you what you're capable of without you even realizing it. 00:05:09.767 --> 00:05:12.103 it's a passion. You need to keep on going. 00:05:12.103 --> 00:05:14.397 I've seen some people in other places. 00:05:14.397 --> 00:05:17.525 And there is a big difference with what we take here. 00:05:17.984 --> 00:05:22.280 our students go through the program, and by the time they're done, 00:05:22.280 --> 00:05:23.364 they're ready to work. 00:05:23.364 --> 00:05:27.285 So a lot of them, before they even graduate are working or they transfer 00:05:27.285 --> 00:05:31.372 to a four year university, and are very, very successful there. 00:05:31.372 --> 00:05:34.792 you want to do more than just, you know, sketching and, visual arts. 00:05:34.792 --> 00:05:36.961 This is a good combination of everything. 00:05:36.961 --> 00:05:40.173 If you have an eye for all these type of things, definitely. 00:05:40.173 --> 00:05:41.257 It's a ...it's a go.