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HINA ASIF adkmyp@r.postjobfree.com

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Interior Design Consultant

Aspired to design innovative and unique solutions

Determined and detail-oriented professional with demonstrated ability to collaborate effectively with co-workers and clients. Knowledgeable in contemporary trends in interior designing. Hands-on experience in a variety of interior renovation and development projects. Competent in project-based cost estimations.

Core Competencies

Home Textile Design - With different types of repeats, color combinations, and design coordinates

Interior design-The pursuit of effective use of space, user well-being, and functional design has contributed to the development of the interior design profession.

Color theory-set of principles used to create harmonious color combinations pleasing to the eye and senses. Understanding how colors can be used, arranged, coordinated, blended, and related to one another.

Space planning- Design concept. Focus on the color and material selections, specification, and material sourcing.

ArchiCAD-Revit – 3D virtual building modeling with emphasis on interior design and landscaping

Drafting - Residential and Commercial Drafting with Elevation, Isometric & Orthographic Views

Drawing - of shape mass with due regards to tone composition, proportion, and spatial relationships

Design Elements-The fundamental parts or aspects used to compose any work of design. Provide a defined vocabulary with which to discuss and explore and focus on individual elements design principles.

Photography/Photoshop - Composing and optimizing images captured for print projects.

Adobe/Photoshop - Creating fabric repeats with design coordinates

Printing - Screen, Batik (Wax), Block, Discharge and Resist printing

Pigment Dyes - Chemistry of natural dyes: direct, wet, reactive, acid, vegetable dyes and their preparation for cotton, wool & silk fabrics

Print Making -Techniques of abstract & geometrical design using wood-cut silkscreen & copper plate carving

Sculpture-making in 3-D with an inventive, informed, and sculptural approach using soft clay.

Academics

oDesign principles and elements

oInterior finishes and materials

oHistory of Architecture, Interior and decorative

oFundamentals space planning of interior design

oKnowledge of system, space, color, and materials presentation.

oStudy of the history of textiles of different parts of the world

oPrinciples of sustainability (Green Design)

oA comprehensive study of the history of arts spanning over Western art forms, Chinese paintings, Indus valley civilization, and Islamic architecture with myriad splendor of Mughal Dynasty

Retail Experience

Bassett Furniture 2020

Design consultant:

Experience as a design consultant. Enthusiastic and motivated to cultivate my design skills. Studied client expectations and built customer relationships within the design requirements. Interacting with customers translates to interpersonal skills and satisfies the customers. I had the opportunity to learn about various types of furniture.

Residential Interior design (Part-time) 15 years’ Experience

●Plan, design, and furnish interior residential environments.

●Created aesthetically pleasing environments that represent the client's lifestyles and tastes.

●Examine and select finishes, developed space plans

●Professional presentations to clients through on-site appointments.

●Collaborated with a diverse clientele to understand customer needs

Design consultant

●Bassett Furniture (I am passionate about finding creative solutions and producing captivating arrangements for my clients. With 15+ years of experience, I strive to make my designs appealing and matching my client’s vision and constraints. My job duties and responsibilities included working with retail clients and designers in product selection and order placement.

Instructor in Interior Design Department 2006 - Present

Collins County Community College (CCCCD)

●Over 13+ years of experience as an Instructor at CCCD’s Interior Design Department, teaching courses such as Color Theory and History of Interiors and Textile

●Color balance and harmony

●Designing and customizing furniture and fixtures

●Textile Fabric repeat designs

●In-depth knowledge of the application of basic elements and principles of designing

●Teach green environmental design an objective it is incorporating those green attributes elements of useful life.

●Help students in developing a basic understanding of colors and essentials of interior design

●Teach students how to put color, style, tradition together to come up with the best of the designs

●The historical survey of interior design and furniture is for readers interested in the evolution of space planning.

●Analyze features of design within the context of commonly defined attributes of the style.

●Analyze changes in styles and taste in their cultural backdrop

●Space planning, Furnishings, and finishes, Revit skills

●Exterior and interior design selections for homes

●Good presentation skills, well versed in Office, Word, PowerPoint, Publisher

●Manage client, team, and project coordination

Interior design projects

Modern Bathroom Design, Contemporary style Kitchen remodeling, Transitional Style 2017-2020

Formal living and dining and family room

Mahogany Fashions

●Fashion design clothing line up for Asian women clientele

●Market, trends, and design research

●Organize photoshoots and small-scale fashion shows to promote marketing

Textile Designer 1992 – 1995

Al-Aabid Export Company

●Created abstract apparel designs for local and international markets with emphasis on summer season designs.

●Responsible for layout and interior design for the company's design display center.

●CAD-based Textile Designing, used for setting up Repeats, Print Screens, and Color Tones for Prints.

Education

Collins County Community College 2004 - 2006

Various refresher interior design course as part of continuing education program

Bachelor of Technology (BIT) in Textile Designing 1994

Indus Valley School of Arts &Architecture, Karachi (Pakistan)

BT Thesis

Designing multiple apparel themes with distinct prints and diverse color schemes

Apparel designing inspired by the Mughal Era, a prominent 16th-century South Asian dynasty. Designs comprised of motives, co-ordinates, and color variation based on information extracted from a study of historical artifacts, colors, and artwork in a historical building in the city of Lahore (Pakistan) and prevalent women’s fashion of that era.

Distinctions

Two designs and three colorways got selected for HAMTEX World Exhibition for Germany

1st prize out of 75 participants for the interior design of the company stall in a countrywide Textile Design Fair

Participated in the Textile Design Fair with three printed sample prints

The local textile design companies acquired 5 out of ten of these designs. At least two came out in the local market as 'Al Aabid' prints.

References & Portfolio

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1DJYRCArB1-WYWeVTpjuUyifUCEzc9jfG

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hinaasif/

https://www.facebook.com/HinaInterior

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