Amelie Ta
Interior Designer
Whimsical | Colourful | Reliable
I enjoy problem solving and space planning by providing playful and trustworthy ideas.
Espresso Martini Wrapper
Whiskey Sour Wrapper
Mocktail Candy Packaging
Graphic Design | Branding | Packaging
I made a brand name, logo, and packaging for five flavours in Illustrator. The hard candies need taller stand-up pouches and wrappers, while the gummies are in slightly shorter pouches. The name, Ann R. Kiss, is a play on the word “anarchist.” I made the graphics dystopian by showing destroyed buildings in the background, while people inside the buildings enjoy their drinks, since consumers can enjoy mocktail candies at any time.
Hair Salon
Interiors and Architecture | Furnishing | Rendering
The hair salon is 8' x 12' x 12'. The style I chose is Mid-century modern. In SketchUp, I made the clock based on the Atomic Age. I also made the shelves, while the rest is from the 3D Warehouse. I used Blender to render because it's free.
Playhouse
Interiors and Architecture | Rendering
The Lacthouse was made in SketchUp and rendered in Lumion. I used simple forms to make a fun playhouse for backyards in North America. It had to be a maximum 12’0” high x 8’6” wide x 8’6” deep. I chose milk cartons because it’s common at lunch time for kids and they like milk. I drank a carton and played with it. I also made milk carton shapes with paper.
I was originally going to put cow print windows, but then I thought kids could crawl through the cow print in the bottom carton. I also wanted the sliding pole to be a straw that aligned with the milk carton, like a real milk carton and straw. I realized I could go beyond literal design, so the sliding pole is perpendicular to the milk cartons. There are two ladders inside. One leads to the sliding pole, and the other leads to a window
book nook.
Donut Shop
Interiors and Architecture | Space Planning | Scale Modelling
This donut shop was built from two shipping containers and is inspired by Cartems Donuts. The limitation was that only one vertical slice could be done per shipping container. For the planning, I did bubble planning. For the 1:32 scale model, I imported the donut shop from SketchUp to SketchUp Layout, then to Illustrator, and finally to CorelDRAW for laser engraving. I also transferred brown printer ink onto packaging tape.
Luminous Object
Fabrication | Materiality & Sustainability | Laser Engraving
My Luminous Object, the Plamp, is based on reflections in a pool. I made the pool reflections in Illustrator and laser-engraved acrylic with a Trotec Speedy 300. Then, I used Rit DyeMore for synthetics in Tropical Teal to dye them light blue. I made a donut floaty and a diving board in SketchUp, then 3D-printed them on a Bambu 3D printer. I used TPU for the top part of the diving board so that it could bend, and PLA for the rest. I also wanted the diving board to be yankable, so that the top acrylic pane could be removed for access to the light bulb. Instead, there are rare-earth circular magnets in the base and on the four posts, so the top part can be easily removed from the base. Because of the magnets, the diving board was not needed in the end.
