Carly Gonia: October 2011

Design Philosophy

I grew up with a Mom who would paint a new room in our house every month and would constantly change furniture arrangements. Before I knew it I was in my room rearranging furniture once a month and constantly painting my walls and finding new bed comforters etc. It was then that I realized I was developing a passion to design rooms in my home and make frequent trips to Ikea, what seemed to be my new favorite store. It's the way you can show your style through design and have multiple inspirations that create something that I love about design.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Wheelchair Experience

My wheelchair experience was very interesting and not at all what I expected. I went through a lot of difficulties, more than I had imagined. But it taught me a lot about design and how to for now on always be sure to make sure ADA is always included in a design.
In this picture the counter height is perfect for me to pick up my coffee but where i had ordered my coffee it was extremely high and I could barley see over the counter.

In this picture there was actually a sidewalk that was closed down because it was being re

constructed and there for my only choice was to go upstairs which I obviously couldn't do.

In this picture Marit is helping my push my self up the hill because I wasn't strong enough to do it on my own, which made me respect the strenght of handicap people because it takes a ton of muscle in your arms

There were a ton of little bumps in the sidewalk and even in buildings that made it a struggle just to roll over those bumps.