ART CONTEST WINNER

Rami Dawood says that as an interior designer, you have the ability to affect people and their moods. You can make somebody happy or sad depending on the space you are designing.

Dawood’s model gave him the top spot in the recent HSF art contest.

Dawood, a second-year Interior Design student, created a conceptual model called “The Artist’s Studio”. The studio was designed to be built on Humber’s North campus and meant to accommodate an artist’s work and living space. He was inspired by the connection between the organic shapes in nature and the geometry of architecture. With the botanical gardens and natural areas surrounding the Humber River, the incorporation of the outdoors and the indoors worked with the location of his design. A photograph of Dawood’s impressive model was chosen as the latest Humber Students’ Federation (HSF) art contest winner.

For Dawood, an interior design cannot be fully understood until a model is made.

“I like models because no matter how much you draw something, you won’t feel the space until you have a model for it,” said Dawood. “You have to have something that you can touch with your hands.”

Dawood’s models also help him realize some of his weak points in his design and he says that he wouldn’t be able to recognize them unless they were in his hands.

Dawood spent nearly four full days working on the conceptual model of “The Artist’s Studio.” He says that his trademark is his attention to detail in his designs.

“Nowadays you can do all of these kinds of electronic models,” said Dawood. ”You can do it with all different types of programs and you can get these beautiful renders and pictures from it. But, its not the same until you see it coming to life with a model.”

Dawood began showing an interest in the arts when he started drawing simple landscapes and small huts when he was three or four years old.

“The more I drew, the more I got interested in architecture”, said Dawood. “I drew buildings, skyscrapers and I also did some portraits on the side. But, it was generally about architecture.”

Dawood always thought that he was going to be an architect, but when he had the gut feeling to pursue interior design, he went for it and hasn’t regretted it since.

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