Interior Designer  ·  UCLA Extension  ·  Seattle, WA
Paris
Hunt
Space as narrative.
Form as intention.
CIDA Accredited
ASID · IFMA
Est. 2025
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Full Portfolio & Resume — Available to Download
01 — About

I'm Paris Hunt — an aspiring interior designer with a BA in Art History from the University of Washington and a certificate in Interior Design from UCLA Extension, graduating December 2026.

My path into design has been intentional, not linear. Before pursuing interiors formally, I worked as a Gallery Attendant at Seattle Glassblowing Studio — curating visitor experiences and maintaining visual presentation standards in a contemporary art environment. That background gave me an eye for how people inhabit and respond to spaces, long before I could articulate it as design thinking.

Today I bring both perspectives — the cultural and the spatial — to every project I take on.

Why Art History sets this work apart
Most designers learn to make things beautiful. An art history education teaches you to ask why something is beautiful — and what it means in context. At UW I trained in visual analysis: reading objects, spaces, and environments as arguments embedded in cultural and historical conditions. I bring that critical framework to every project. It's the difference between decorating a room and designing one.
Paris Hunt
Paris Hunt — Seattle, WA
Education
University of Washington
B.A. in Art History  ·  2018–2022
Education
UCLA Extension
Interior Design Certificate  ·  2025–2026
CIDA Accredited
Professional Membership
ASID
American Society of Interior Designers
Washington State Chapter — Seattle, WA
Sept. 2025 – Current

Engaging with design industry leaders, attending chapter events, and refining portfolio work toward professional practice.
Professional Membership
IFMA
International Facility Management Association
Seattle Chapter  ·  Sept. 2025 – Current
Technical Skills
SketchUpAutoCADRevit EnscapeHand DraftingPhotoshop IllustratorRayonCanva
02 — Selected Work

Projects

UCLA Extension
2025 – 2026
01 Venice Beach Loft Residential · Industrial Glamour 2025
Project 01  ·  2025  ·  Residential
Venice
Beach
Loft

A loft in Venice Beach, CA designed around the concept of industrial glamour — concrete walls and reclaimed wood floors meeting velvet furnishings, chrome details, and bold art. The client brief called for an interconnected open plan that felt simultaneously edgy, playful, and refined.

The project required a full suite of deliverables: location report, hand-drafted floor plans in one and two-point perspective, a cohesive mood board and color palette, furnished floor plan, RCP with lighting schedule, and loft section elevations. All drafting was done by hand before compilation in Canva and finishing in Photoshop.

Hand DraftingSpace Planning Floor PlansRCP + Lighting Mood BoardPhotoshop IllustratorCanva
Venice Beach Loft — Introduction & Mood Board
Introduction & Mood Board
Venice Beach Loft — Renderings
Furniture Selection & Axonometric Views
Venice Beach Loft — Space Planning
Space Planning & Floor Plans
02 700 Palms Residence Residential · Venice, CA 2025
Project 02  ·  2025  ·  Residential
700
Palms
Residence

A full architectural presentation for a residence in Venice, CA — developed in collaboration with Mark Owen as part of Digital Presentation III. The project showcases a complete set of exterior elevations, aerial perspective renders, interior views, and technical drawings including section cuts and floor plans.

The design centers on a warm, material-rich exterior — wood cladding, flat-roof massing, and a poolside courtyard — set against the relaxed intensity of the Venice neighborhood. Interior spaces emphasize natural light, open flow, and deliberate contrast between raw and finished surfaces.

RevitDigital Presentation ElevationsSection Cuts Floor Plans3D Rendering Aerial Perspective
700 Palms Residence — Project Board
700 Palms Residence  ·  Venice, CA  ·  Winter 2025
03 Palm Spring Pattern Surface Design 2025
Project documentation coming soon
04 Hand Drafting Portfolio Technical Drawing 2025
Project documentation coming soon
05 Personal Work Mixed Media Ongoing
Project documentation coming soon
03 — Approach
01 — Foundation
Art Historical Analysis
Trained at UW to read visual culture as embedded argument — every material, proportion, and stylistic choice carries a history. This critical framework shapes how I select finishes, compose spaces, and justify design decisions.
02 — Method
Concept-Led Design
Every project begins with a narrative framework before a single line is drawn. Space planning follows from story, not the other way around. The Venice Beach Loft began with the tension between industrial rawness and California glamour — the floor plan followed.
03 — Sensibility
Tension as a Design Tool
The most compelling spaces hold contradictions — raw and polished, quiet and confrontational, historical and contemporary. I design toward that friction rather than away from it. Comfort doesn't require blandness.
04 — Contact

Let's
Talk.

Open to internship opportunities, junior design roles, and creative collaborations. Based in Seattle / Bellevue, WA. Available for remote and local work.