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| ABOUT ROCHELLE WINTHER |
If you're looking for a hip, savvy interior designer
with a wide array of design experience, Rochelle is skilled
on all levels. Originally from Seattle, designing
backdrops, fliers and album covers for Seattle area bands
during the Grunge
era, Rochelle also designed artistic calendars
for venues at the famous RKCNDY nightclub where musicians
on a national level performed…Pearl
Jam, Alice
In Chains, Mudhoney
and Blind
Melon. Due to her interest and involvement in
the music scene, she became a DJ at an alternative radio
station called
KGRG and worked at a music store creating and
designing eye catching window displays. During this time,
Rochelle received a BA degree in Communications with an
emphasis in television/radio production from The
Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA where she
also designed television sets at a local television station
called TCTV
and participated in several productions covering special
events…Martin Luther King Day Celebration, various
theatre productions and Olympia City Counsel meetings.
Upon graduating college, she continued designing window
displays for commercial stores and began planning special
events and setting up catering for public and private
parties…Microsoft,
tradeshow booth design for events at the Seattle
Convention Center and Key
Arena, weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, etc.
Because of her radio production background, Rochelle was
hired at Muzak
to do voice-over work and write in-store audio
ads for petroleum companies throughout the country…
Amoco, BP, Chevron, Diamond Shamrock, Exxon, Shell and
Texaco. After the company relocated to the East Coast,
she continued doing event planning and window display
design throughout the Seattle area. Due to the dot com
craze, many people from all over the world moved to Seattle
where they bought and often flipped homes and condos.
Because of her background in design and production, Rochelle
began working with various construction companies, civil
engineering and realty firms throughout the Seattle area
in order to learn the trade and utilize her skills. Rochelle
was approached to do art direction for a film called,
"Impulse" where she designed several
sets. This opened the doors to new opportunities. Rochelle
became involved in the independent film and commercial
television industry as a production designer, set designer,
art director, prop master and location scout where she
designed over 200 sets. She worked on various local productions
and for Universal,
DreamWorks and the Discovery
Channel, where films like
"Gory Gory Hallelujah",
"The Ring",
"Outpatient" and "Feedback"
received raving reviews and awards at film festivals.
In 2002, Rochelle relocated to Los Angeles where she continued
to work in the film and television industry, plan special
events and work at a local prop house. Because of her
experience and interest in the construction and design
industry she received an interior design degree in 2004
from The
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
where seasoned designers acknowledged her unique style,
creative vision and ability to add interesting elements
to her design concepts. Rochelle was a showroom manager
for a high-end furniture store at the LA
Mart where she designed and sold custom furniture,
accessories and bedding to retailers and designers throughout
the country. She also worked at the Home
Depot as a kitchen design consultant where she
designed over 10 kitchens a month. For the past 3 years,
she has been an independent contractor working on all
types of projects for both residential and commercial
spaces throughout the Los Angeles, Seattle and Tucson
areas…including apartments, homes, condos, lofts,
nightclubs, restaurants and office spaces. Rochelle is
considered a "boutique designer" because of
her artistic approach and fine attention to detail on
every project.
If you're looking for a designer with a whirlwind of
creativity, who truly understands your needs and every
aspect of design, Rochelle will turn your place into the
palace of your dreams.
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