Anita's INTD Portfolio

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INTERIOR DESIGN

ANITA ENOBONG ESIN

SELECTED WORKS | 2022-2026

ENOBONG.ESIN@GMAIL.COM

+1 (973)951-3302

PHILADELPHIA,PA

ANITA ENOBONG ESIN

As an interior design student at Jefferson with a minor in photography, I’m driven by my passion for both design and visual storytelling. Whether crafting bold, dynamic spaces or capturing moments through the lens, I’m always exploring how colors, textures, and shapes can come together to create powerful experiences.

I embrace challenges with enthusiasm and initiative, always eager to experiment with new ideas. I’m committed to crafting environments that are not only functional but also vibrant and visually engaging.

From designing unique restaurants and retail spaces to capturing moments behind the camera, I aim to create experiences that captivate and inspire. As I continue to grow in the fields of design and photography, I’m excited about the potential to contribute in bold and innovative ways.

EDUCATION

THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE INTERIOR DESIGN MINOR IN PHOTOGRAPHY

EXPECTED GRADUATION -MAY 2026

INTERIOR DESIGN SKILLS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Store Manager | SUKOSH I- KOP MALL

Asian beauty & Lifestyle Retail

COLLECTIVE | DESIGN GROUP

AWARDS

Deans List 2022-2025

First Place Winner (Team member) –

Huntington Town Public Art

MICROSOFT OFFICE

DECEMBER 2025 - PRESENT

Managed a high-traffic beauty retail space with an emphasis on spatial flow, visual merchandising, and customer experience. Designed and executed product layouts, promotional displays, and seasonal resets using display hierarchy, sightlines, and circulation to increase engagement and sales. Supported new store setups and launches, ensuring cohesive brand expression across the physical environment.

Key Skills

Retail spatial planning • Visual merchandising • Customer flow & circulation • Display hierarchy • Inventory & operations • Team leadership • Brand experience design

Collaborated as part of a professor-led student design group focused on community-centered design initiatives. Engaged directly with community members to listen, research, and understand their needs, values, and lived experiences. Translated these insights into thoughtful, site-specific design proposals that authentically reflected the community’s voice, identity, and priorities while emphasizing social impact and meaningful engagement.

Key Skills

Community-centered design • User & Stakeholder Engagement • Active Listening & Need Assesment •Concept Development • Socially Responsive Design • Collaborative teamwork • Research & Community outreach • Design Thinking• Presentation & Communication Skills• Translating Feedback into design solutions

The Bridgeworks

Softwares: Revit,Enscape,Photoshop

THE BRIDGEWORKS

STUDENT

DESIGNER | INDIVIDUAL PROJECT SITE: 13935 GERMANTOWN

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

AVE,PHILADELPHIA,PA

This project transforms an existing warehouse in Nicetown–Tioga into a multi-generational housing community that addresses the increasing need for flexible and inclusive residential environments. Informed by research, the design integrates adaptable living units with strategies for accessibility, wellness, and aging in place. The proposal presents a contemporary housing model that reinforces social infrastructure and enhances long-term quality of life for residents.

CONCEPT

ENSEMBLE

This Project redefines multi generational housing by using art and music as universal tools for connection. Inspired by Philadelphia’s rich artistic and cultural heritage, the community is organized around shared creative spaces that foster expression, memory, and collaboration. Through these collective experiences, residents form a harmonious environment where creativity becomes the foundation of everyday life and intergenerational exchange.

DESIGN GOALS

Foster intergenerational connection through shared creative and social spaces that bring residents of all ages together. Promote well-being and memory by integrating art, music, and nature to support cognitive and emotional health. Express harmony and spontaneity with free-flowing, jazzinspired forms that encourage interaction and creativity. Celebrate Germantown’s cultural heritage while creating a sustainable, self-sufficient community. Balance independence and interdependence by designing adaptable spaces that nurture both privacy and collective life.

ONE BEDROOM PERSPECTIVES

REDEMPTION

Softwares: Autocad, Revit, Enscape,Rhino,Photoshop

REDEMPTION

TEAM: THE COLLECTIVE

SITE: HUNTINGTON, LONG ISLAND NY

AWARD: First Place Winner – Huntington Town Public Art Installation, 2023

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Redemption is a permanent public art installation in Huntington, Long Island, envisioned as a memorial celebrating the town’s rich African American history. The project honors both historical and contemporary figures by inscribing their words into seven-foot-tall panels of Corten steel, giving lasting voice to their stories.

The design evolved through multiple iterations shifting from three flat walls to two curved walls that intersect to form “ghost circles.” This configuration creates a contemplative space where one wall casts shadows onto the other, projecting the engraved words in shifting light. The dynamic interplay between material, light, and language adds layers to the town’s living history, transforming the installation into an immersive dialogue between past and present.

Completed in Summer 2025, Redemption stands as a testament to the power of community, memory, and storytelling through design.

THE COLLECTIVE: Dr. Grace Ong Yan, Professor Andrew Hart, Polina Filipova, Leila Moutawakil, Elena Nestico, and Anita Esin – Thomas Jefferson University

Each panel weighs over 1,000 pounds. During fabrication, it required a team of ten workers to move a single piece. To ensure both safety and efficiency, the workshop requested permission to drill small holes into the top corners, allowing the panels to be lifted by forklift.

These holes remain as subtle yet powerful traces of the labor behind the work a reminder of the hands that built, assembled, and finished each surface with its vinegar-rusted protective coating. They embody both the physical effort and the human presence embedded in the installation.

SUSTAINABLE OFFICE

Softwares: Autocad, Revit, Enscape, Photoshop

Coral reef Alliance

STUDENT DESIGNER | INDIVIDUAL PROJECT

SITE: 5000 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19112

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

This project re-imagines the headquarters of Coral Reef Relief, a nonprofit dedicated to restoring and protecting global coral ecosystems. Located within an adaptive-reuse building in Philadelphia’s Navy Yard, the design transforms an industrial shell into a vibrant, restorative workplace shaped by sustainability, collaboration, and ecological awareness.

CONCEPT

Inspired by the resilience and complexity of coral reef systems, the workplace is planned as an interconnected ecosystem where each space supports the well-being of both people and the planet. Organic forms, layered textures, and a palette drawn from underwater environments create a sense of immersion, while spatial transitions mimic the experience of moving through a living reef from open, bustling zones to quiet refuges.

Sustainability Strategy

-Biophilic principles, including natural materials, daylight optimization, and interior planting

-Low-impact and recycled materials, such as reclaimed wood, recycled acoustic felt, and VOC-free finishes

-Flexible, modular work zones that extend the lifecycle of the space

-Water-focused interpretive elements that deepen awareness of ocean conservation(On-site cistern and grey water resused on site to water plants and flush toilets)

BREATHE.

Softwares: Autocad, Revit, Lumion

BREATHE.

Breathe

Team Project

Site: Kanbar Student Center, Thomas Jefferson University

Project: Space for Emotional Decompression

Breathe was a temporary public art installation in the Kanbar Performance Space, designed as a sanctuary for emotional decompression within the fast-paced environment of the Thomas Jefferson campus. The project offered students a safe haven for well-being and restoration, drawing on research in sensory design and human behavior to create an atmosphere of calm.

The installation integrated sound, light, scent, and texture to foster relaxation. Essential oil diffusers released soothing aromas such as lavender, bergamot, sage, and ylang-ylang. Ambient lighting bathed the space in soft purples and blues, while natural soundscapes of rivers, rain, birds, and rustling leaves enhanced the immersive experience. Together, these elements encouraged students to pause, breathe, and reset before returning to the demands of their day.

Team: Anita Esin, Autumn Samuelson, Jesse Orakpo, Samantha Shelton – Thomas Jefferson University

Rebellionand Rye

Softwares: Autocad, Revit, Enscape, Photoshop

Rebellion and Rye

Student Designer | Individual Project Site: New Hope, Pennsylvania

Rebellion and Rye is a whiskey and cigar retail experience designed to embody both defiance and refinement. Inspired by the Prohibition era and New Hope’s historic character, the project explores the intersection of craftsmanship, retail, and nightlife, re-imagining the store as a destination rather than a point of sale. The design emphasizes storytelling, materiality, and atmosphere to revive a sense of exclusivity and community engagement.

The three-level space is carefully layered to guide visitors through distinct yet connected experiences. The ground floor features a curated whiskey retail environment paired with a tasting area that encourages education and social interaction. The second floor highlights premium cigars and includes a refined smoking lounge designed for communal enjoyment. The third floor culminates in an intimate speakeasy, offering a hidden, immersive nightlife experience that nods to Prohibition-era secrecy while contributing to the revitalization of New Hope’s evening culture.

The directory was designed to be sleek, angular, and luxurious, complementing the space’s existing black tile and brass accents. Positioned at an angle beside the stairs and adjacent to the cash wrap, it integrates seamlessly while remaining highly accessible. This strategic placement allows staff to easily guide customers, making the directory both functional and visually sophisticated.

REFLECTED CEILING PLANS

Photography

STUDENT DESIGNER | INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS

As a photography minor, I enjoy taking photographs in my free time, but my true passion lies in the transformation of images into physical media. I am especially drawn to hands-on, analog processes such as cyanotypes and black-and-white film photography, where the act of making becomes just as meaningful as the final image. Much of my work focuses on documenting my neighborhood and the surrounding city, capturing everyday moments, textures, and atmospheres that might otherwise go unnoticed. Through these physical photographic processes, I aim to create images that feel tactile, intimate, and deeply connected to place.