Isabella Rotundo Interior Design Portfolio 2026

ABOUT.

I’m Isabella, a driven emerging designer with a passion for crafting spatial narratives informed by human experience

To me, design is more than aesthetics and function. It is the art of storytelling through space, the subconscious connection between an environment, people and emotion, embedded through materiality, light, and form. My academic journey has become a platform to challenge convention, to craft spaces that evoke feeling, and to question what design can be, not just what it has been.

EDUCATION

2023-2027

Bachelor of Interior Design

Humber Polytechnic Toronto, Ontario

2024-Current

Dean’s List

Humber Polytechnic

Toronto, Ontario

2019-2023

EXPERIENCE

Jan-Dec 2025

April 2021-Current

VOLUNTEERING

Dec 2025 - Current

OSSD- Honours

Emily Carr Secondary School Vaughan, Ontario

Toronto, Ontario

HUMBER POLYTECHNIC

Peer Tutoring & Learning Support

Vaughan, Ontario

MADE IN HEAVEN CAKEPOPS

Small Business Owner

CONTACT

Email: LinkedIn: Instagram:

bella.rotundo1@gmail.com

@IsabellaRotundo

@bellarotundo.designs

STRENGTHS

3D Rendering & Software Proficiency

Concept Development

Technical Computer Drafting

Spatial Planning & Programming

Material Selection

Jan 2025

SOFTWARE SKILLS

Toronto, Ontario

HUMBER POLYTECHNIC

Innovative Learning Hub Design

Toronto, Ontario

HUMBER POLYTECHNIC

Student Program Representative

“Design is timeless when it is deeply human”

SELECTED

IMMERSIVE CREATIVITY

SELECTED WORKS

INTERSECTIONS

IMMERSIVE CREATIVITY

Term: 2024 / Semester 4

Course: INTD-2500

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Typology: Retail

Size: 1,140 sqft

Software: Revit, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

Anthropologie as a brand encourages their customers to be unique and creative through wearing their clothes and shopping within their stores. Therefore, the Anthropologie flagship at 635 Queen St West will embody an experience of endless creativity. Throughout the journey of the store, customers will be immersed into different forms of artistic creation, displaying this through surreal art installations, innovative displays and artisanal materiality. Creating an atmosphere that invites you to be inspired, encouraging creativity and an elevated personal experience at every corner.

Exploded Axonometric

Custom millwork and installations articulate creativity and individuality, establishing an artisanal quality at every touchpoint. Informed by research into art forms and Anthropologie’s retail identity, the design strengthens customer engagement by reinforcing the brand’s expression of creativity and uniqueness through its products. Pottery pendants suspended above the mezzanine carry this atmosphere upward, sustaining a sense of creativity as visitors ascend to the upper-level café.

Anthropologie

Material Selections

Entrance Perspective

Back of Store Display & Changeroom Perspective

INTERSECTIONS OF PRESENCE

Term: 2025 / Semester 5

Course: INTD-3000

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Typology: Restaurant

Size: 5,530 sqft

Software: Revit, Twinmotion, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

Madunia located in Barcelona will be conceived as a space where form, light, and volume intersect to create a culturally experiential dining atmosphere, extracting elements from Barcelona’s Eixample District’s geometry and spirit. The restaurant further integrates the concept of “Sombras y Sol,” a Spanish notion reflecting the city streets’ interplay of light and shadow that shapes spatial experience.

This is curated within the design through engaging and illuminated paths directing guests to moments of emphasis that become social intersections. Where the overarching mezzanine glows like Barcelona’s coastline, bathing the oriented spaces below in light. The curated journey distills order and liveliness while offering an elevated fine dining experience of Barcelona’s spirit. It translates the districts essence of community, cultural expression, light, and human-centered design: where light and shadow shape movement, drawing all guests and staff, regardless of their route, into shared moments of intersection.

Animation: https://youtu.be/uF1rWDTmHZc1

Concept Sketch- Integration of Eixample District

Exterior Perspective

Section Perspective Facing North

The Eixample’s disciplined grid and chamfered intersections choreograph light, movement, experience and culture. These principles were abstracted and translated into the project a dining experience that mirrors the journey, spatial rhythm, and cultural layering found

Applied Theories

Urban Framework Diagram: Eixample District

movement, and visibility across the city, creating a rhythmic urban journey shaped by moments of project by intentionally shaping void space through form, volume, light and pathway logic, creating in Barcelona’s Eixample District.

Diagram:

Landmarks

Pathways

Chamfered Forms

Circulation & Light Flow

Intersections

JOURNEY LANDMARKS COEXISTANCE INTERSECT

Exploded Parti Diagram

Material Selections

The interior material palette was curated to reflect the layered character of Barcelona and enhance the Spanish culinary experience. Light-toned plaster and honed stone contrast warm brown brick, rich colours, and patterned elements, echoing the city’s diverse architectural fabric. Luxury stones, refined wood tones, and light-responsive finishes establish an elevated hospitality atmosphere. Materiality shifts across the restaurant to choreograph distinct spatial moods: moody and Spain-forward on the main floor, lighter, more patterned and luminous on the mezzanine, while the patio unifies the Madunia brand and Barcelona through organic, fluid materiality, bold patterning, and rich, sun-warmed colour.

Restroom Approach Perspective

Perspective

Bar Perspective

Mezzanine Dining Perspective

HORIZON CONFLUENCE

Term: 2024 / Semester 4

Course: INTD-2500

Location: Georgian Bay, Ontario

Typology: Residential/Cottage

Size: 1,370 sqft

Software: Revit, Enscape, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

This Georgian Bay island retreat prioritizes relaxation, gathering, and a deep connection to the island. Seamlessly integrated with the landscape, the design blurs the boundary between indoors and out, enriching the clients’ relationship with the site. Inspired by the bay’s vivid teal waters and the rugged Canadian Shield, the interior palette is both grounding and refreshing, evoking the character of its surroundings. The built environment carries people throughout it effortlessly, creating moments of connection to the exterior, elevating daily life for the clients and guests. More than a retreat, the cottage becomes a sanctuary of gathering, reflection, and serenity rooted in the island’s elemental beauty.

Longitudinal Section

Material Selections

Informed by extensive site studies, the design is deeply rooted in the land. Sleeping and gathering spaces are oriented to sunrise and sunset, while shaded areas follow existing trees. Framed lake views and an outdoor corridor immerse occupants in nature, allowing the cottage to unfold as a continuous narrative between architecture, interior, and landscape. Site Analysis

RHYTHM OF LIGHT

Term: 2023 / Semester 3

Course: INTD-2000

Location: Humber Polytechnic

Typology: Healthcare/Dental

Size: 4,198 sqft

Software: Revit, AutoCAD, Enscape, Procreate

Humber Polytechnic’s Campus

Dental office design orchestrates sequences of rhythm, echoing the natural cadence of sunlight as it filters through and illuminates elements of nature. This is manifested within the clinic’s design through various lighting effects curating the calming illumination of daylight in a natural environment as well as a coordinated but organic flow of architectural planes. Holistically promoting wellness, elevating movement and way finding, and creating a supportive dental experience for all patients, staff and guests.

Conceptual Elevation

Guided by the desire to capture the impact of sunlight ration of how light and form shape space. Through sketching filtered, softened, and directed, while also translating these to evoke the soothing feeling of basking in sunlight, while patients intuitively.

Etched GlassOrganic Cloud Pattern

Ceiling

Concept Diagram

filtering through nature, my process became an explosketching and material testing, I studied how light could be these organic patterns into architectural form. The goal was using light and form together to define space and guide

Blue lowers cognitive load, fostering calm, focus, and perceived spatial openness through associations with natural horizons and circadian regulation.

Yellow stimulates optimism and mental alertness by increasing perceived warmth and activating dopaminergic responses linked to daylight exposure.

Light neutral tones enhance visual comfort and wayfinding by maximizing diffuse light reflectance, reducing sensory fatigue, and supporting cognitive clarity.

Medium neutral tones ground the visual field, fostering emotional stability through calm, moderated contrast while allowing the space to shift effortlessly between social, functional, and atmospheric states

Psychology of Colour

Hygiene Room Perspective

Entrance to Treatment Rooms

MILLWORK DETAILING

Year: 2025 / Semester 5

Course: INTD-3004

Typology: Large-Scale Residential Millwork

Software: Revit, Twinmotion

Double-Height Fireplace & Shelving Accessible by Ladder and Loft

Responsibilities:

Researched structural requirements and load paths for a double-height millwork assembly,

Investigated substrates, fire-rated assemblies, and backing requirements to support finishes, shelving loads, and fireplace integration.

Developed technical drawings and details (plans, sections, elevations) to communicate constructability, tolerances, and material transitions.

Evaluated material performance and sustainability, prioritizing durability, thermal efficiency, and responsible material use.

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Bachelor of Interior Design (BID)

Humber Polytechnic

THANK YOU.

ISABELLA ROTUNDO

INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO

Email: LinkedIn: Instagram:

bella.rotundo1@gmail.com

@IsabellaRotundo

@bellarotundo.designs