My Home Office
I make great use out of the projector on the table. You put a photograph or drawing in it, and then enlarge or reduce it for tracing. Drafting tip: I keep a binder clip on the scale to easily find Continue reading My Home Office
Hand drafting for Interior Design, SketchUp, Autodesk 123D and MakerBot
I make great use out of the projector on the table. You put a photograph or drawing in it, and then enlarge or reduce it for tracing. Drafting tip: I keep a binder clip on the scale to easily find Continue reading My Home Office
Back in the 80’s, this was the standard design graduate’s portfolio. Well, it was mine, at any rate. We hand-drafted our work with ink on Mylar and took it to a shop to have it photographed and printed onto 8 Continue reading Portfolios, Then and Now
A couple of years ago my family vacationed to China (Beijing and Shanghai). The Great Wall and the Forbidden City were fun and all, but I was particularly intrigued by the fakes malls. I knew lots of fakes come from Continue reading China and the Fakes Market
Great chair, isn’t it? It was made with a product called Taskboard. This is a versatile board that can actually be curved. IMO, this product should be as common in design school bookstores as standard chip board and museum board.
When rendering, give each plane a different marker value (shade of darkness). The three sides of the box below each have a different shade of brown). Marker was used first, and wood grain was added with a color pencil. The Continue reading Values in marker rendering
A colleague snapped these with her cellphone while staying at a Hilton; they were on display. Aren’t they beautiful? I especially like the pleated curtains. .
When learning orthographic drawing technique, it helps to sketch common items. Sketch two items a week -top, front and side views. This will help you understand orthographic projection, which will help you draft your floor plans, elevations and sections better. Continue reading Orthographic Sketching
Students often ask, “how big is a window?” Windows come in lots of sizes, and there’s really no standard. Get a manufacturer’s catalog and see what its sizes are. This page is one of seven catalog pages in my book, Continue reading Window Sizes