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Visual Notes for Architects and Designers

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ISBN-10: 047090853X

ISBN-13: 9780470908532

Edition: 2nd 2012

Authors: Norman Crowe, Paul Laseau

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This show-by-example sourcebook clearly illustrates proven methods and procedures for keeping a highly useful visual notebook. Visual Notes for Architects and Designers demonstrates how to make rapid, notational sketches that serve as visual records for future reference, as well as improve understanding and facilitate the development of ideas. It shows how to expand knowledge of a subject beyond what is gained through observation or verbal representation alone.
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Book details

List price: $59.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Limited
Publication date: 12/27/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.70" wide x 9.90" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.188
Language: English

Paul Laseau, AIA, WSI, is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Ball State University with more than thirty years of experience teaching freehand sketching and design drawing. The author of Freehand Sketching: An Introduction and Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers, and coauthor of Visual Notes, Laseau is an accomplished watercolor artist and illustrator and an active member of the Watercolor Society of Indiana and the Design Communication Association. He has given workshops at universities in the United States and Europe.

Preface
Introduction
The Uses of Visual Notes
Visual Literacy
The Notebook
Using This Book
Getting Started
A Guide to Note-Taking
Recording
Analysis
Design
A Journal
Exploring a Place
Understanding Order and Disorder
Solutions to Common Problems
Focusing on Details
Design Study: International Center
A Collection of Visual Notes
Thinking and Creativity
Visual Note-Taking
Examples
Transitions to Design
Visual Notation and Design Process
Impact of Digital Technology
Digital Design Media
Examples
Conclusion
Appendix-Tools and Techniques
Equipment
Basic Drawings
Drawing Conventions
Analytical Drawings
Symbolic Drawings
Endnotes
Illustration and Photo Credits
Bibliography
Index