ID 1683: Interior Design Graphics
One hour lecture, four hours laboratory. Introduction to manual drafting and tools/techniques used by interior designers in executing and reading graphic language in two dimensional form.聽
The main objective of this class is to learn a new language, the visual language of design communication. Students will be introduced to the tools and equipment required to create this language, and through a series of increasingly complicated exercises and drawings, students聽will begin to understand the communication of construction drawings using residential design as the medium.聽
Topics Covered:聽
- Construction Documents聽
- Working Drawing Concepts聽
- Line types and line weight聽
- Hand lettering聽
- Orthographic drawing聽
- Floor plans, sections, elevations, and details聽
- Furniture selection and layout聽
- Floor plan rendering in black and white聽
- Symbols and abbreviations聽
- Pictorial drawing聽
- Reading Construction Documents聽
Daily Notebook:
Each notebook consists drawings using techniques learned in class.聽
View some of our students' notebooks聽from previous years:
Final Project:
The final project is an abbreviated set of house plans for a small house. It is six sheets of 11x17 drawings including elements learned throughout the semester. These include:聽plans, elevations, sections, oblique drawings, rendered floor plans聽and schedules.聽
View some of our students' final projects from previous years:
Professor(s)
- Amy Crumpton
