Drawing for product designers
By: Kevin Henry
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781856697439
Subjects: Mechanical drawing; Industrial design; Technique; Freehand technical sketching; Rendering (Computer graphics); Visual texture recognition; Product design; Computer-aided design; Technical illustration
Description: With its tutorial-based approach, this is a practical guide to both hand-and computer-drawn design. Readers will learn to think three-dimensionally and build complex design ideas that are structurally sound and visually clear.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Understanding sketching; title: The psychology of sketching; title: Defining sketching. Case study: HLB design diagrams; title: Tutorial: orthographic projection; title: Tutorial: orthographic sketching; title: Orientation. Case study: Gerrit Rietveld's red and blue chair; title: Tutorial: rotated plan method; title: Case study: method; title: Tutorial: (de)constructing the cube; title: Tutorial: unfolding geometry; title: Registration. Case study: Myto chair; title: Case study: Mission One Motorcycle; title: Tutorial: sketching a tape measure; title: Form. Case study: TCV display for Olivetti; title: Tutorial: sketching a contoured bar of soap; title: Tutorial: sketching the Pringle potato chip; title: Tutorial: sketching an athletics shoe; title: Line. Case study: DC25 vacuum cleaner; title: Case study: vessel ideation; title: Tutorial: putting line and orientation together; title: Exploring forms in space. Tutorial: Panton chair; title: Tutorial: Vållö watering can; title: Tutorial: sketching tools; title: Explaining forms in space. Tutorial: fundamentals of rendering; title: Tutorial: rendering simple forms; title: Tutorial: rendering complex forms; title: Case study: Fiskars garden barrow; title: Exploring forms in time. Case study: Dyson DC25 user's manual; title: Case study: Golden section information graphics; title: Tutorial: creating a storyboard; title: Tutorial: sketching a cellphone; title: Tutorial: sketching an exhibit; title: Putting it all together. Tutorial: creating a presentation.