Maureen Mitton - Interior Design Visual Presentation: A Guide to Graphics, Models and Presentation Techniques

FOURTH EDITION

MAUREEN MITTON

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Mitton, Maureen.

Interior design visual presentation : a guide to graphics, models, and presentation techniques / Maureen Mitton.

-- 4th ed.

p. cm.

Includes index.

ISBN 978-0-470-61902-5 (pbk.); ISBN 978-1-118-17164-6 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-17166-0 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-17323-7 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-17324-4 (ebk); ISBN 978-1-118-17325-1 (ebk)

1. Interior decoration rendering. 2. Interior decoration--Design. 3. Graphic arts. I. Title. II. Title: Guide to graphics, models, and presentation techniques.

NK2113.5.M58 2012

729.028--dc23

2011030356

9780470619025

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

This book, like the previous editions, compiles the work of many hands (and keyboards) and conversations. It has been made possible by the generous contributions of numerous people, to whom I would like to express my gratitude.

First, I must acknowledge my current and former students, who have taught me volumes and who continue to give me the energy to keep going. This edition includes new work by the following talented and hardworking current and former students: Nicole Banaszewski, Kelly Greff, Veronica McCracken, Katie Oja, Alecia Plaetz, Laura Purcell, Holly Sivula, and Jessica Smith.

I must also thank all of the former students who contributed work to earlier editions: Tiffany Baca, Nicole Banaszewski, Laura Blanchard, Tina Bucher, Ciarah Coenen, Laura Eysnogle, Ellie Feenstra, Stephanie Holmblad, Megan Gruner, Amber Liestman, Jenna Michels, Laura Purcell, Sunny Reed, Vicky Salzsieder, and Mary Wawra. Kristy Bokelman, Dan Effenheim, Denise Haertl, Leanne Larson, Anne (Cleary) Olsen, Ardella Pieper, Justin Thomson, and I thank former exchange student Julian Hensch, as well as Laura Sudbrock, Ilka Schnelle, Jessica Tebbe, and Dirk Olbrich, whose work was featured in previous editions.

Melissa Brewer contributed CAD drawings to previous editions, and Katey Fortun came through with fine Revit work in the face of some daunting roadblocks.

I have been amazed and touched by the generosity of members of the design community who shared time and contributed projects. Traci Lesneski and the staff at Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle, Ltd. (MS&R) generously allowed me to review projects and contributed excellent project work, as they have for each edition. For this and previous editions, the staff at Cuningham Group Architecture contributed time and a range of projects and process work. Jim Smart of Smart Associates graciously contributed work to previous editions that is also included here.

Conversations with my friend Lynn Barnhouse were instrumental in developing the first and second editions. Previous editions included generous contributions of time and work by Jane Rademacher; Thom Lasley; Thomas Oliphant; Jim Moeller, Janet Lawson, of Janet Lawson Architectural Illustration; and Harris Birkeland.

I am thrilled to be able to include examples by Michelle Morelan, a talented designer and illustrator whose work has a wonderful, fresh quality. A special thanks to Matthew Saunders, a gifted illustrator and designer, for his digital and manual renderings and drawings, which enrich this edition immensely.

I must acknowledge and thank my current and former University of WisconsinStout colleagues. Courtney Nystuen, a wonderful teacher and architect, contributed in many ways to all editions. Thanks to Ambica Prakash for graciously allowing the publication of her illustrations of graphic design concepts.

Jack Zellner contributed work to this and the previous editions. Additionally, some typically excellent student work from Kristine Reckers courses has been included in this edition and previous editions. Shelley Pecha kindly (and quickly) contributed to this edition. Bill Wikrent and the staff (including Andrew Bottolfson and Katie Hladilek) at Learning Technology Services contributed all of the photography included, unless otherwise noted.

Thank you to Margaret Cummins, Paul Drougas, Mike New, Lauren Poplawski, and Kerstin Nasdeo at John Wiley & Sons.

Thank you to Andrew Miller for bringing clarity and precision to my manuscript.

My immediate family always pays a price for my time at the keyboard, and I thank them for their patience and support: thanks to Roger, Anna, and Luc.

The first edition of this book was intended as a primer on interior design visual communication, one that presented a range of styles and techniques. The goal for that and each subsequent edition has been to provide students and practitioners with up-to-date information on visual presentation techniques. Like earlier editions, this book identifies the methods used in the visual presentation of interior spaces and articulates them in written and visual language. Various phases of the design process are discussed in order to reveal the connection between process and presentation. Some often overlooked basic principles of graphic design and portfolio design are also discussed.

Research for this edition made clear that todays designers must have both good hand- and digital-drawing skills. Quickly created perspective drawings offer the benefit of providing designers with a visualization tool early in the design process, before finalized design drawings are completed. In addition, skills learned in drawing by hand transfer directly to computer modeling. The ability to create quick perspective sketches in client conferences and team meetings is a highly usefulsomething I have heard many times from those hiring designers. For these reasons, numerous examples of quick sketching techniques are included.