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Your reference book on design sketching
This is not a drawing class! has been created for students, instructors and professionals in the field of design and engineering. It aims to serve as a reference book when insight into the basic principles of sketching is required. Originally the book accompanied the course ‘Basic Sketching’ at the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at TU Delft. This new and revised edition aims to make the content available to a larger audience.
Four chapters packed with best practices and insight!
Explore and reflect
In design and engineering the drawing itself is not simply the end result but a fundamental part of the creative process and should therefore be considered as a series of investigative and reflective actions for design development. It would be pointless to judge these kinds of drawings by their artistic value as they are not intended to be works of art.
Practice, practice, practice!
During the development of your sketching skill you will definitely feel failure and frustration, but don’t give up! Learning to sketch requires practice and dedication, just like learning to ride a bike or to play an instrument – there will be an element of trial and error!
Keep it simple
Whilst sketching, you will need to free your mind from anything that hinders your thinking and stalls the creative process. This is why we have purposely stripped the theory of linear perspective to its bare bones and carefully selected a set of simple yet practical rules to get you going. You’ll be up and running in no time!
What's your story?
Communication is key to getting your ideas across. You may have a brilliant solution but if you can’t explain it in a comprehensible way chances are high it will never see the light of day. In this booklet we propose a set of quick and effective sketching techniques that will help you make your ideas stand out as part of a complete and compelling story.
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"The authors are like good Sherpas- they take you directly and safely up the mountain without detours or unnecessary embellishments- not an easy thing to do. Their ability to break a creative process into its key components, highlight the main issues, and reassemble it before your eyes clarified and suddenly practical is nothing short of magical." – Kevin Henry
Kevin Henry is an Associate Professor in the Design Department at Columbia College Chicago and author of the book Drawing for Product Designers.
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This book was created by:
Martijn van de Wiel
Martijn is an independent Dutch creative professional and design teacher with a background in Industrial and Spatial Design. Operating from his studio in The Hague, he teaches hands-on courses and workshops on design and sketching at some of the world's top design schools.
Martijn's work is probably best known from the inspiring examples he frequently shares with an audience of more than one million followers across Instagram and Facebook.
Maarten Stolk
Maarten is a hyper creative exhibition designer with an appetite for curiosity.
He has collaborated with Martijn many times on both spatial design as well as educational (design) projects.
Maarten is also co-host on the weekly sketchTV series that he produced together with Martijn for the faculty of Aerospace Engineering at the Technical University Delft.
Off you go!
It is our hope that this publication will inspire and motivate you to apply your sketching skill effectively as an integral part of your creative workflow.
Martijn and Maarten.
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