Visual Notes for
Architects and Designers
Proven
Methods for Keeping a Highly Useful, Visual Notebook
By Norman Crowe, Paul
Laseau
Record Your Ideas
and Observations in Pictures Regardless of Your Level of Artistic
Ability
Recording your ideas and observations primarily in pictures instead
of words can help you become more creative and constructive on the
job, no matter what your level of artistic ability.
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 you how to expand your knowledge of a subject beyond
what is gained through observation or verbal representation alone.
You gain access to simple techniques for collecting, analyzing, and
applying information. Crowe and Laseau examine the relationship
between note-taking, visualization, and creativity. They give
practical guidance on how to develop:
- Visual acuity—the ability to see more in what you experience
- Visual literacy—expressing yourself clearly and accurately
with sketches
- Graphic analysis—using sketches to analyze observations
Numerous examples demonstrate some of the many uses of visual notes.
They help you develop a keener awareness of environments, solve
design problems, and even get more out of lectures and
presentations. The authors also discuss types of notebooks suitable
for taking visual notes. If you want to develop your perceptual and
creative skills to their utmost, you will want to follow the
strategies outlined in Visual Notes for Architects and Designers. It
is a valuable guide for architects, landscape architects, designers,
and anyone interested in recording experience in sketch formTable of Contents:
A Guide to Note-Taking.
A Journal.
A Collection of Visual Notes.
Tools and Techniques.
Conclusion.
Epilogue, Thomas H. Beeby.
Footnotes.
Photo Credits.
Bibliography.
Index
Soft-cover,
224 pages
Published 1986
ISBN: 978-0-471-28959-3
Visual Notes for
Architects & Designers
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224 Pages, Soft-cover
Visual Notes for
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