Design Drawing 2nd Edition

Design Drawing 2nd Edition was written to help architects and designers mastering the visual language of architecture.

In his distinctive graphic style, world-renowned author and architecture educator Francis DK Ching takes us on another exciting journey through the process of creation.  In Design Drawing 2nd Edition, he unmasks the basic cognitive processes that drive visual perception and expression, incorporating observation, memory and rendering into a creative whole.  Design Drawing 2nd Edition unites imaginative vision with fundamental architectural principles to cover the traditional basics of drawing, including line, shape, tone and space.

Guiding the reader step-by-step through the entire drawing process, Design Drawing also examines different types of drawing techniques such as multiview, paraline and perspective drawings, and how they can be applied to achieve stunning results. In addition, this edition:

• Goes beyond basic drawing books - Ching not only covers the principles, media and techniques of drawing, but also places these within the context of what and why designers draw. 
• Features more than 1,500 hand-rendered drawings, beautiful illustrations that reinforce the concepts and lessons of each chapter. 
• Includes a supplemental CD-ROM - viewers will gain a greater appreciation of the techniques presented in this book through the power of animation, video, and 3D models. Twelve new modules are included, as is a video of the author demonstrating freehand techniques in a step-by-step manner.

For professional architects, designers, fine artists, illustrators, teachers and students alike, Design Drawing 2nd Edition is an all-in-one package that is both an effective tool and an outstanding value, demonstrating concepts and techniques in a visually stimulating format that transends comparable works in the field.