ID 1683: Interior Design Graphics

One hour lecture, four hours laboratory. Introduction to manual drafting and tools/techniques used by interior designers in executing and reading graphic language in two dimensional form.

The main objective of this class is to learn a new language, the visual language of design communication. Students will be introduced to the tools and equipment required to create this language, and through a series of increasingly complicated exercises and drawings, students will begin to understand the communication of construction drawings using residential design as the medium.

Topics Covered:

Construction Documents
Working Drawing Concepts
Line types and line weight
Hand lettering
Orthographic drawing
Floor plans, sections, elevations, and details
Furniture selection and layout
Floor plan rendering in black and white
Symbols and abbreviations
Pictorial drawing
Reading Construction Documents

Daily Notebook:

Each notebook consists drawings using techniques learned in class.

View some of our students' notebooks from previous years:

Final Project:

The final project is an abbreviated set of house plans for a small house. It is six sheets of 11x17 drawings including elements learned throughout the semester. These include: plans, elevations, sections, oblique drawings, rendered floor plans and schedules.

View some of our students' final projects from previous years: