The Illustrated Room: 20th Century Interior Design Rendering - Hardcover

Barr, Vilma; Antman, Dani

9780070061316: The Illustrated Room: 20th Century Interior Design Rendering

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0070061319 ISBN 13: 9780070061316

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 1997

An overview of 20th-century commercial and residential interior design as it is presented in renderings, drawing, sketches and CAD depictions. Through the work of well-known designers the communication techniques and design approaches to a wide variety of project types from all residential rooms to offices, lobbies, hotels, restaurants, retail stores, museums, schools and institutional facilities are shown. Illustrations are accompanied by discussion of the context of the design, its style and intentions and the execution technique. The book features work from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and the Far East.

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Review:

"Organized chronologically, by decade, chapters offer a detailed overview of the evolution of both interior design and its non-photographic representation in this century."

About the Author:

Vilma Barr has more than 25 years of experience as an author, editor, text developer, and feature writer on the topics of design and business. Her consulting firm, Barr Publications & Editorial Services of New York City, serves corporate clients in the development of print materials and for media contact and liaison. Her book, Promotion Strategies for Design and Construction Firms, was given the 1995 Joel Polsky Award by the American Society of Interior Designers for the best book on a design topic. She is coauthor (with Charles E. Broudy, FAIA) of Designing to Sell: A Complete Guide to Retail Store Planning and Design and Time-Saver Details for Store Planning and Design, author of The Best of Neon, and co-author of Stores: Retail Display and Design. Dani Antman was recently the principal of Dani Antman Interior Renderings, a New York City-based interior illustration firm. A former rendering instructor at Parsons School of Design and the New York School of Interior Design, she has also been a freelance interior renderer whose work has been exhibited at shows at the New York Pen & Brush Club and New York School of Interior Design and whose clients included Est�e Lauder, Springmaid Home Fashion, and Burlington Industries. Ms. Antman illustrated the book Decorating Rich and has contributed illustrations to Decorating and Remodeling magazines and to The New York Times.

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