482 Interiors Copyright Goodheart-Willcox Co., Inc. Review and Study 1. Why is good visual communication important? 2. Name four purposes for visual presentations. 3. Contrast sketching with rendering. 4. List at least 10 standard manual tools a designer uses for manual drawings. 5. What digital tools does an interior designer typically use? 6. How do construction drawings and presentation drawings differ? 7. List and describe eight sketching techniques an interior designer might use. 8. What are three types of projection or drawing systems interior designers commonly use? 9. What is a vanishing point and how does the designer use it? 10. Name the three major types of specifications and briefly describe each. 11. Why is it important to sequentially label and number the sections and sheets of the construction documents package? 12. What is a title block and what information does it contain? 13. What do line types and line weights communicate about a design project? 14. What are drawing conventions? Give an example. 15. What are three benefits of using CAD programs to create digital drawings? 16. How does rendering enhance a client’s understanding of a space? 17. Name at least five art media a designer can use to render a drawing. 18. Contrast Bristol paper with watercolor paper. 19. List at least 10 rendering tips. 20. What is photorealism and how does it function? 21. Name seven types of handheld models. 22. Name three benefits of digital modeling. 23. What are three benefits of BIM and the software with which it interfaces? In what situations might you apply this information system? Critical Analysis 24. Draw conclusions. Review the Design Insight quote by Michael Graves at the beginning of the chapter. Draw conclusions about ways that drawings “express the interaction of our minds, eyes, and hands.” Cite text and personal examples. 25. Analyze progress. The author states that your sketchbook is “a type of journal or diary of images and places.” Obtain a sketchbook and several pencils and felt-tip pens. Begin your journal of sketches by sketching everything you see during every available minute. After two or three weeks of sketching, analyze your sketches and describe the improvements you see. 26. Distinguish effects. Use a digital or phone camera to take a series of photographs of an object at home or school at different times of the day. Be sure to capture the effects of natural and electric light on the object. How does the shift in light throughout the day impact your visual perception of the object? How does the light create shade, shadow, and textural effects? Think like a Designer 27. Speaking. Pull out a drawing or drafting tool from the mystery bag of tools on your instructor’s desk. Name the tool and describe how to use it to the class. 28. Math practice. Presume a client is renovating a home built from a kit purchased from Sears, Roebuck and Co. in 1915. The Hillrose House, plan #C189 was part of the Sears Modern Homes mail-order program (you can find the plan online using the plan’s name and number). The client has the original floor plans and hopes to maintain its original design. The client is concerned whether the original bedrooms will accommodate today’s bed sizes. The bedrooms measure: 13'-6" × 8'-0" 12'-8" × 8'-0" 13'-6" × 11'-6" 12'-8" × 11'-6". Using an architectural scale (1/4” scale)—and the standard measurements for twin, double, queen, king, and California king beds that you find online—create templates for each of the bed sizes. Then create a