Interior Design Visual Presentation, 5th edn. (Print copy) by
This is one of the few titles on the market that comprehensively addresses the visual design and presentation skills of the interior designer. Featuring thorough, process-oriented coverage on the planning, layout, and the design of interior building spaces, this book is an accessible to guide to techniques for executing creative and successful design graphics, models, and presentations. The author will balance new material on BIM, 3D printing, and 3D modeling software with crucial hand rendering techniques.
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The Communication Book: how to say it, mean it, and make it matter (E-book) by The Communication Book: how to say it, mean it, and make it matter 2nd edn. (Print copy) by 
Design Thinking for Visual Communication 2nd edn. (Print copy) by
How do you start a design project? How can you generate ideas and concepts in response to a design brief? How do other designers do it? This book will answer all these questions and more. Now in its second edition, the highly popular Design Thinking for Visual Communication identifies methods and thought processes used by designers in order to start the process that eventually leads to a finished piece of work. Step-by-step guidance for each part of the process is highlighted by real-life case studies, enabling the student to see teaching in practice. This focus on ideas and methods eschews an abstract, academic approach in favour of a useable approach to design as a problem-solving activity. The new edition now includes contributions from a broader international range of design practices and adds depth to existing case studies by looking in greater detail at some of the processes used.
Presentation Basics. (Print copy) by
Presentation Basics helps students hone both of the critical aspects of successful presentation-visual and verbal skills. Writing from the viewpoint that an effective presentation requires much more than adept graphic representation, Fullmer helps students strengthen their verbal skills to sell their ideas. The book also takes an essential look at business etiquette and body language, stressing the impact of these factors on a presentation.
Creative Fashion Presentations 2nd edn. (Print copy) by
This brand new edition of Creative Fashion Presentations provides an insider's look into how creative presentations impact the introduction or sale of fashion and other products at the trade and consumer levels. The entire spectrum of professionals who use creative presentations is covered, including fashion forecasters, fibre/fabric companies, promotion associations, designers, manufacturers, retailers and apparel marts. Forms of presentations discussed range from visual boards to couture and pret-a-porter fashion shows. Guerin's chapter on fashion show production is in effect a mini course on how to organise and develop themes and methods for trade or consumer shows.
Presentation Strategies and Dialogue. (Print copy) by
The ability to effectively and persuasively communicate design solutions is an essential (but often underemphasized) skill for successful interior design, and Presentation Strategies & Dialogues helps students hone that ability. By teaching aspiring designers how to use imagination, voice, gesture, presence, visual content, and analytical and physical tools, the book empowers readers to bring their ideas to life in a clear and compelling manner. Working from a view of the design presentation as an exchange of ideas, the book explores in depth how to cultivate interactions with clients and respond to their feedback. This eminently practical how-to book is a valuable resource for any design student, as a reference for a design studio class, or as a text for professional practice courses.
Communication Design: insights from the creative industries. (Print copy) by
The success of a piece of communication has always been dependent on the connection between content, form, audience and context - what the message is, who it's aimed at, what it looks like, and how and where it's communicated. In recent years the balance between these elements has shifted. This book bridges the gap between education and emerging practices to provide students and practitioners with the information they need to understand the new skillsets required to succeed in this changing communication environment. Organized into themes of brand, experience, conversation, participation, navigation, advocacy and critique, it explores the core ideas shaping contemporary practice. Alongside case studies of game changing projects, it uses analysis of historical context and interviews with key thinkers and practitioners to provide a relevant and contemporary guide to the creative employment landscape.
