It's back-to-school or college soon and if you are a student of interior design, there are some vital resources that you will find beneficial and helpful during your study and beyond.
Every year before the school holidays draw to a close, design students and their teachers' must commence back to school preparations. So, whether you are in high school, in your freshman year of college, graduating in a year or two, or a new entrant in the interior designing and building industry, there is a lot to make ready. And if you are an art and design teacher getting ready for a new set of students, these books are worth recommending. They can help you and your students ensure the new school year will be one of the best you all have ever had.
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Interior Design Student Portfolio and Imagery Journal is a physical imagery workbook specifically tailored to serve as a student planner and organizer, a sketchbook, and a mood and vision board portfolio journal. It does not matter if you are a first-year student, mid-way through your course, or a soon-to-graduate one. You will need a book like this to fill in design concepts, creations and relevant notes that you have selected from your first to the final year studies. The book is arranged in a structured manner that indicates neatness, professionalism, and thoroughness.
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I Design. And That’s Fulfillment in Itself is a multi-purpose workbook/journal suitable for planning, sketching, designing, doodling, and scribbling art and design subjects. You can also utilize it for concept art forms, zen doodles, tangled art, and just about anything else that is creative and design-related. It comes in an easy-to-carry size with a striking cover design.
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Graph Grid Paper Notebook for Design Students - Design students require grid paper notebooks to create design concepts, art forms, and craft ideas. With graph sheets, the guidelines that appear like a mesh pattern are required for drafting, sketching, plotting, stenciling, and pattern making. They can also be utilized for data and function structures, building forms, sketching curves and circles, and drawing architectural layouts.
4. Architectural Sketchbook for College Students - If you study (or plan to study) architecture, civil engineering, or interior design, this book will help you imbibe the habit of keeping records of your school projects from inception. It will allow you to track your progress through your years in college. It is an essential tool that is just as important as other architectural tools like mechanical pens, drafting table, CAD programs, tracing paper, butter sheets, scale rulers, etc... And whether you develop your ideas and concepts into fully-fledged architectural designs or not, this book will soon become your cherished possession.
5. Isometric Drafting Paper - 8.5” x 8.5” Square 3D Sketchbook is a great workbook/journal to have if you want a change from the standard quad graph paper. This especially if you desire to draw more dynamic, realistic, and un-distorted three-dimensional drawings. So, whether you draw engineering structures and buildings, or rooms, comics, furniture, product concepts, logos, or cityscapes, this notebook will ensure you draw professional 3D linear perspectives at all times.
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Space Planning Sketchbook for Interior Design Students - Room Layout Drawing Book - As a student of interior design, interior architecture, or home and office decoration, learning how to plan the layout of an interior space is an important course in the study of interior design. Being an essential facet of the interior design course, space planning requires a sketchbook cum journal that is created specifically for this purpose. This sketchbook will not only serve for class lectures, but it can also work as an organizer of home studies, class projects, and even as a collection of works to form part of your portfolio.
7. Student Lookbook for Interior Design Period Styles: Art Sketchbook for College Students (Hardcover) – Create a lookbook of interior design styles with this hardcover journal. It will serve well as a resource for your design studies, prospective clients, or future employers. Find your style. Learn how to apply it to your own unique conceptions. Add clippings of images and illustrations that inspire you. Sketch your concepts and do a write-up about your creations. Make this lookbook display your creativity.
