Perspective for Interior Designers

"The author provides the perspective knowledge need by students and interior designers to draw interior perspectives. John Pile offers an easily accessible and quickly learned method that will serve every interior designer's drawing needs. All that is required is familiarity with plan, section, and elevation drawings and the basic skills of using drafting tools. The book starts with an introduction on the subject, then moves in chapter to explaining special situation in which perspective is used (including one-point perspective, circular forms, reflective images, views from above, light effects and furniture), the book then moves to the fundamental technique of two-point perspective for interior spaces, which is presented through 14 sequential steps, the book then moves to freehand perspective; camera techniques; case studies of 8 typical spaces, which are illustrated by 5 well-known designers; analysis of finished perspectives; and a review of computer-aided techniques. The book uses Step-by-step demonstrations, analysis of constructed layouts, and illustrations of completed works make this volume a complete and accurate guidebook."