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January 24, 2011 The importance of drawing to design By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY Comments: 0

January 24, 2011

The importance of drawing to design

By: Cooper-Hewitt N. from New York, NY
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Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum On: 1/24/2011 12:13:40 PM With Photoshop, CAD and animation software it is easy for a design student to forget the pencil to paper feeling and the importance of drawing. The well known design firm Pentagram has put out a video with Daniel Weil speaking about the importance of drawing as a way to generate and visualize design ideas. This might help remind your students that they still need to practice those life drawing skills no matter what design field they enter. Daniel Weil: Drawing the Process from Pentagram on Vimeo.

Posted By: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
On: 1/24/2011 12:13:40 PM

With Photoshop, CAD and animation software it is easy for a design student to forget the pencil to paper feeling and the importance of drawing. The well known design firm Pentagram has put out a video with Daniel Weil speaking about the importance of drawing as a way to generate and visualize design ideas. This might help remind your students that they still need to practice those life drawing skills no matter what design field they enter.

Daniel Weil: Drawing the Process from Pentagram on Vimeo.

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