INTERIOR DESIGN
(AN ONGOING Exploration)
I’ve been increasingly drawn to the creative opportunities abound when designing and creating for spaces and places. While digital design is truly a craft of limitless possibilities, I find comfort in the challenge of a physical space that has specifically defined boundaries and rules. At the end of the day what I value most is transforming a blank slate into something special and interior design provides a new way for me to envision and be creative.
Recently I dived into some low-effort explorations of the technical skills utilized for designing and planning for spaces, including floor plans, elevations, and perspective drawing.
Floor Plans & Elevations
The easiest way to start this exploration was creating some plans using my apartment as the example. Measuring the unit from end-to-end, I was able to produce an overhead floor plan as well as elevations of the kitchen and glass wall.
Floor Plans
Elevations
Perspective Drawing
I follow a variety of home and design accounts on Instagram and often see really cool architecture and interior design related posts. As an extension to this exploration I’ve been doing, I took up practicing and learning some perspective drawing using these examples as fun subjects to try and recreate on paper.
1 POINT PERSPECTIVE
My initial attempt at this image was solid overall, however towards the end it became quite clear the scale and ratio of elements were not at the appropriate proportion.
I used the 2nd attempt to focus on capturing a much more realistic scale between objects which turned out far better. In addition I enjoyed practicing shading for the shadows in the room leading out of the frame. I most struggled with figuring out how to accurately represent the curved shape of the overhead stove vent.
1st ATTEMPT
2nd ATTEMPT
2 POINT PERSPECTIVE
The 1st attempt here started off great but when it got to the point of adding the details, I felt the view port was too close to the subject, which caused a slight skew of the angles and sizes.
I decided to try again by giving a bit more breathing room to the image by viewing it from a further distance and the additional context this allowed for helped the image seem more realistic. I enjoyed taking some liberty in this version by adding a large horizontal window above the sink, a feature I appreciated seeing in person recently.
