Interior Designer Laura Mannes Design Blog, NJ and NY Tri-State, Austin TX ASID,Interior Designer
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We presented these 3-D drawings on a large teleconferencing screen at our Client’s headquarters. Driven by our laptop computer, we were able to pan around, zoom, change perspectives, colors and finishes-literally, right before their eyes.
 March 23, 2013 - 9:03 pm
Hey Jack, Good for you! Though the learning curve was a bit steep, sounds like you are having a lot of fun and getting great results all around. Cheers1  March 23, 2013 - 8:02 pm
Well done, looks good. I am a residential designer, I have been in business for 30 years, I am currently using autocad lt 2013 and sketchup pro and some misc photo editing software. After using autocad for a long time and checking out 3D software (revit, etc) sketchup was a refreshing change and easy to learn. Now I won’t deny that it took a while to hook up with all of the plugins available for sketchup, such as automatic roof generators, wall drawing programs, site development tools and a varied assortment of detailing tools I can now develop models with fairly complex roofs both interior and exterior in a work day. My designs are much improved and the clients love the models we can manipulate for meetings and the “movies” they can show their friends and relatives. We then export the geometry to autocad and finish up the 2D detailing. Our builders use the furnished models for sales promotion and on their websites. At the age of 66 I have experienced a renaissance in my work.  March 22, 2013 - 12:57 pm
I really wants to learn how to draw with ceiling and create shadows, may combine with light room or photoshop.
Check out my blog post Raise Your Ceiling , which was written August, 2011 when talk of raising the debt ceiling was the fiscal issue of the day. My advice: Keep conjuring up and creating lovely images in your head and home to help ease the pain. Be sure to hire a designer to keep you from falling off the cliff
I’m proud to announce that my “Memoirs of a Magazine Buff’ is published in ASP1RE Magazine’s beautiful Autumn Edition. Asp1re is a magazine devoted to real people, real design and real estate. I suggest you get the ‘real magazine’, in print of course, for the full effect. That’s the point of this piece, after all. ” Interestingly, the proliferation of Internet content on every topic imaginable and the increasing amount of time I spend in front of my computer has fueled, not abated, my hunger for print magazines.My magazine cravings are fairly specific these days. Since I now prefer to obtain entertainment and political news on-line or in newspapers, the magazines I lust for are the glossy, beautifully focused editorial publications which I can savor at my leisure, over time, as well as proudly display on the coffee table. Like many people today, I spend an inordinate amount of time on the computer, both working and ‘socializing’. As an interior designer, the internet has become a tremendous asset, time absorber and distraction in equal measure. Yet, the more digitized and cyber-centric my world becomes, the more I appreciate the physicality of a beautiful, well designed print magazine, and the lovely escape it provides.
 August 8, 2012 - 1:57 pm
Great blogpost!!! That garden stool is awesome. Some of the best “finds” are in flea markets, antiques that were made when furniture building was an art form… August 8, 2012 - 10:23 am
I agree on both counts, John. BUT, you can develop a keen eye and sense of style with exposure and practice.  August 8, 2012 - 10:00 am
Your point is absolutely true provided (1) you have the time and are not under a deadline and (2) possess a keen eye and a developed sense of style. |
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Like many homes, mine was never easy for first time visitors to find. When the sign with the house numbers blew off the oak tree during Hurricane Sandy, I knew my days of providing GPS for lost souls were numbered, too. The house, a 1926 Cape Cod with natural cedar shakes has a modern interior aesthetic belying it’s traditional shell. I wanted something simple and graphic, not ‘cute’- to mount right on the housde, not as a hanging sign. 
No matter how many discussions, drawings, photos, boards and actual samples presented, most people have a difficult time envisioning how a space will look based on design concepts. SketchUp, a 3-D computer modeling tool introduced by Google several years ago, helps both clients and design team see concepts cohesively and in-scale. Here are some SketchUp drawings we produced for a corporate client to illustrate our designs and exact specifications for the CEO’s office, reception area, conference room and waiting area..jpg "FALLING WATER")
All this talk of the Fiscal Cliff leaves me cold. But the visual pictures these terms evoke are fantastic! I’m imagining a house- perched high on a cliff, cantilevered out over water. 
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by Laura Mannes