For the past few months I have encountered a lot of concept art. Some as set design concepts, some in other fields. Much more so than usual it seems. Certainly enough to find inspiration. That last statement has more to do with the quality of the art than mere quantity. Simply put, concept art is [...]
Daniel Jansenson’s new book Remarkable Renderworks from what should clearly now be dubbed Nemetschek Press is a terrific resource. Like any publication, there is a bit of the bad to go along with the good. Let’s start with the bad. The leading between the first and second items in the table of contents seems off. [...]
Steve Scaysbrook at the Konstrukshon CPD Weblog has some important thoughts regarding CAD File Formats. In this age of the Building Information Model (BIM) where practitioners of different arts and crafts collaborate on the same drawing there should be a cross platform, cross application standard format. There should be no reason (and if there is, [...]
This could change the way site surveys and meeting are conducted! We’re used to passing pads around at meetings so thoughts can be expressed. Then someone takes the notes away to digitize and distribute. Well, if this experimental drawing package Freeform from Ember becomes an actual App, then the world will have been suitably changed. [...]
I often talk about tents. Tents and teepees and other ‘soft’ structures can and do make for amazing performance spaces. Tent design is set design that creates venue. We’ve worked on interesting projects across the country that use tent structures to create performance space. In the illustration at left, Baytex of New Zealand uses a [...]
Not for us, but for our client; PPI. We’ll take as much credit as possible, though. We learned recently that PPI has been cited by the Broadcast Engineering Excellence Awards for their work on new studios and control for The Transportation Security Administration division of the Department of Homeland Security. KLAD, of course, provided the [...]
We’ve certainly used SMALL 3D printers for producing complex set design model structures, but this is technology that could revolutionize what is possible to build. Or what is affordable to build. And they want to use it to build a Moon Base! 3D printing technology builds up layers of material (sand) and glue. It can [...]
For a long time we have had a section on the main site for downloads. The intent has always been to post some of our standard Vectorworks files like Default Stationery and Default Textures. Never got around to that. Until today. Nothing is ever perfect, especially files that need to continually evolve. So we hope [...]
I haven’t been using Photoshop for 20 years, but close. My first version was 2.0. My friend Chris Klug suggested that Photosop and (then) Fractal Design Painter (now Corel Painter) would change the way I make art. He was right, as usual. Undo with an airbrush is an unbelievable technical advance. Of course, that does [...]
This is a follow-up to yesterday’s post about Vectorworks Layers. Now as then, I’ll put most of the nitty gritty after a break. If you’re interested in Vectorworks and speak the lingo, click through. If not, scroll down, there are (we like to think) lots of other interesting things to read and comment on, especially [...]