Douglas Seidler's published textbooks and textbook contributions.
Textbooks & Contributions
Hand Drawing for Designers: Communicating Ideas through Architectural Graphics
by Douglas R Seidler and Amy Korté
Fairchild Books, November 2009
Despite an increased reliance on digital media, hand drawing remains a powerful tool in conceptual design. Hand Drawing for Designers: Communicating Ideas through Architectural Graphics will show you how to use hand drawing to explore multiple design responses quickly and intuitively and to develop a successfully responsive design solution.
The text approaches the act of drawing as a communication tool, valued within design firms for conceptual design, design development, and client presentations. The concepts and methods in the text build, progressing from an introduction to drawing rationale to two- and three-dimensional drawing techniques and presentation drawings.
Designed to strengthen the user’s understanding of visual representation and technical drawing by visually teaching, Hand Drawing for Designers provides the skills for translating three-dimensional ideas into two-dimensional drawings to effectively explore and communicate your design ideas.
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Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to AutoCAD
by Douglas R Seidler
Fairchild Books, 2007
AutoCAD has long been the industry standard for digital drawing—but how do you decide which manual to use? Neither simplistic nor exhaustive, Digital Drawing for Designers teaches by relating to what architects and interior designers understand best: the visual world.
Beginning with the building blocks of drawing (lines, circles, and arcs), students progress to the graphic standards that will allow them to create drawings and communicate their design ideas. Advanced features—such as dimensions, blocks, and linking drawings (XREFs)—are also covered. Instructions are conveyed using the language and concepts of manual drawing that all designers know, enabling them to translate them to the digital environment.
New learners will appreciate the step-by-step lessons, and experienced design professionals can easily access material to refresh their knowledge. Clear, concise, and above all visual, this is the AutoCAD guide written with the real world of designing in mind.
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Interior Design: Practical Strategies for Teaching and Learning
by Katherine S. Ankerson and Jill Pable
Fairchild Books, 2008
Douglas R Seidler contributed a case study to this textbook in Chapter 6: Teaching and Learning at a Distance. This case study explores Seidler's use of free web technologies to extend studio based learning outside the traditional classroom.
Interior Design: Practical Strategies for Teaching and Learning provides a pedagogical approach specifically geared to instruction in interior design. Combining theory with practical application and examples unique to the interior design discipline, the unifying theme of the book is achieving excellence in design education.
For first-time teachers whose formal training as educators is more limited than their expertise in the discipline of interior design, this text serves as a primary, specialized resource. For both new and seasoned teachers, it is a handy, just-in-time reference for those sticky situations when one needs a fresh perspective in teaching an idea in a new way.
The text is enriched by: case studies; examples of syllabi, grading rubrics, and student critiques; definitions of educational jargon; tables and graphs photos of teaching-related activities and spaces; bibliography for further information on teaching and learning topics.
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