Surfaces : Visual Research for Artists, Architects and Designers. Este artículo no está disponible.Surfaces : Visual Research for Artists, Architects and Designers

Searching for background material? Here are over 1,200 outstanding, vibrantly colourful visual images of an impressive range of surface textures - wood, stone marble brick plaster stucco, aggregates, metal, tile and glass ready to be used in your design, presentations or compositions. Photographed and compiled by a designer for designers and other creative professionals, these pictures show specific materials and how they change with time, weather, wear and lighting. Each section offers general views of the material, a gallery of commonly used or manufactured samples and hundreds of specimens documenting types, finishes and layouts in architectural settings. Detailed captions provide information about the physical properties, dimensions, material varieties, construction techniques and types and styles of treatments. Interviews with design professionals provide on-the-ground advice on visual research. And a comprehensive glossary of the visual and technical aspects of surfaces constructs a shared vocabulary for effective professional communication. An index of subject matter and materials makes it easy to find just the image you need to transform your vision into reality.

Every scenic artist and designer deals with the relationship of form and function - turning ideas and concepts into something solid, whether the medium is plaster, wood, steel or paper. Central to such work is the compilation of photographs of different materials that can be used for future reference. This book is a comprehensive collection of photographs with chapters on each material. It covers hundreds of varieties of wood, stone, marble, brick, plaster, glass, metal and tile look in exterior and interior settings. The pictures are of two varieties, either for the purpose of identifying a surface, or depicting materials in different settings, showing how they can be used architecturally, what their visual effect is, and how they weather. Tailored to research needs in scope and focus, the images offer models and scanning materials for everyone working in this field, and advice is offered in the form of interviews with professionals in the fields of design and architecture, who describe how they gather and use visual research in their work.