What kinds of design thinking are helped by computer modeling? What is done better by hand-drawing?

Which sketches exploit hand-drawing for design development best? How do they do that?

Identify your favorite images and consider what factors contribute to their success (i.e. viewpoint, contrast, spatial layout, texture, etc.)

• create objects as 2D lines, walls or 3D forms
  
• select geometry at the appropriate topological level
  
• use transformation tools with self/copy selections
  

Navigation and Control

• set up and use appropriate grid, angle and object snaps
  
• alter layers, group objects, create and modify symbols
  

Generating form from form

• make 3D from 2D with extrusion
• using correct construction planes
  
• insert segments, faces and opening
  

Basic Rendering

• alter material properties, change materials.
  
• use underlay. cone of vision, basic rendering

Terrain models or topographical representations:

• grid of coords
• spot elvations
• contour lines
• TIN (triangulated irregular network)

Pumpkins: lathing (revolve) and sweeps

Texture maps

Underlays

• for creating 2D diagrams
  
• for 2D basis of 3D objects
  

Scaling

Collaboration models

Shrage -social aspects

History, trajectory of collab practice

• Master builder
• TAC
  
• Digital model through design - const - fm phases
  
• Identity, personality, amount of interaction
  

Technologies

• live chat, audio, video (netmeeting)
  
• asynchronous: ftp,web pages (centralized vs distributed)
  

What's necessary?

• Team roles - aegis hypersurface
  
• Comm media
  

Abstraction

Collage and Juxtaposition

• John Heartfield
• Le Corbusier
• Barbara Kruger
• Jan Dibbets

CitySigns