New in 2021

Digital Drawing for Designers

A Visual Guide to AutoCAD 2021 Douglas R. Seidler

9781501362835 PB | $110 9781501362842 eBook | $82.67 December 10, 2020

Digital Drawing for Designers: A Visual Guide to AutoCAD 2021 is designed to help architects and interior designers by using visual methods to lead to understanding.

Starting with the building blocks of drawing (lines, circles, and arcs), the book progresses through architectural graphic standards, enabling students to create presentation and construction drawings that effectively communicate their design ideas. Advanced features such as annotative dimensions, annotative blocks, express tools, and linking drawings (XREFs) are also covered. Instructions are illustrated using language and concepts from manual drafting, facilitating a smooth transition to the digital environment for all designers, and shows just how your paper idea becomes a digital reality.

The New Munsell Student Color Set

6th Edition Ron Reed

9781501365966 Loose Leaf | $100 January 14, 2021

Now with brand new color chip technology, using perforated cardstock chips that are easily removed and easily moved around the color charts before gluing down.

Adaptable to both studio and lecture courses and appropriate for all student levels from beginner to advanced, The New Munsell Student Color Set, 6th Edition, is a complete learning package that offers opportunities for experimenting with color effects using paint, paper, and computers.

A full-color interactive and experimental guidebook for understanding color in all its dimensions, it includes 11 Munsell color charts, 15 interactive charts, 12 hue families of perforated color chips, and a textbook, all designed to facilitate hands-on learning of color’s aspects and effects. The text provides a complete study of color use and color science, including extended discussion of visual perception, optical effects, and practical application of color phenomena in fine and applied art practices.

Color Plus Design

Transforming Interior Space 3rd Edition Ron Reed

9781501362729 PB + STUDIO | $95 9781501362736 eBook + STUDIO | $71.36 February 11, 2021

Learn how to create unified and visually inviting spaces with the third edition of Color Plus Design.

Author Ron Reed shows how color and design, when used together, can organize any space around a theme or focal point, provide harmony or contrast, and help designers avoid common color mistakes in a variety of residential and commercial interiors. Students will gain an appreciation of how different cultures around the world use color in their designs, and learn how to effectively use color in conjunction with key design principles such as balance, rhythm, emphasis, proportion, scale, unity, harmony, and variety.

Interior Design Materials and Specifications

4th Edition Lisa Godsey

9781501360893 PB + STUDIO | $100 9781501360909 eBOOK + STUDIO | $75.15 February 11, 2021

This complete guide to the selection of materials for interiors has been updated to reflect the most recent materials on the market and contemporary awareness on industry movements like sustainability.

Written from the viewpoint of the working designer, Interior Design Materials and Specifications, 4th Edition, describes each material’s characteristics and teaches students how to evaluate, select, and specify materials, taking into account factors including code compliance, building standards, sustainability guidelines, human needs, and bidding processes. Students will learn how to communicate with suppliers and vendors to achieve the results they envision and how to avoid some of the pitfalls common to material selection and specification.