This week we have a deadline for one of our projects: Our architectural drawings must be 95% complete. That means we hand over an almost complete set of documents to the owner for their review and comment. To get to this point, the whole team has their own portion of the work to …
Tag Archives: design shadow
DESIGN SHADOW: DD PRESENTATION
Picture this – a room full of 15 or so individuals – architects, designers and various owner invested parties, most of which are in ties and dresses, surrounding a table – strewn with lunch meals, architectural drawings and finish materials for the whole building – down to the fabric for the chairs being used. This …
DESIGN SHADOW on RENDERING
Today was a continuation of more time working with the renderers (affectionately labeled “render monkeys”) for a project. This particular client values renderings so much that we spend a lot of time on the front end to show design progression. Previous to today I had given them furniture cut sheets, light fixture designs/drawings and mill-work …
DESIGN SHADOW: LARGE SCALE MOCK-UP
Clients that will be putting a lot of capital towards a project, want to make sure their money is well spent. They are particularly concerned about getting everything they need and want. This is especially true when an Owner is building a large scale project that has many interest groups – or different users or …
DESIGN SHADOW: INTERIOR ARCHITECTURAL SKETCHES
Our team of Architects and Interior Designers recently had the space plan and exterior design for a new project approved by the Owner. Now it’s time to define the interior architecture and designs. We call this establishing the vocabulary of the building. Today I spent time thinking with my pen and fodder (tracing paper). This …
DESIGN SHADOW: PROJECT DOCUMETATION
Since I have spent the last number of weeks on a job site managing and completing the installation of a project, it’s now time to complete the record keeping part of the project…the part that we never talk about in school. Most commercial clients like a type of product specification and material/finish binder – architectural …
DESIGN SHADOW: MILLWORK SHOP DRAWING REVIEW
Today I worked on redlining a portion of the 200 + pages of mill-work/casework shop drawings (it will actually take a couple days to make it through them.) Shop drawings come to us after a contractor has selected the sub-contractor that will be doing the woodwork/mill-work the job. They take our drawings and specifications and …
DESIGN SHADOW: UNIVERSITY PRESENTATIONS AND CUSTOM FURNITURE PROCESS
When Brigham Young University closed their Interior Design Program 14 years ago, it limited the options and paved the way for other local universities programs to gain more support. And then with the closing of Brigham Young University – Idaho’s program this past year, Utah and Idaho have been left with only two CIDA accredited …
DESIGN SHADOW: LOBBY FURNITURE SELECTION
Often I have little small projects that come up. Little projects that pay by the hour and don’t take much coordination on the meeting end of things – but more time on following the design through and getting all the product ordered and to the site. Currently one of these projects is for a small …
DESIGN SHADOW: FLORAL ARRANGING – ONLY ONE TOOL
Floral arranging = décor = tool of design (but not the whole tool kit.) Today the office where I work had an Open House. The Principals of the firm hold them every one to two years to show our appreciation for our clients and consultants. They entail a lot of food, music and socializing. It …
Design Shadow 