Principles of Three-Dimensional Design

by Wucius Wong

Book Overview

Helps beginning designers think sculpturally by examining the elements of three-dimensional design and the use of simple planes and lines in geometric construction. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0442295618
• ISBN13: 9780442295615
• Release Date: January 1977
• Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.5" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

An excellent explanation of 3-D thinking

From Preface: "Three-dimensional design is such a vast subject that a book of this size cannot cover it all. We have not attempted to explore materials and techniques, direct work with mass and surface texture, or the intuitive approach to form. These aspects of 3-D design really demand constant experimentation and accumulated experience, and it is difficult for principles to be established and explained in words, diagrams, and photographs. Instead, we have attempted concentrate on the use of simple planes and lines in geometric construction. The approach here is analytical. Visual situations are examined and possibilities studied. Since cardboard and wooden sticks are the main materials involved, all technical problems are reduced to minimum, and workshop facilities can be dispensed with. This book is primarily intended to help beginning designers in the development of 3-D thinking. It aims particularly at those who are not inclined to think sculpturally. The step-by-step explanation of fundamental concepts and ideas are easy to follow logically, and this book can become a complete course for self-study."

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It would be unlikely to find this level of expertise in the fundamentals of 3-D design even on the university level. Professionals will appreciate it if within their area of interest, but all right-brained thinkers would find this an easy means of grasping the mathematical laws governing the basics of formal 3-D design (not an easy thing to do.) This of course, provides the springboard for the elegant inspiration the book illustrates. I find this book a valuable and significant resource for my library, and look forward to reading Wong's other publications. Thank you.