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but if you ever enter a design studio, you will find
out differently. Studios still make sketches and
drawings by hand and in most cases, quite a lot
of them. They are an integral part of the decisionmaking
process, used in the early stages of
design, in brainstorming sessions, in the phase
of research and concept exploration, and in
presentation.
Drawing has proved to be, next to verbal
explanation, a powerful tool for communicating
not only with fellow designers, engineers or
model makers but also with clients, contractors
and public offices.
This book can be regarded as a standard book on
design sketching, useful for students in product
design.

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Eissen, Koos
Koos Eissen is an associate professor at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where he is responsible for the freehand and digital drawing classes at the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

Steur, Roselien
Roselien Steur lectures at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague and specialises in design sketching workshops for professionals.

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