Sketching Process is a studio-to-page account of design drawing practice in Australia, gathering techniques and working methods from over thirty of the country's most respected designers into a single, large-format hardcover.
About This Book
Published by SKEEHAN Studio, this book makes the case that design drawing is not a preliminary step but a primary act of thinking — a means of developing and communicating ideas that predates every digital tool available to contemporary designers. Framed around the design process itself, the book moves through the techniques designers use to capture, test, and refine ideas on the page. With contributions spanning furniture, product, lighting, and interior design, it documents how Australia's leading practitioners actually work — not in polished presentations, but in the raw, generative act of sketching. Essential reading for design students and professional designers alike.
Key Features
- 272 pages of design sketches, process drawings, and illustrated tutorials from leading Australian designers
- Contributions from Adam Goodrum, Ross Gardam, Jon Goulder, Tom Fereday, Bill Shelley, Alexander Lotersztain, Takt, Sam Tomkins, Erin Hinton, Dale Hardiman, Andrew Simpson, Nick Robinson, Dan Armstrong, René Linssen, Phil Rose, Charles Wilson, Emma O'Rourke, Corr Blimey, Marc Veenendaal, Christopher Boots, Johnathan Cresswell, Ben Claase, Georgina Whigham, Enoki, Nik Rubenis, Gavin Harris, Design By Them, Coco Reynolds, Kevin Snell, Tamara Kyd, Harry Lees, and Alex Fitzpatrick
- Published by SKEEHAN Studio
What You'll Discover
- How drawing functions as a universal design language — across disciplines, scales, and stages of a project
- The distinct sketching methods and visual vocabularies of over thirty Australian designers, shown through their own working drawings
- Techniques for moving fluidly through the design process using freehand drawing as a thinking and communication tool
- The breadth of contemporary Australian design practice, from furniture and product design to lighting and interiors, as seen through the lens of process
About the Author
This book is authored and published by SKEEHAN Studio, whose principal has taught design drawing throughout their career — hosting studio classes and presenting talks on drawing as a form of design communication. The studio has long championed hand drawing as central to the design process, and this publication extends that pedagogical commitment into print.
Specifications
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 272
- Dimensions: 216 x 305 mm
- Language: English
- ISBN: [Details available upon request]
- Publisher: SKEEHAN Studio
- Publication Date: [Details available upon request]
Perfect For: Industrial and furniture design students, architecture graduates developing process drawing skills, practising designers seeking to deepen their sketching practice, and anyone engaged with contemporary Australian design culture.