Editor: Wucius Wong
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York
Publication: 1977, First Edition
Binding: Softcover, section sewn
Pages: 112
Size: 165 x 195
Text: English
(Preface) 'Three-dimensional design is such a vast subject that a book of this size cannot cover all of it. 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 three-dimensional 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 to 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 a mini-mum, and workshop facilities can be dispensed with.
This book is primarily intended to help beginning designers in the development of three-dimensional 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. Certainly it can be of value also to professional designers, architects, artists, and teachers, as a tool for their creative thinking.
In many ways this book echoes my earlier book Principles of Two-Dimensional Design (1972). Both books have the same kind of approach and use the same terminology. This book, however, has been conceived as an independent unit, although it can be considered also as a sequel to the earlier book.
I wish to thank Mr. T. C. Lai, Director of Extramural Studies, Chinese University of Hong Kong, who first gave me the opportunity to develop the design courses on which most of the materials for this book are based. I am also grateful to Mr. Lui Lup-fan, Principal of the First Institute of Art and Design, Hong Kong, who supplied me with some of the illustrations; to Mr. Leung Kui-ting, who photographed the models; and to Mr. Cheung Shu-sun, who designed the cover.
Condition: Very Good. Shelf ware consistent with age. Rubbing, tanning and markings to cover/edges.
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