The drawing ability required in interior design : Study from the viewpoint of interior design employees

摘要

The purpose of this study is to discuss the drawing ability required in interior design, and the fact that the cultivation of interior designers rely on school education and career experience. Therefore, drawing ability required in interior design is further explored and discussed from school courses and professional ability in the industry. The questionnaire survey method is applied on employees to explore the opnion ofemployees. In this study, the following is perceived: 1. regarding the cultivation of interior design drawing abilities, there is a difference between school education and the needs of the industry; the required drawing credits take up an average of 12% of the graduation credits; there are drawing courses in every school, including drawing, presentation, working drawing, and computer aided drawing. 2. Interior design professionals believe: (1) the drawing integrity used in the current industry is insufficient, and the completion of drawings are significantly related to working hours and quality, (2) the ability to understand drawings is considered as one of the most important professional abilities, (3) due to the common use of computers today, the industry places relatively low importance on hand drawing abilities, (4) the most needed drawing abilities for the industry are “concept of space” and “working drawings”, and (5) the most suitable 2D computer aided software for the interior design industry is AutoCAD, and the most suitable 3D software are 3DSmax, SketchUp and AutoCAD 3D, respectively.