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.
