Manual Drafting for Interiors

The interior designer's guide to effective hand drafting

The kinesthetic act of completing a manually drafted drawing gives interior designers a greater understanding of the space they're designing, time to reflect on their work, and the skills needed to quickly draw freehand for presentations and design concept developments.

Manual Drafting for Interiors is an essential reference for interior designers learning how to manually draft scaled floor plans, elevations, sections, and three-dimensional drawings. Clearly explaining techniques and methods, it begins with an explanation of drafting tools and their various uses, and then presents instructions and illustrations that indicate how to complete increasingly more difficult drafting conventions. Additionally, readers will learn drawing techniques for indicating various materials, symbols for coordinating related drawings, and architectural lettering.

Complemented with extensive drawings, inspiring examples, and tips for developing your own style of graphic expression, Manual Drafting for Interiors arms readers with essential skills they'll use throughout their career as a designer.

S. Christine Cavataio is an architectural interior designer and the founder of Living Being Design. A LEED accredited professional, she is also NCIDQ and CCF certified. In addition to the application of manual (hand) drawing to support creative thinking, Christine’s areas of interest and research include exploring how the built environment can protect habitats and species. She started Living Being Design to create ways to encourage environmental stewardship and shrink ecological footprints through mindful design decisions. Christine has held full-time faculty positions in two undergraduate Interior Design degree programs. She has both taught and served as a critic for three other nationally accredited Interior Design programs in New England. To view Christine’s latest architectural illustration visit; LivingBeingDesign.com