skauty

Hi,
I'm not new to 3d but I'm trying to get started in Archviz and I just had a question regarding the interior design in visualization. Aside from the brilliant modelling and lighting that I've seen on this forum and elsewhere, many samples are beautifully decorated, especially interior renderings. I have a background in design so I understand to certain degree the aesthetics that make a good composition, but I have no knowledge of interior design. Typically, who decides the style of a room, the artist or the architect? Or is there sometimes an interior designer involved? Is it just something you learn with practise? I'm trying to learn how, by looking at a Cad drawing, I would determine the type of couch needed or what style of painting to put on the wall. I know that visualization is more than just modelling and lighting, but judging by some of the renderings I've seen, it seems these folks could easily charge for the interior desgin of a residential or commericial building. I hope this question makes sense. Thanks. This forum is very helpful!

crazy homeless guy

all depends on the project. sometimes it is the architect, sometimes it is the artist, sometimes it is an interior designer. it depends on who hired you.. the architect, the developer, the owner, or the interior designer.

probably the easiest ways of determining style appropriate pieces would be to pick up magazines of interiors. look at the various styles of spaces, and what kind of furniture they have. what works, what doesn't.

in the end, you are going to need to develop an eye for it, but in the meantime, it is ok to cheat and borrow. hell, that is half of what architecture is founded upon.

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Victor Erthal

Here in Brazil, in a big project there is usualy at least one interior designer hired, but in smaller projects we (the viz guys) have to do the design. The problem is that some interior designers hired make so many changes during the development of the work that it becomes more difficult than if we were doing the design ourselves. In the other hand, when we do the design, not a single client want to pay for the desin once you finish the image.

skauty

Thanks for the reply. I guess I'll just have to study similar projects to help get ideas for the right look. This is just a preliminary question, as I'm just starting out.

fabricf

Goog Question is that;;;
Nowadays we see a lot of areas mixing and combining with others. We dont have now a clear line of limits. But is important to remind that the archictect have one kind of job, the interior design other and the illustrator or design of the images that will sell the apartment have other...
The responsable for the interior design should be an architect or at least an interior designer, who have the knowleged of that job.
the computer design should care about the issues of the illustration and apresentation job.
Of couse that it is necessary to have a feelling of what to put where, and what to mix... but this is far from "making the project and the design"

stevewright

I am an interior design and visualiser, and one thing i find with buildings when dealing with architects, is that the visualising stage is still very early on in the whole grand scheme of things, so they havent even considered lighting, colour schemes, furniture etc, which means as a visualiser you get the oportunity to play a bit.

If its a commercial Interior Design project, everything will already have been specified, right down to the colours on the walls and light fixtures.

Residential is more open for interpretation, they want to show the building, but want it to look like its lived in. As the developers have no control over what furniture will go in there anyway when people by it, they would appeal to your own sense of judgmenet- What kind of place is it? cheap flats? large luxury aprtments? 5 bedroom country houses?

Also the country, and area will give you an idea as to the kind of people that will be purchasing it, and therefore how to decorate it.

little architect

Hi

To me it doesn't matter who's designing the interior. Architects , interior designers and artists can participate in this job. and i think to have a good result you should apply some design basics like balanc, unity, harmony, human scale , ..etc which are applied on the form and color. pay attention to details , they give the interior life .

Good luck

rotten42

I'm also an Interior designer and do visualizations. I typically leave it up to the client to decide how they want their space to look. It's their project and they are either the client or know the client’s wishes. I don’t impose mine unless I am asked to.
I have a work sheet I ask the client to fill out for the finishes of a room or product that I am rendering. I find it is handy because then finish detail information is provided up front.

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