Hotel interiors: Maison Moschino

Discover the rooms and suites of the Maison Moschino. 16 different themes inspired by dreams and fairy-tales only in the official website ( lovely website design too ).

Maison Moschino

Which room is your favourite?

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Restaurant DWG file by Alessandro

Alessandro shared with u his two autocad files so we all can have the same measurements. Thanks Alessandro!!! :)


Restaurant drawing saved as AutoCAD 2008 dwg file - download link

Restaurant drawing saved as AutoCAD 2000 dwg file - download link


Files uploaded via zShare.




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Publications - online magazines

Another great link shared by Federica ( Thanks again! ) some time ago - just updating it here!


Search engine for international magazines

 

issuu publications

There are also Italian magazines available that I would suggest to read.
For example: INTERNI
*it might have English version as well

 via Federica


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Link of the week: archiDE blog

Link of the week shared by Federica ( Thanks a lot! ) in the beginning of December 2010

archiDE - great blog about architecture and design

archiDE



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Interior materials directory

DEXIGNER

Design Directory

TRENDIR

Home Decorating Trends Magazine

THE HOUSE DIRECTORY

The House Directory 

A-Z Index of Categories

THE INTERIORS DIRECTORY

Ireland's Leading Resource Directory For All Things Interior




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Autodesk DWG TrueView

DWG TrueView: This official Autodesk free application allows the user to publish, plot and view Autodesk AutoCAD drawings such as DWG, that are the standard formats for Autodesk programs.
If you don't have AutoCad installed on your computer or your evaluation version has already expired - this is the right program for you. You can not only view any DWG file, but also check the measurements, plot the file to PDF, print it to scale and then trace it over. Very useful.

Autodesk® DWG TrueView™ software is a free stand-alone DWG™ viewer with DWG TrueConvert™ software included. Built on the same viewing engine as AutoCAD® software, DWG TrueView enables you to view the latest DWG and DXF™ files, just as you would in AutoCAD. 

• Facilitate collaboration—Share AutoCAD drawings easily and accurately.
• Convert drawings to other AutoCAD versions—Use the included DWG TrueConvert™ DWG version converter to convert drawings in newer versions of AutoCAD to older versions, and vice versa.
• Measure accurately—Take accurate distance and area measurements.
• Integrate with Autodesk Design Review—View and plot DWG and DXF^™ files, then publish as DWF files for quick, easy review and markup in Autodesk Design Review.
• Work with AutoCAD 2011 files—Get support for files created from the most current AutoCAD DWG file format.

 Source: Autodesk official website.

You can download Autodesk DWG TrueView for free from Autodesk Website - DWG TrueView Download Link



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How to post pictures or links on the blog

2.HOW TO POST PICTURES OR LINKS ON BLOG

• In order to post on the blog, you have to accept the invitation to contribute to the blog (that you have received by email - if you want me to send it again, please let me know)

• Once you accept the invitation, you are Co-Author of the blog and you can access DASHBOARD 

• To write new post just click on NEW POST button

• To add a picture click on the picture icon (insert image)

•  You will see this dialog box

 Now you can browse pictures on your computer and once you fint the one you want to upload, click on ADD SELECTED.
By clicking on the picture in your Post Editor, you can change it's size, add caption, align or delete it.

• To add link click on link icon (add or remove link) 

•  You will see this dialog box

Copy and paste your destination link in the To what url should this link go? box
 
http://interiordesignersgcd.blogspot.com/2011/02/how-to-add-pictures-to-album.html

you can also add text to display so your your link will look like that

How to add pictures to album

• Label your post so we all know what is it related to 

• Add your own label or pick one by clickin Show All

• Publish your post or save it to edit and publish it later. You can also preview your post before publishing.

 After publishing your post, you will see this screen

 Enjoy blogging! :-)

How to add pictures to the album

1.HOW TO ADD PICTURES TO THE ALBUM

• You all got the link with the invitation to our Picasa Web Album

• Click on  VIEW ALBUM

You will see this screen

Now, you can view pictures here or add more.

• If you want to upload more pics click on tab ADD PHOTOS

You will see this screen

• Just browse pictures on your computer and click on START UPLOAD.

You can upload 5 pictures at time.

Site Survey

Restaurant interior related websites

B3designers blog

http://www.b3designers.co.uk/blog/topics/restaurants/

Home-designing website

http://www.home-designing.com/2010/04/22-inspirational-restaurant-interior-designs

Yossawat

http://www.yossawat.com/

World interior design network

http://www.worldinteriordesignnetwork.com/search/restaurant/

Architect's Data by Ernst Neufert download link

Architects' Data provides an essential reference for the initial design and planning of a building project. Organised largely by building type, and with over 6000 diagrams, it provides a mass of data on spatial requirements and also covers planning criteria and considerations of function and siting.
Most illustrations are dimensioned and each building type includes plans, sections, site layouts and design details. There are substantial new sections on:
· building components
· services
· heating
· lighting
· thermal and sound insulation
· fire protection
· designing for the disabled
An extensive bibliography and a detailed set of metric/imperial conversion tables are included.
Since it was first published in Germany in 1936, Ernst Neufert's handbook has been progressively revised and updated through 35 editions and many translations. This Third Edition of the English language version has been revised for the first time in 20 years and completely reworked, with 40% more material, to provide a major new edition for an international readership.

 Source: Amazon

Book preview.

Download links:

http://rapidshare.com/files/168859672/nfrt.part1.rar

http://rapidshare.com/files/168869379/nfrt.part2.rar

CAD Software: ArchiCAD

My personal favorite. It may be fairly easy to throw together a simple building model, but it takes many weeks, months, even years to fully master the program....

But when you finally get there:

Official Website.

Good news!!! You can register on the website as a student and download student educational free version here !!!

Rendering: V-Ray for Sketchup

SketchUp users in all fields depend on V-Ray as a quick, easy and cost-efficient way to render their most cutting-edge images. Developed by Chaos Group, V-Ray for SketchUp works seamlessly with Googles’ SketchUp, one of the most popular 3D modeling tools available today. V-Ray for Google SketchUp runs on Windows XP and Vista.

Below are the features for V-Ray for SketchUp Pro 7:
* True Raytraced Reflections & Refractions
* Glossy Reflections & Refractions
* Global Illumination & Global Lighting
* Area Shadows
* True HDRI Support
* Fully Multi-threaded Raytracing Engine
* Ant-aliasing
* Native SketchUp Materials Integrated Into V-Ray
* Displacement
* V-Ray Material Editor With Material Preview
* V-Ray Sun and Sky
* V-Ray Physical Camera
* Depth-Of-Field Camera Effect
* Distributed Rendering Over Up To 10 Machines
* V-Ray Two-Sided Material For Thin Translucency
* Animation Suppor

SketchUp is one of the most widely used and easy to learn 3D Modeling software on the market today. With V-Ray for SketchUp users now have one of the most powerful rendering tools available to visualize their models with the upmost quality and realism. V-Ray works within the SketchUp environment allowing users to be able to efficiently incorporate the task of rendering within their current workflows. Source: asgvis.com

For more information, visit the official ASGvis website. Download the Vray for SketchUp step by step tutorial document from Scribd.

I came across this link: crack via this blog.      :o)

Site Survey Pictures

Site Survey

Please, use this link to share your pictures from our studio class project survey! And if you have taken any pics of the board from last night, please upload them too! Thanks!

Design software: PRO100

We all know AutoCAD and Sketch-up by now.
It's time to introduce some other great and easier programs that help us visualise our ideas.

PRO100

Pro100 website

As per website:

PRO100 is useful in all those stages of furniture manufacturing, where the user wants to introduce modernizations making use of computer technology. You can use PRO100 to create furniture "from scratch", create your own catalogs, plan the supplies, arrange interiors and support your direct sales - in all of these stages the program gives you an instant visualization, different views, calculations and reports. That's why our software turns out to be useful for small companies and showrooms as well as for huge manufacturers that own shop chains and big factories. Easiness of use (most of the operations can be done with a mouse), high speed and constant possibility of introducing changes into the project make life much easier for furniture manufacturers and retailers.

Personally, I find it very easy to work with and recommend it to anyone!
You can download demo version from the website.
I have polish cracked version if anyone would like it.
I will try to crack an english version too soon :)

It's clearly not the best software for smooth visualisation, but it's easy to use and effects are not bad either. Some examples:

It's a perfect solution if you don't have much time to spend on visulisation but still want to show your idea in a neat way! And it has an option for plan, axonometric and perspective view. You can always print the .jpg and trace it over if you need! Time saver!