Every Picture Tells a Story

Every Picture Tells a Story is a virtual encyclopaedia that displays compelling, beautiful evidence of the lasting relevance, appeal, and storytelling capacity of hand drawing in the digital age. Hand drawing is arguably architecture’s oldest technology. Even as we plunge headlong into the age of artificial intelligence, drawing remains a timeless, intuitive, and powerful tool for exploring, explaining, and understanding both built and imagined environments. It remains a timeless tool for design thinking. This richly illustrated monograph features over 250 works from the 40-year career of architect Wesley L. Page, FAIA, ASAI, one of the nation’s top traditional media architectural illustrators. Rather than a “how-to” book of drawing tricks and techniques, it is a visual journal organised around a purpose-based approach to drawing architecture and how understanding the overlap of drawing, design, and storytelling can profoundly impact the power and effectiveness of architectural illustration. The drawings collectively represent a holistic approach to both conceiving of and executing drawings—not just drawing for illustration, but drawing to achieve a more intentionally targeted outcome driven by purpose and story. Every Picture Tells a Story is a virtual encyclopedia that displays compelling, beautiful evidence of the lasting relevance, appeal, and storytelling capacity of hand drawing in the digital age.

Pagina's: 204, Hardcover, Oro Editions