Size and Proportions: When Designing Holders and Items (to hold)

In this video I chat about practical tips and guides related to sketching ideas with the items to hold or store, or anything. 

A common problem and sight in students’ journal when they sketch or draw, more often than not, they do not get the relative size and proportions right. Lacking of an awareness is one possibility. 

Example of a Paper Clip Holder

Look at the example above, can you find the paper clips? Do you have an idea how BIG this Eiffel Towel will be in real life? For a Paper Clip holder the design is an oversize. An overkill. But I can almost guarantee that the student who sketched this would not have any idea that it is so.

Sketches usually show UNUSUALLY OVERSIZED HOLDERS with extremely tiny items, whatever they may be, that the holders are supposed to hold.

Watch the “Design & Coursework Chat” video to learn about what’s going on. How to identify out of proportion sketches when the size of the holder does not match the items to be held. How to overcome this? What are some general tips and guides to overcome this common problem.

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