Very useful for sketching room usage layouts with the client
923608
Very useful for sketching room usage layouts with the client.  I love that this has a template pattern labeled "birdcage"... What more could you want?
698703
As a designer, I love the markings on this book.

A dot matrix on the left page and a lined page on the right is super helpful with ideating (usually, entails pairing a headline with a visual).

THE KEY DIFFERENCE between these markings and other similarly designed notebooks is the tiny equidistant rules on the underside of the ruled pages baseline. It makes good kerning by hand incredibly easy to execute.

If that last bit was gibberish to you it just means there are small markings underneath the writing lines indicating the distance between letters, which is super helpful when trying to be 'neat.'

Anyways, the biggest and possibly only pain-point I have about this notebook is front-end of the inside. There's no room to create my own index!

Other than that it's pretty perfect for what I do. I would like to see a leather casing with a wrap around and a place to hold my pen for this so I can reorder as I fill up but keep my work protected.

Would recommend.
2868947
This excellent book is chock full of valuable design suggestions, tips, improvements, comparisons, and layouts. User experience will make or break your application and it is more than wise to put considerable effort into making sure the UI is simple, easy to use, and efficient, and this book will do lots to put you in the right direction. This book paid for itself immediately by providing me with a solution to a design problem I had been struggling with. I am pleased with it and will no doubt refer to it again and again. Thank you Theresa!
4359549
For artists and designers who use Sketchbook Pro, this is an excellent version so far.
1995991
This is a real help to those of us who are not professional interior designers, but trying to do space-planning for homes and apartments. The set has a wealth of stickers for a variety of appliances, furniture pieces, fixtures, and doors and windows. I agree that the ability to re-use is limited, since the adhesive tends to pick up any surface dust or pencil lines on the placement surface.

Two *very* minor issues. One, some of the designs are a little dated - for instance, television sets are still shown as 'large-box' table-top type units and a (I believe) old-school projection TV set. Two, it'd be helpful to have a few more 'wall' stickers - and, walls in that reflect the depth of both interior and exterior walls. Neither are so substantial as to drop to 4-stars.
482816
I am a project manager at a leading architectural firm. And the key to great drafting are the tools you use. That's why I prefer my Mac Pro --- it redefines what a 'workhorse' should be. Even with Windows Vista, Autocad, Excel and 20 open emails, my computer handles my every request with ease.

Meanwhile, the creative side of me has full access to Photoshop which happens to be running simultaneously on the Mac OS. Thanks Parallels!
1488428
I am an interior design and this is perfect for everything that I do! Calculate egress travel distance, distance in general, etc.
2154422
As a small remodeling firm we needed a program to fit all of our design, layout, and 3D needs. This program does it all and is very easy to use if you have any experience with design/ cad programs. The price point is great considering all of the design tools in the package.
1865912
I've enjoyed using this program-it does take some practice and reading, but the tutorials are very handing. The program allows you to get the measurements and dimensions of the structure. Elevations are available as well. The 3D feature is very detailed and you can switch easily from 2 to 3 D. There weren't as many kitchen and furniture pieces to select from as I would have liked, but it's a good program to map out a home plan.
They also offer software updates.
I don't really know too much about architecture or building, but I think this is a good software for the price. It's better than some of the other programs I've used.
4695573
I am a professional home-dec seamstress and use this book for client reference. The vivid pictures are of fully, beautifully decorated rooms in various styles. Many are easy to recreate. However, for those needing  detailed instructions, you would need to find a pattern to recreate some of  what you see in the book (like the valance on the cover). Good hints on  choosing style, fabric, and on measuring.
335966
In the book Raw Data Infographic designers sketchbooks Massimo Vignelli makes a remarkable statement on page 328: Sketching forces us to concentrate on the details. We use the computer to refine details, but the concept is expressed with a 3B Caran d'Ache. Opposed to Massimo Vignelli I almost never sketch on paper. I have a sketchbook but it usually takes years before it is filled with notes. I sketch with Processing. A programming language that allows me to improve the result until Im satisfied with it. Its not better or worse than manually sketching when it comes to reaching a final result. Although this is worth a separate discussion. Back to Raw Data. The book contains 639 illustrations of which 445 in color. Which on itself is also interesting data. Raw Data is an excellent book that neatly explains how designers carry out their assignments.

For me the book is divided into two categories. The largest category includes charts with an illustrative character. I think the most interesting designers are: Giorgia Lupi, Deborah Adler, Mike Bostock, Christopher Cannon, Tony Chu, Clever & Franke, Jan Hartwig, Luisa Milani & Walter Molteni, Alexander Maaev, Nathalie Miebach, Julia Laub & Cedric Kiefer, Stefanie Posavec, Cooper Smith, Hyemi Song, Paul Soulellis, Moritz Stefaner, Mahir Yavuz and finally Massimo Vignelli working together with Beatriz Cifuentes and Yoshi Waterhouse.
3144862
I love it. The color matching isn't as sharp as a monitor but you shouldn't go by a monitor anyway but a Pantone book or something. The resolution is spot on and you can use your monitor to hold the tool pallets and just use all the surface for your art. The short cuts buttons are just gimmick so use a separate mouse to go into your monitor space for the palettes. I don't see a reason to spend money on a larger tablet unless you want everything to be shown on it so you never have to use your monitor space. Some people might claim the drawing scale is too cramp but I don't think so.
3147638
Easy to use and setup  , could use some additional features for choosing lighting effects and color schemes.
3098158
I bought this journal specifically to record my random home decorating ideas, and I'm very happy with it, even though the binding on my copy is a little bit loose.  The description doesn't really do the book justice; it's much nicer than it looks.  First of all, there are lined pages, blank pages, and graph-lined pages, which would come in handy if you want to draw a room to scale. The 3 kinds of pages are interspersed throughout the whole book, rather than in specific sections.  Each page has a lavender-colored illustration on the border, and there is a big pocket on the inside back cover to hold photos or whatever you want.  There is also a ribbon bookmark, and an elastic band closure on the cover.  The design is well thought out and tastefully executed, and it would make a great little housewarming or hostess gift.
1574498
Even though I know the printer margins are limited, I can position the objects on the sheets to make the best use of the resources. This will be used for math notes.
1400307
I love to be able to jot down notes when I am in a darker room.  Has saved things for me many times.
4329516
This book is useful for all sorts of design purposes, although we got it to help us pick colors for our website. But if you want to redecorate your home or apartment, the book is inexpensive enough to purchase just for that. Especially helpful for those of us who simply have trouble picking out our clothes each day, much less the colors for our online publications.