Instead of needing long explanations, it's simple: 'This is how it's going to look.” It works great. I design everything in 3D and add colors and materials. Unlike designers who just create lists of pieces for an interior design, Isolina can easily communicate her complete vision with her clients by showing them models and concept renderings. SketchUp makes it easy for Isolina to change pieces based on client feedback - before the furniture is purchased or any major changes are made. – Isolina Mallon, interior designer Managing interior design client expectations I know the result will be good by starting with the 3D and creating everything from there. Using SketchUp is how I always work and how I'm comfortable working. Screenshot of a 3D model of an iron and brass ceiling lamp, modeled by Isolina Mallon and uploaded to SketchUp’s 3D Warehouse. She’s also uploaded some of her own models to 3D Warehouse to share with other users. She loves that she can find and specify models from real furniture companies. Using Reload Component, it only takes a few seconds to swap furniture to explore the potential. For example, it’s easy to explore whether she’d like to use armchairs or a sofa in a particular space - in only a matter of moments. She enjoys the freedom SketchUp gives her to explore design ideas in the rooms quickly. To start from zero is the best way to create something new. I empty the room in my mind and in my model. Through the modeling process, she familiarizes herself with the volumes and relationships between walls, doors, windows, and existing infrastructure like lighting, plumbing, and built-in carpentry. Once she has the dimensions, Isolina creates the 3D model directly with the structural materials, clean of furniture, lighting fixtures, or other accessories that are not vital to the room. Someone from her team takes measurements of the existing space, and she creates the model in SketchUp.

Isolina begins every interior design project by creating a 3D model of the space she’ll be working with. Below are some of the benefits of tackling an interior design project using 3D modeling every step of the way. SketchUp is a part of Isolina’s interior design process in every project, from the planning to the design itself to client communication and execution. Interior design in 3D from concept to completion SketchUp helped her communicate with prospective clients and experiment with the new types of architecture and design sensibilities she encountered in California.Ĭhild’s bedroom, modeled in SketchUp. In 2011, Isolina moved from Spain to San Francisco, where she started her own design firm. Working in 3D helped Isolina design more efficiently, experiment more freely, and create visualizations that clearly communicated her ideas. Even though Isolina’s deliverables had to be drawn by hand, she quickly found ways to incorporate the new software, SketchUp, into her workflow. When Isolina left school and started her interior design career, an engineer friend of hers told her about a new 3D modeling software. Isolina went to university for interior design in the early 2000s, when the deliverables for interior design were grounded in hand drawings and watercolor design concepts. Photograph courtesy of Jean Bai Photography. Living room, interior design by Isolina Mallon.

From her beginnings as a designer for furniture showrooms and larger firms to her current role as both designer and business owner, thinking and designing in 3D has helped her adapt to ever-changing circumstances.

SketchUp is an essential tool in Isolina Mallon’s interior design process, helping her create stunning, award-winning designs faster and more easily. Exploring the world through interior design.Interior design in 3D from concept to completion.Getting started with a new way to design.Learn how Isolina Mallon, the founder of an interior design studio in San Francisco, has made working in 3D an essential part of her workflow to collaborate with other design/build professionals, win clients, keep them happy, and continually move toward bold, innovative designs.

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