Dylan Mallia -Interior Designer 3#

 Mallia Dylan -Local Interior Designer

This is a designer whom I interviewed and has specialised on interior design. From his current experience gently, he explained me what and how he proceeds at his work. 

Directly the designer visits the client at the place (apartment/maisonette/studio etc.) so he will start having a detailed survey and a clearer idea of how the place is. The survey includes; detailed dimensions and several photographs so that he will be able to gather all the information to be produced into a 2D drawing using the AutoCAD software.

His next step is to produce each room or area, both indoors or outdoors in 3D, which for this purpose, it is important that a detailed survey would be taken. Such as; ceiling heights, window heights, beams etc. Until then the areas would be in 3D and each room would be empty with wall paints, floor tiles etc.  

    Landscape design of an interior project

After proceeding the beginning steps, then he proceeds to the part where he needs to start designing its interiors.

For the scenario to be more realistic and appropriate as 3D models, from several different websites he downloads them in order to insert appliances, sofas, ornaments etc.

In the making he draws several sketches that will be produced in scale, so that the planning can be done realistic and proportioned as possible. This aids him to understand and apply changes at early stages before finalising.

    The Plan of the same interior project

After he completes the interior using the AutoCAD, then he exported the file to photoshop so he could manipulate the elements like; materials and lighting. That is how visualisation will be much more realistic and appealing to the eye of the client.

The artist provides several drawings to the client, such as; furniture dimensions and placings, soffits, beams, lights etc. Several furniture elevations are made for the clients to know what dimensions to look for when buying their furniture in order to achieve the most accurate/ similar finish or function. Regarding electrical work, the client will be given another drawing to know the electrical connections regarding air conditioners, wall lights, wall switches and sockets, internet and tv connections etc.

The software packages that he uses are; Autodesk AutoCAD and Relux. What he mostly uses to create and enhance details, such as mapping etc. is Adobe Photoshop. He believes that it is an asset in today’s design world, as it’s used in several stages of the design process.

 Regarding the quality of the actual final visualisation, the designer prefers using Autodesk 3Dsmax, as it’s far more detailed than the other software’s, but sometimes he will be needing to make use of easier and more time efficiency software’s in order for him to use the time wiser, as it takes so much detail that he has to present his work in 3D and 2D.

From his experience at work he learned that it’s not all about 3D and the visualisation but one should know how to present his drawings in detail for workers to be able to work from your drawings without having to question anything as the drawing will explain themselves easily.