CHAPTER 11

Designing from the Ground Up

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INTRODUCTION TO DESIGN

So you have the concept rendering of your design and everyone has signed off on your creative vision up to this point. What now? Now you begin transforming your vague vision into a practical design that will work within the parameters of the space and the client’s budget. To begin, you need to create a scaled floor plan of the venue. Although floor plans are typically produced and managed by a production manager, it is not uncommon for such drawings to be requested of the designer. Event planners and producers may even draft floor plans themselves, to determine what is possible within ...

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