Practice20 February 20263 min read
Why every project still starts with a pencil
Software will draw whatever you tell it to. A pencil makes you decide what matters first.
Marten HoltDesign director
The first week of every project at Aulden is spent without a computer. It isn't nostalgia. A soft pencil can't show you a dimension, so you draw only what you understand.
By Friday we have one sheet with a section on it. If it doesn't hold together on one sheet, more detail won't save it.
