View the Beautiful Drawings of Design Talents Who Still Work By

In this digital age, masterful draftsmanship and hand drawing are less of a requirement when powerful high-tech tools are at the disposal of architects and interior designers. But for the following seasoned pros, doing things the old-fashioned way isn’t just a charming throwback—reaching for paper, pencils, and paints is an integral part of how and why they design.

They are more evocative and make the imagination fly, as opposed to a hardcore computer rendering.” Mellone also amusingly mentions that CAD was still an elective—rather than required—course option during his time in architecture school.