Redefining Interior Designer's Profession: iPad Drawing, White Space and Personal Brand | Interview with Henry Gao

Welcome to another episode of my podcast!

Meaningful conversations with architects, artists, and designers.

Meet my today’s guest — Henry Gao from YouTube @HenryGao

Henry is a home designer, YouTube creator, architecture photographer, and illustrator. His new passion is teaching online iPad drawing for architects.

“Today, I am a San Francisco-based home designer, illustrator, artist, and photographer. I take every bit of inspiration from my childhood into my everyday work. I don’t just design spaces – I tell stories through them.”

In our conversation, Henry redefines the path of architects, focusing on personal brand and creativity over traditional norms. He encourages architects to explore new roles by matching their interests with possibilities. Managing various roles, Henry shares tactics to prevent burnout and maintain a fulfilling career. We also discussed top drawing apps for iPad, making design easier across different project stages.

In his interview with Eric Reinholdt from "30X40 Design Workshop", Henry shares the art of creating "white space" amid architecture commitments. Architects are guided to find time for learning, exploring, and testing new things. Link to that interview: here

View fullsize

View fullsize

Drawings by Henry Gao, learn about sketching on iPad from Henry in his workshop: here

Watch also Henry’s video "My 4 Streams of Income as an Architectural Designer” :

Stay connected with Henry online:

Website: www.henrygao.com

Instagram: @drawwithgao

YouTube: @HenryGao

Interview with Henry Gao by Olga Sorokina.

P. S. Please share this interview with someone you know will benefit from it.

---

CHECK MY OTHER PODCAST EPISODES:

---

check latest articles on MY BLOg:

Is Architectural Watercolour Illustration a "Dead Art"? | Interview with Joe Skibba

Welcome to another episode of my podcast! 

Meaningful conversations with architects, artists, and designers.

Meet my today's guest -- Joe Skibba!

Joe is an architectural illustrator from America, he runs his own illustration studio Depiction.

His work has received international acclaim in the form of over 20 awards of Excellence from the American Society of Architectural Illustrators.

Joe combines the traditional craft of illustration while also keeping up with the latest technological advances. He also teaches with his online tutorials, live classes, and guest lectures.

Some of the questions I asked Joe:

• How you came to architectural illustration?

• How it all started? What’s the Story?

• What the process of illustration looks like? Draw by hand or on iPad then colour in Photoshop?

• Could you please tell us more about the Charette working session you hosted?

• How people can learn from you? Do you offer online trainings?

• What would be your advice for beginners ?

Drawing by Joe Skibba

Joe Skibba began his professional career in architectural rendering in Madison, Wisconsin in 1997, after which, in 2005, he was recruited by Urban Design Associates in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

In 2013, he began his own illustration studio - Skibba Illustration, and later founded Depiction in 2017. His work has received international acclaim in the form of over 20 awards of Excellence with the American Society of Architectural Illustrators, a fairly substantial following on his educational channels in social media as well as promotion in Apple’s App Store following a collaboration with the mobile app Morpholio Trace.

Other projects outside of the traditional architectural rendering space also include illustrations for the motion picture film Where'd You Go Bernadette. As is evident in his career accomplishments, Joe is able to both honor the traditional craft of illustration while also keeping up with the latest technological advances. He is constantly innovating ways in which to share the craft through teaching, online tutorials, and guest lectures.

After 25 years in the field, hundreds of clients, and thousands of followers, Joe continues to hone his craft and fine-tune his skills.

Drawing by Joe Skibba

Keep in touch with Joe:

Website: link

Instagram: link

YouTube: link

Interview with Joe Skibba by Olga Sorokina.

P. S. Please share this interview with someone you know will benefit from it. Thanks in advance!

---

CHECK MY OTHER PODCAST EPISODES:

---

read my blog on sketching:

Interview #9 with Dalibor Dzurilla, an expert in creating visual presentations for architects

Welcome to another interview from my podcast!

Meaningful conversations with architects, artists, and designers.

---

How to work smart on your architecture projects (VISUAL PRESENTATIONS)

Meet my today’s guest — Dalibor Dzurilla.

Dalibor explores, optimizes, and teaches architects how to create visual presentations effectively & sustainably. For this mission, he co-founded the project "VISUIN" ten years ago. On his Instagram, he describes what he does as “Institute of Effective Representation of Architecture for Architects. Save time, money, and your future you.“

Dalibor has won several architectural competitions so he knows what good architecture is. He worked with projects of different scales and now teaches architects how to present their projects and how to work with technology.

Dalibor accredited the study program about presentation at ARCHIP school in Prague. Currently, he is working on research for his Ph.D. about digital sketching as a communication tool for architects.

Couple of questions I asked Dalibor in this episode:

• Can you do a good sketch for a bad architecture project?

• Digital or analog?

• Morpholio? Procreate? Concepts?

• Which app is the best for architects?

• When can you say that the architecture project is done?

• How to become a better architect?

The resource we’ve mentioned in this episode:

“5 deadly sins in architectural portfolio”: here

Dalibor’s website: here

Dalibor on Instagram: here

Interview with Dalibor Dzurilla by Olga Sorokina.

P. S. Please share this interview with someone you know will benefit from it. Thanks in advance!

---

check my other podcast episodes: