Isometric Illustration

アイソメトリック・イラストレーション / technical drawing–digital / Technique / Diagrammatic Expression

Keeps depth while looking down from above, explaining relationships among many parts in a single image.

30-degree axes / Uniform scale / Exploded views / Little worlds

ショワジー『建築史』のアイソメ図 1899ハンセンのアイソメ建築図面 19世紀アクソノメトリック建築図面(CC BY-SA 3.0)

Dictionary entry

Best used for
Showing the whole of a system or space · Friendly diagrams of complex relations
Type
A concise sans with small labels
Composition
Fix the three axes; enlarge only what matters
Material
Value steps per plane, thin outlines, limited color
Caution
Don't draw everything at equal density. Pull the eye to the relation you're explaining.
Further study
axonometric drawing / systems illustration

Related entries

Source: Cooper Hewitt — Isometric Drawing

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