Diagram

Diagram kits, component packs and ebooks for the analytical drawings that explain a project: concept, site, programme, circulation, massing and structure.

A diagram has one job, and the commonest failure is asking it to do three. Circulation, programme and structure in one image produce a drawing nobody can read; the same information across three simple images is understood immediately. Strip everything that is not carrying the argument, including most of the context.

Consistency across a series is what makes a set persuasive. The same viewpoint, the same abstraction, the same colour meaning throughout, so the reader learns your language once and then follows the sequence without re-reading a legend.

See the 21 diagram types, diagrams that actually communicate and 25 concept diagrams worth studying.