Paul Laseau is an architect, author, artist, and illustrator residing in Muncie, Indiana. He divides his time between painting, workshops, and illustration- commissioned or for his own publications. He has lectured and conducted workshops on communication in the United States, Europe, and Asia on a broad range of design communication subjects including Fundamentals of Communication, Visual Communication, Freehand Drawing, Visual Notation in Support of Ideation and Invention, and the Role of Digital Media in Design Communication.Paul Laseau is a Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Ball State University with an outstanding career in teaching and research with an emphasis in design communications including traditional and digital media. He is one of a handful of nationally recognized authors in the field of design communications with nine published books that are course texts for students of architecture, landscape architecture, interior design, and industrial design in the Americas, Europe, and the Far East. One or more of his books have been republished in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Malaysian, Indonesian and Spanish languages.Published books include:Graphic Thinking for Architects and Designers (3rd Ed.). John Wiley Publishers, New YorkGraphic Problem Solving for Architects and Designers. Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers, New YorkInkline Drawing. Van Nostrand Reinhold Publishers, New YorkArchitectural Drawing: Options for design. McGraw-Hill publishers, New YorkHandbook of Architectural Representation. McGraw-Hill publishers, New YorkVisual Notes (with Norman Crowe). John Wiley Publishers, New YorkFreehand Sketching: an introduction.WW Norton Publishers, New YorkFrank Lloyd Wright: between principle and form (with James Tice) John Wiley Publishers, New YorkFar East: a collection of sketches. Crossroads Communications, Muncie, Indiana