Interviews

August 2017

Interview with Mauritz Snyman

I'm Mauritz Snyman & the owner of Jireh3D, a company I started in 2008 focusing on 3D Architectural Modeling & Rendering. I'm based in South-Africa.

August 2015

My name is Ahmad Maher, I'm from Cairo, Egypt. I am a Teacher Assistant in German University in Cairo - Architecture department, Authorized Instructor for Trimble SketchUp The first in Egypt And Autodesk certified Instructor. Iam also Instructor in CADMasters training Center in Egypt.

March 2015

Interview with Amgad Sabry

My name is Amgad Sabry. I'm 29 years old Egyptian architect. I was graduated from Minia university, Faculty of Fine Arts in 2008. Since then i worked in many projects in Egypt and outside Egypt.

February 2015

Interview with Laurent Brixius

Since graduating as an architect, I work in the field of CGI for almost 20 years, always with great passion and pleasure. In addition to my SketchUp models and CGI production activities, I am also author and editor of several books and training videos on SketchUp in French.

January 2015

Interview with Ricardo Botella

I'm an architect specialized in 3D visualization. I'm founder of render online, a company focused on quality visualizations for architectural projects and real estate.

December 2014

Interview with Fred Abler

Form Fonts is our go-to subscription based collection of 3d models and textures. I have been a member of Form Fonts for the last 9 years and I absolutely cannot exist without this service as a professional designer and visualization artist.

November 2014

Interview with Artur Coelho

I'm an elementary school teacher in the Portuguese educational system. I teach introduction to communication technologies (ICT for short) to pupils in the 12 to 14 year old age range.

October 2014

Interview with Suresh Tamang

I am Suresh Tamang, Managing Director of Chitwan Design Consultancy Pvt. Ltd., Nepal. I have had my hands on Autocad, Sketchup and vray and we have been providing construction designing, surveying, landscape, interior design with a team of sixteen staffs on five branches.

September 2014

Interview with Warunyoo Songkran

My name is Warunyoo Songkran. I am a managing director of a small engineering consultant company in Thailand (before that I worked for a company named Premier Energy (PME)).

August 2014

Interview with Mario Goles

Mario Goles from Croatia. For several years now he did Architecture and Interior design, using different 3D modeling tools and other more sophisticated software for completing his projects.

June 2014

Interview with Nomer Adona

Nomer began integrating V-Ray for SketchUp into his visualization process with the plug-in’s first beta release, and continues to use it on a regular basis.

April 2014

Interview with Thomas Thomassen

Thomas Thomassen, better known to Forum members as ThomThom, is a model maker, 3D visual artist, software programmer, and web designer.

February 2014

Interview with Javier Wainstein

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

Hello, first of all I want to thank the people who make this site and this interview possible. It is a pleasure and an honor to participate.

January 2014

Interview with Bob Lang

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I am the executive editor of Popular Woodworking Magazine and the author of several books of measured drawings of furniture from the American Arts & Crafts period and two books about using SketchUp.

December 2013

Interview Belen Fernandez Franca

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

My name is Belén, I'm 31 years old and I'm from Barcelona, Spain. I am a Technical Architect and authorized trainer for Trimble SketchUp. For more than 10 years now SketchUp is my main tool, either for training or to make several constructive info graphics.

October 2013

Interview Adriana Granados

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I have a unique international background that had impacted in many way my life and profession. I was born in Argentina, from a German mother, a father born in Spain and grandparents from France, and Germany.

September 2013

Interview Claudio Feldman

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

Hello, I am architect since 1984, from Buenos Aires University, Argentine - FADU-UBA. (But I have worked too a lot of years in Plastic Arts Exhibitions and Presentations (Drawings+Paintings+Photos= Mixed media).

August 2013

Interview Arpad Varga

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

Hi, I'm Arpad Varga from Hungary. I'm a software developer, mainly working for the industrial sector. My work is not directly connected to Sketchup. First I used SU for hobby projects around my home only.

Interview Andrew Alexander

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I live with my wife in Mission, BC, Canada. I work as a draftsman for an engineering consulting firm that has offices across Canada and in the United States.

July 2013

Interview with John Parker

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I trained in architecture prior to entering teaching around 15 years ago. I have been a keen enthusiast in incorporating the use of technology, and have used CAD as the primary method of delivering the learning experiences for my students.

June 2013

Interview with Corey Rubadue

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

My name is Corey Rubadue and I'm the Product Manager for V-Ray for SketchUp. I'm also an architect that has used V-Ray for architectural visualization either in practice, or by helping develop that part of the product line for over 10 years now.

May 2013

Interview with Jean-Luc Clauss

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I am so glad that you are still connected with us and continuing the world of sketchUp alive. Graduated in 1999 as an architect, I am the founder and the owner of Archi-Com 21.

April 2013

Interview with Irmin Verstappen

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I am an Interior Designer working in Belgium. I graduated in 1994 and have been working for several companies since then. Until in 2010, when I started working as an independent designer and 3D visualiser.

March 2013

Interview with Paul Lee

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I am passionate about creativity and have always enjoyed art and science. I get bored quickly if I'm not using my brain and expanding my knowledge so it was very natural that I would end up working for myself.

February 2013

Interview with David Brufau

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

Hello, my name is David and I am a catalan CG artist from Barcelona. I am a Sketchup Pro user well a lover must say. I started to dive in at version v6, but I discovered it one year before while working in a big firm architectural office in Barcelona.

January 2013

Interview with Rachmat Nurhadi

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

Hello, my name is Rachmat Nurhadi, I am under graduate majoring landscape architecture of Bogor Agricultural Institute, Indonesia, in 2004. I am 32 years old, and work as a landscape architect and 3D visualizer.

December 2012

Interview with Claudio Cosentino

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I started to discover sketchup 5 years ago, I was looking for a program 3d fast and versatile, with a simple interface that would allow me to work directly on 3D volumes. I did some research on the internet and found sketchup, it was love at first sight.

November 2012

Interview with Matt Donley

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I stumbled across Sketchup by accident. I remember how I felt when I downloaded Sketchup for the first time. I immediately started drawing and using the push pull tool, creating a simple box or something like that.

October 2012

Interview with Jonathan Pagaduan Ignas

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

onathan Pagaduan Ignas, the most promising architectural designer cum visualizer. Jonathan completed his Architecture degree at Tarlac State University "TSU".

September 2012

The Sketchup modeler

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

I would like to introduce my self, my name is Klara Theresya, i am a fresh graduated of architecture department. I feel honored and embarrassed at the same time to be interviewed in Sketchup-ur-space magazine.

July 2012

The leading geo modeler

Interviewer : Rajib Dey

My name is Peter Olsen. I am a retired computer programmer living in Sydney. Geo-modelling with Sketchup has been my passion for the past 4 years. When I was at school I always intended to be an architect but changed to computing during my final year at school. I retained an interest in architecture however.

June 2012

Rendezvous with Jack B Clark, the Google certified Geo Modeler

Interviewer : Debarati Nath

Welcome to the space of SketchUp. Our readers will love to hear about you.

Thanks for the opportunity to share my SketchUp experience with your readers.

May 2012

Rendezvous with John Bacus on Trimble's Acquisition of SketchUp

Interviewer :Debarati Nath

Hi Debarati! Thanks for inviting me here to answer some questions.
While the details of the acquisition are not being made public, it is important to know that the SketchUp team regards it as a good deal for everyone. Trimble really understands what makes SketchUp great, and they want to help us to keep making it greater.

Chaos Group Interview with Digital Domain: Blake Sweeney on Real Steel

Interviewer :Chaos Group

April 2012

Rendezvous with Joao Gaspar

Interviewer :Debarati Nath

I´m a brazilian architect and writer of the book "Google SketchUp Pro 8 Step by Step". With the architect Alexandre Villares, I have a training center on digital design, called TI Lab in São Paulo, since year 2000.

March 2012

Rendezvous with Jim Leggitt the Godfather of SketchUp Style

Interviewer:Debarati Nath

I am an architect living in Denver, Colorado USA and I have always loved hand drawing using technology since I was a five years old when I learned to draw from a television program named “Jon Gnagy Learn to Draw” where we watched the artist sketch on television and copied his drawing technique.

Customer Success Story Media Design School, New Zealand

Interviewer:Chaos Group

Media Design School was founded in 1998 and has really established a reputation for providing education and project-based learning in specialist areas including 3D animation, VFX, game development and design.

February 2012

Rendezvous with Oscar Rottink, the 3D Printing Competition Winner

Interviewer:Debarati Nath

I'm Oscar Rottink, a Dutch 38 year old designer who started his career working in the prepress business for some years. After that job I got a career at an advertising agency working for companies like Volvo Cars, Gazelle (Dutch bicycle brand) and some other large companies.

Customer Success Story Ixor VFX, Greece

Interviewer:Chaos Group

Chaos Group recently had the opportunity to catch up with Andronikos Bisogiannis at IXOR to discuss a few of the studio's most recent projects and talk about what's in store for 2012.

January 2012

Rendezvous with Guillaume Godin, the Google featured Geo Modeler

Interviewer:Debarati Nath

Hi to all SketchUp UR Space readers & team, my name is Guillaume, I'm 34 years old from Montreal Quebec.

Interview with Matthew Stone

Interviewer: Lumenrt

Find out how Matthew Stone revolutionized the way Perth-based Jadan Landscapes (Australia) presents its projects to clients using e-on's world-class architectural visualization software LumenRT.

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