Roland Knauer is a professor at the Hochschule fA1/4r Gestaltung (University of Design) in SchwAbisch GmA1/4nd and successful author of the standard work Entwerfen und Darstellen: Die Zeichnung als Mittel des architektonischen Entwurfs (Design and Depiction: The Drawing as a Tool of Architectural Design, Ernst & Sohn), now in its second edition. Transformation represents a summation of his teaching and research in the field of design.