CATALOGING THE ART AND SCIENCE OF USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN
Why prototyping beats wireframing. You’re making, not documenting. You can feel the thing you’re making. You’ve got a thing you can start testing, in all kinds of ways, almost immediately. Prototyping is more like experimenting than describing your grand design. … Continued
I once made a model kit of a car where I didn’t fully glue the wheels to the body and if you pushed it hard enough it would sort of roll for a few inches… via youtube.com
Title: MIT Creates Amazing UI From Levitating Orbs Context: When we talk about the future of the UI, let’s stop being so modest in our assumptions. Synopsis: Some brainbox dude from MIT has built a brain-melting prototype of a tactile … Continued
The art of paper prototyping. Lo fidelity, high reward. via youtube.com
Title: ABC Nightline – IDEO Shopping Cart Context: What the redesign process of an everyday object can – and probably should – look like. Synopsis: This Nightline special must be over a decade old but it is still relevant from … Continued
Title: Wireframes are dead, long live rapid prototyping Context: Prototypes may be harder to make, but do they make a UX designer’s job easier in the long run? Synopsis: As software design becomes more complex and time to market becomes … Continued
Title: Playing in the Sandbox: The Role of Experimentation in Designing Context: This is one of my favorite posts that I’ve read in a long time. Please, please, please find a few minutes to read. It explains my work philosophy … Continued