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Learn the art of paper prototyping
Paper prototyping is the act of making prototypes out of paper-based material. It might be paper, card, cardboard, notebooks, sticky notes, or other forms of the medium–anything you can cut, fold, draw on, and adapt to become a prototype that once may have been a tree.
In his book Designing Interactions, Bill Moggridge advised “Prototype early and often.” Using paper offers you a great opportunity to prototype early in the design process. It’s also rapid enough to enable you to do it frequently.
Paper prototypes:
- enable you to test ideas quickly
- are cheap and don't require specialized training
- are particularly suited for collaboration
- create a shared understanding
- have no technical constraints
Paper prototypes can range from simple collages to test out layout ideas:
To complete device simulations:
Designing UX: Prototyping
In this chapter of Design UX: Prototyping you'll learn all about paper prototyping. We'll cover what it entails, and its pros and cons. We'll cover what's required for paper prototyping, and present different examples on how to create and use paper prototypes in your design process.
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James at SitePoint
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