On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:52 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote: > On Nov 4, 2007, at 6:39 PM, KS Wang wrote: > >> Paper! ... Good for drafting out, materialising and visualising the >> ideas I have in mind, before moving on the the standards like >> Visio, Omni Graffe > > Paper is not a prototyping tool. It's a design tool. It's a > sketching tool. It's a way to get ideas directly from one's brain > into the world with as little information loss as possible. But it's > not a prototyping tool. Paper prototyping is nothing more than > iterative design to help people get the ball rolling and to keep > things at a level of manageable, inexpensive and iterative before > getting to brass tacks with real, pixel precise mockups and a true > product prototype.
Andrei, How would you define a prototype? Would you see prototyping as a design tool, or something else? How does iterative design relate to prototyping? Cheers! Todd Zaki Warfel President, Design Researcher Messagefirst | Designing Information. Beautifully. ---------------------------------- Contact Info Voice: (215) 825-7423 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog: http://toddwarfel.com ---------------------------------- In theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not. ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
