You guys are taking it much too literally. 1) Replace 'Paper' with 'White Board' and that may help
2) This guy designs appliances for seniors for Whirlpool. What he is saying is you don't walk into the factory and start making dishwashers on day 1. You flesh out low-fi ideas first. His example was integrating the counter top into all the appliances. which was easily sketched out on paper first to get feedback from the Whirlpool execs. On Nov 18, 2007 6:46 PM, Michael Tuminello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree that this is silly, although it may be for different reasons. > > Personally, I have found that people don't always make the leap from > paper sketches to the real experience of using the UI. Not to say > that you should always present a final design, but sometimes I think > it is better to present a design that at least looks halfway real. > > How many of us have ever used a system that looks like a paper sketch? > > As usual (always? ;-) ) , I don't think an "always" answer does the > situation justice.... > > MT > > > On Nov 17, 2007, at 8:45 PM, tripodell wrote: > > > "Always paper first. Always. Paper before Pixel." > > > > No offense, but that's just silly. Some people need paper to get > > started - I find it to be a real hinderance - I like the ability to > > freeform a bunch of concepts in omnigraffle and look at where there > > are intersecting ideas. > > > > Different strokes and all that. Not everyone processes their ideas > > the same way (which is obvious from the length of the thread). > > > > Actually my favorite "tool" is working directly with another > > designer at a white board and throwing ideas back and forth. The > > whiteboard somehow seems less constrained for me than paper. > > > > I think the best approach is looking for tools that fit the way you > > think and are comfortable expressing your ideas, rather than looking > > for tools and workflows to fit your ideas into. > > > > > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Posted from the new ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=22050 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > *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 > > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 > ________________________________________________________________ *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
