I see the pixel-perfect design comps as serving one of two purposes: i) As a conceptual exploration of the visual design. That is, a stage of visual design iteration; and ii) As a final pre-production stage in the overall process.
So in one sense I'd happily include these into the broader category of concept designs; but in the other they're a separate deliverable in their own right. Steve 2009/1/29 Peter Morville <[email protected]> > Thanks for the positive feedback, the constructive criticism, and the > questions. The map is intended as a tool to help folks (myself included) > think about the mix of deliverables they might use in any given project. > It's not intended to be comprehensive (or prescriptive) but rather to > reflect the diversity of potential documents and artifacts. And, I assume > that many projects will only involve a small subset of these. > > I lumped pixel-perfect mockups or design comps under the broader category > of > concept designs, but I recognize that's a (big) stretch. That leads me to a > question: what is a good broader category that could include design comps > AND their equivalents in domains beyond web/print design (e.g., physical > buildings and spaces and products)? > > I'm not sure I agree that design comps are the equivalent of blueprints for > building a house...to me, those are a system map...but, of course, I'm not > a > real architect, so I could be wrong :-) > > > Peter Morville > President, Semantic Studios > http://semanticstudios.com/ > http://findability.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 > -- Steve 'Doc' Baty | Principal | Meld Consulting | P: +61 417 061 292 | E: [email protected] | Twitter: docbaty | LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/stevebaty Blog: http://docholdsfourth.blogspot.com Contributor - UXMatters - www.uxmatters.com UX Book Club: http://uxbookclub.org/ - Read, discuss, connect. ________________________________________________________________ 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
