we use the guimagnets at times, but have gone to something similar, magnetic
whiteboards with cuttable magnetic film, we've created all sorts of shapes
with scissors. But we use 4x3 papersheet sized ones for screens so we can
insert new ones, move them around, these can be stacked.
Sticky notes seem to be a good alternative. There are a lot of
templates using sticky notes to support graphic facilitation
developed by The Grove (http://www.grove.com/site/index.html)
...
{ Itamar Medeiros } Information Designer
designing clear, understandable communication by
caring to
Shaun - You're not out of your mind. Designers and design
researchers have been usng felt boards and similar materials for
years. Best example is Liz Sanders co-creation methods, where
participants use such materials to envision designs of products and
environments (see esp. page 8-11):
You can buy magnetic sheets and print out whatever you want at most of
the large office supply stores in the USA (Staples and similar
stores). They are useful for things like information architecture,
menu design, and brainstorming. The same stores now sell 100 magnets
in business card size and
About 10 years ago when I was making my own magnets, blank fridge
magnets were much cheaper at craft stores than at office supply stores
and there was a wider range of sizes/shapes.
Chauncey Wilson wrote:
You can buy magnetic sheets and print out whatever you want at most of
the large office
In the initial stages of brainstorming design, specifically when it comes to
reactive changes to the interface, I'm commonly sketching boxes and buttons
on graph paper or a white board.
Then I started thinking about the playroom I had as a child, and we had a
big felt board down there with a
This site sells fridge magnets made to look like GUI controls:
http://www.guimagnets.com/
It would be really fun to create your own shapes, maybe using huge sticky
notes: http://store.heliotropehome.com/gistnopad.html
-Loren
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http://acleandesign.com
On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 11:14 AM, Shaun
