Comments on: Prototyping to Work Through Designs http://toddwarfel.com/archives/prototyping-to-work-through-designs/ Research methods. Interaction Design. Usability. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 17:40:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Ryan Nichols http://toddwarfel.com/archives/prototyping-to-work-through-designs/comment-page-1/#comment-6749 Ryan Nichols Thu, 19 Jul 2007 19:28:30 +0000 http://toddwarfel.com/archives/prototyping-to-work-through-designs/#comment-6749 I agree with #3 completely. I regularly construct prototypes to experience the design myself. It lets me use Coopers' empathy to feel the frustrations first hand - or let my brain generate new ideas by actually doing the tasks. "Oh, I just did X, now I wish I could do Y". It also lets me leave and come back to the prototype to re-use it. The time in-between lets me further distance myself as a designer and place myself more in the seat of a real user. Especially first thing in the morning when my mind is fresh and blank. It's a great methodology I just couldn't do without. I agree with #3 completely. I regularly construct prototypes to experience the design myself. It lets me use Coopers’ empathy to feel the frustrations first hand - or let my brain generate new ideas by actually doing the tasks. “Oh, I just did X, now I wish I could do Y”.

It also lets me leave and come back to the prototype to re-use it. The time in-between lets me further distance myself as a designer and place myself more in the seat of a real user. Especially first thing in the morning when my mind is fresh and blank. It’s a great methodology I just couldn’t do without.

]]> By: DC1974 http://toddwarfel.com/archives/prototyping-to-work-through-designs/comment-page-1/#comment-6370 DC1974 Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:56:35 +0000 http://toddwarfel.com/archives/prototyping-to-work-through-designs/#comment-6370 Architects also regularly "sketch" in model form. By working in three dimensions you can see how forms interrelate and start to understand the experience of the design. Architects also regularly “sketch” in model form. By working in three dimensions you can see how forms interrelate and start to understand the experience of the design.

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