I’ve started a series of articles on the framework we use at Messagefirst for creating wireframes or behavior/design specifications. The first article, titled Wireframing With InDesign and Illustrator, can be found over at UX Matters.
You’re currently reading “Wireframing with InDesign and Illustrator,” an entry on toddwarfel.com
InDesign and Illustrator are my current preferred tools for wireframing (and additional documentation that I usually include in the same deliverable).
I’m really looking forward to your next article. I’m especially curious about your strategy for reusable objects. I’m never sure whether a given object should be handled in a master, placed illustrator file or kept in a snippet in adobe bridge. In fact which parts you do in InDesign and which in Illustrator in general will be very interesting to see.
Have you written a functional spec reusing these objects?
Hi Todd,
Did I overlook the final two installments of your series, ““InDesign Basics: Maximizing InDesign for Wireframing” & “Pulling It All Together: In Practice”, or are these still works in progress? Looking forward to them, as there isn’t an overabundance of literature out there on using InDesign for wireframing.
Thanks,
Brian
I work as a Partner, Design Research consultant at Messagefirst. I’m an advocate for standards, patterns, and prototyping. I work on a MacBook Pro, listen to music and watch LOST on my iPod video, motor in a Mini Cooper S Works, and cruise around town on a Triumph Thruxton.
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