Collaborative Sketching for UX
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The document discusses collaborative sketching for user experience design. It describes how sketching has become more common both as a design tool and in the workplace. Sketching enables communication, makes concepts concrete, facilitates iteration and collaboration. The document provides examples of how a design firm uses sketching in their process, from solo sketches to collaborative sketching as a team. It presents advice from experts on sketching, describing it as a quick, inexpensive way to explore ideas before fully designing a solution.
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Collaborative Sketching for UX
- 1. Collaborative Sketching for UX Robert Stribley 10/22/13
- 3. Arguably, we’ve been sketching for eons
- 4. But now, we’re sketching more than ever • IdeaPaint Inc makes a paint that turns any surface into a whiteboard • Its sales have doubled every year since introduced in 2008 • More than ½ its business is in the workplace See “Doodling for Dollars,” Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2012
- 5. Why sketch? • Enable communication • Make abstract concepts concrete • Iterate on ideas • Jumpstart collaboration • Ensure recollection • Humanize ideas
- 6. What can I sketch? • Home pages • Category pages • Product pages • Wizards & widgets • Search results • Process Flows • Anything, really
- 7. And there’s so much more to sketch for … • Smartphones • Tablets • Google Glass • iWatches • Responsive design • Ubiquitous computing
- 8. Who can sketch? • Information architects • Interaction designers • Graphic designers • Content strategists • Project managers • Business analysts • Functional analysts • Developers • Client directors
- 9. Really, anyone can sketch Cartoon by XKCD
- 10. A few ways we sketch at Razorfish: • • • • • Solo Sketch to comp Communicate to client Storyboarding As a team – collaboratively
- 11. What sketching isn’t … • Sketching isn’t only for designers • Sketching isn’t difficult • Sketching isn’t drawing You don’t need to be Michelangelo to participate
- 12. However, we can learn from the pros
- 13. Who often begin with a sketch
- 15. Until they complete their masterpiece
- 16. A Quick Case Study
- 17. Any idea what this is a sketch of?
- 18. Twitter [This sketch] has very special significance – it's hanging in the office somewhere with one other page. Whenever I'm thinking about something, I really like to take out the yellow notepad and get it down. – Jack Dorsey, Twitter “twttr sketch” Twitter.com
- 19. Some Advice from the Experts
- 20. “There are techniques and processes whereby we can put experience front and center in design. My belief is that the basis for doing so lies in extending the traditional practice of sketching.” - Bill Buxton Bill Buxton Sketching User Experiences
- 21. Attributes of a Sketch •Quick •Timely •Inexpensive •Disposable •Plentiful •Clear vocabulary •Distinct gesture •Minimal detail •Appropriate degree of refinement •Suggest & explore rather than confirm •Ambiguity Bill Buxton Sketching User Experiences
- 22. "There is no more powerful way to prove that we know something well than to draw a simple picture of it. And there is no more powerful way to see hidden solutions than to pick up a pen and draw out the pieces of our problem." Dan Roam The Back of the Napkin
- 25. For the purposes of today’s workshop, sketching is … •Quick •Simple •Collaborative
- 26. All the tools you need: Paper Sharpies Photo by JasonTank, Flickr
- 27. Defining Collaborative Sketching Origins • Rooted in Design Studio Methodology • Grew out of industrial design and architecture • No “rockstars” • Different versions/methods • For example, Todd Zaki Warfel, Message First, talks about … • Create. Pitch. Critique. • 6.8.5 game
- 28. Methodology • Sketch • Limit your time • Don’t worry about mistakes or style Goals • Benefit from the participation of your colleagues • Communicate ideas effectively by visualizing them • Quickly generate ideas and refine through iterations
- 29. Process: 1. Discuss 2. Sketch 3. Share 4. Revise
- 30. Discuss • Discuss the experience you’re sketching • What’s its purpose? • What features are necessary? • How would you prioritize them? • What’s the audience? • However, you are not discussing layout or design • Just the problem you’re trying to solve • No sketching yet
- 31. Sketch • Sketch silently • Limit your time – 5, 10 minutes • Sketch as much has possible, as many different ideas as possible • Emphasis is on quantity of ideas not quality of sketches
- 32. Share • Review your work with your team • Keep it short – 60 seconds each • You provide feedback to others • What you like • Questions about didn’t work for you • You’re not grilling your colleagues and this is not a competition
- 33. Revise • Now begin your wireframe with a more informed view, more and better ideas • And sketch again if you need to
- 37. Now, it’s your turn
- 38. Our Exercise
- 39. What to do?
- 40. Our Exercise: A home page for Events.com • A website for finding local events – Listed by category – Listed by date – Listed by ??? • Who is the audience? – Personas
- 41. Our Exercise: Consider other event sites you’re familiar with. This will be your “competitive analysis”
- 42. Our Exercise: In teams, sketch your ideas. Events.com Home Page 1. Take 10 minutes to discuss what features belong here 2. Sketch your ideas silently for 10 minutes 3. Share your sketches with your team 4. Sketch again, incorporating what you learned from others Discuss Sketch Share Revise
- 43. Our Exercise: 1. Take 10 minutes to discuss what features belong here
- 44. Our Exercise: 2. Sketch your ideas silently for 10 minutes
- 45. Our Exercise: 3. Share your sketches with your team
- 46. Our Exercise: 4. Sketch again, incorporating what you learned from others
- 47. Some Resources
- 49. Online Reading & Viewing Introduction to Design Studio Methodology http://uxmag.com/articles/introduction-to-design-studio-methodology The Design Studio Method – Presentation by Todd Zaki Warfel https://vimeo.com/37861987
- 50. Sketching Tools The following apps are all for the iPad: • Adobe Ideas • Bamboo Paper • Muji Notebook • Penultimate • SketchBook Pro • Paper
- 51. Prototyping With Sketches AppSeed Currently a Kickstarter projects, AppSeed allows you to turn your app sketches into working mobile prototypes "Sketching is simply the fastest way to test ideas and visually brainstorm” – Greg Goralski, AppSeed creator
Editor's Notes
- #3: “Aerial Screw” sketch by Leonardo DaVinci - circa 1483
- #4: Cave painting in Lascaux, France
- #5: Reference - “Doodling for Dollars,” Wall Street Journal, April 24, 2012
- #7: Sketches by Razorfish UX
- #8: Image by Andreas Aronsson – http://andreasaronsson.com/2012/06/14/sketching-myself/
- #10: XKCD Cartoon http://xkcd.com/386/
- #13: Sketch by Edward Hopper – Photo by Robert Stribley
- #14: Sketch by Edward Hopper– Photo by Robert Stribley
- #15: Sketch by Edward Hopper – Photo by Robert Stribley
- #16: “Nighthawks” by Edward Hopper, 1942 – Photo by Robert Stribley
- #24: Common precognitive visual attributes – from The Back of the Napkin – Dan Roam
- #25: Our Exercise
- #27: Photo by JasonTank, Flickr
- #28: Defining Collaborative Sketching
- #30: Our Exercise
- #31: Our Exercise
- #32: Our Exercise
- #33: Our Exercise
- #34: Our Exercise
- #39: Our Exercise
- #40: Photo: Flickr.com/stribs
- #42: Refer to websites: Flavorpill, NYCgo, Eventful, etc
- #48: Resources
- #49: Books: Sketching User Experiences by Bill Buxton, The Back of the Napkin by Dan Roam
- #51: Sketching Apps
- #52: Prototyping with sketches – source: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3017637/kickstarting-appseed-turns-your-sketches-into-apps
- #53: thanks