Photo-prototyping

Not too complex, see examples below!

Another short blog about tools we use.
Photo-prototyping can be a quick and effective way to visualize a concept!
Pictures enable discussions about something more tangible than an idea in your head or sketched on a napkin.

As a part of a new service; an iPhone app sketched & prototyped. (Starring Anne Marleens finger)
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Example 1: possible flow diagram

‘Stairs-help” prototyped (Starring Annemiek, Olympic rower & still perfectly capable of handling stairs on her own btw.)
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Example 2: Another storyboard example showing different stages

Railway platform games (including Olympic Winter Games)
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Example 3: Sketches can be added easily

Photo prototyping works:

  1. if you keep it quick & dirty
  2. if you print them directly
  3. if you put people on it; human scale
  4. as an effective discussion tool
  5. if you take more pictures to make a storyboard
  6. because sketches can be added in a context

Take care:

  1. make sure to keep it conceptual; (not too definitive already to prevent constricting more creative thinking or promising too much)
  2. always have a camera, plug & printer with you ;-)
by Anouk Randag Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,

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  1. By Leapfroglog - links for 2009-05-20 on 20/05/2009 at 13:01

    [...] friends could join in? (tags: locationbasedgames pervasivegames socialsoftware mobile games) Photo-prototyping – 31Volts – Service Design & Innovatie Dutch service design agency 31Volts shares some examples of sketching and prototyping techniques [...]

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