The Sketchbook

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Why Sketches

The problem• typically fixate on first idea• local hill climbing

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The problem• typically fixate on first idea• local hill climbing

The solution• generate many ideas and variations• Reflect and choose

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Why Sketches

Getting the Design Right vs

Getting the Right Design-Bill Buxton

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Why a sketchbook?• capture many initial ideas – both good and bad• explore & refine ideas both in the large and in the small• develop variations, alternatives, details• keep a record of your ideas• reflect on changing thought processes over time• communicate ideas to others by showing• choose ones worth developing

• capture good ideas you see elsewhere• collect photos, tape them into your book

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Artist• ideas• variations

artist's sketch page by Emily R. Feingold

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Artist• Variations

artist's sketch page http://www.fmhs.cnyric.org/art/StudioFoundation/Sketchbook/sketchbook.html

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Industrial designer• ideas• variations

artist's sketch page by Emily R. Feingold

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portion of a page from Saul Greenberg’s sketchbook

crude drawings

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buddy bugs - sketches and final prototype, by former 581 student Susannah McPhail

details to prototype

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Computer science student Andrew Seniuk – a metaprogramming environment (with permission)

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Computer science student Andrew Seniuk – a metaprogramming environment (with permission)

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Computer science student Andrew Seniuk – a metaprogramming environment (with permission)

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Computer science student Andrew Seniuk – a metaprogramming environment (with permission)

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Computer science student Andrew Seniuk – a metaprogramming environment (with permission)

many ideas + variations

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Computer science student Andrew Seniuk – a metaprogramming environment (with permission)

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Concept: • IM contacts as

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McPhail, S. (2002) Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows® Instant Messenger. Western Computer Graphics Symposium (Skigraph’02), March

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Design sketches

McPhail, S. (2002) Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows® Instant Messenger. Western Computer Graphics Symposium (Skigraph’02), March

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Physical icons • clay, glass• also a sketch!

McPhail, S. (2002) Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows® Instant Messenger. Western Computer Graphics Symposium (Skigraph’02), March

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Prototype • Papier mache• also a sketch!• see video [.wmv]

McPhail, S. (2002) Buddy Bugs: A Physical User Interface for Windows® Instant Messenger. Western Computer Graphics Symposium (Skigraph’02), March