At 07:05 AM 6/18/2008, Jodi Bollaert wrote:
>Yesterday we spent part of the afternoon in teams, creating paper
>prototypes...While this experience was entertaining, and I enjoyed
>the team-based element, it also seemed rather low-tech given the
>tools we have available today....
Hi Jodi,
There have been discussions of this topic on the list, and I think
you'll find the range of opinions in the archives. Todd Warfel in
particular has made persuasive arguments for the value of paper, and
I look forward to seeing them elaborated in his forthcoming book on
prototyping.
For me, the main reason to use paper is to provide a medium that end
users are comfortable making changes to. Paper prototyping can and
should be a wonderfully generative activity in which participants and
designers work together to enhance and improve a design. The
literature on participatory design talks a lot about "boundary
objects" that allow different communities of practice to communicate
and work together, and paper prototypes are excellent examples.
Best,
Mitchell Gass
uLab | PDA: Learning from Users | Designing with Users
Berkeley, CA 94707 USA
+1 510 525-6864 office
+1 415 637-6552 mobile
+1 510 525-4246 fax
http://www.participatorydesign.com/
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