June 6, 2010

Great post about prototyping from @emenel

Recently, @emenel this is a really interesting post: http://www.emenel.ca/post/664271114/prototyping-beyond-validation. It brings to mind something i’ve been thinking of lately, which is that in most other fields of design the designer follows through with creating the thing they designed. They use their hands, and tools, to manipulate their materials (wood & lathe, or thread & sewing machine as @emenel mentions). But in web design, interaction and visual designers aren’t always, or even often, skilled at using code to actually create the thing they design. there’s a gap and something is lost there. i think looking at prototyping as a method to closing that gap is a good step in the right direction.