6.

5 Design & Storyboarding

Design rationale:
• It allows designers to consider &
document the thinking & reasoning
behind the design options that they are
proposing at any stage of the process.

• This serves both to help designers check

their own thinking, and to record the
development of ideas over the course of
a project.
• Part of the thinking behind Design Rationale is
that no single design idea will be completely
right, and that designers times need to:

1. select between options

2. or merge multiple solutions
3. and also to rethink assumptions that may have gone into their
production.
Design space analysis:
(it's a design rationale example)
Q0C notation (question, option & criteria); to describe
issues raised in design meetings .
6.6 PROTOTYPING
Iterative design & prototyping

• Prototyping is central to user-centered design

• It is best to think of prototyping as a process rather than

simply the creation of an artifact: it is the process of
creating an external representation of some design
thinking. You can inspect & discuss the representation
with other designers and users.
. The critical elements of the prototyping process are:
• To turn abstract design ideas into a physical form: must transform
idea to a prototype, which may alert the designer of potential
critical difficulties that may be associated with that idea.
• To communicate your ideas: consultation & teamwork is very
important.
• To iterate & improve: it helps to nurture, develop and document
the development of the prototype.
Types of prototype:
Throwaway, Evolutionary & Ineremental.
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2017/5/14