This document discusses the importance of prototyping in the design process. It outlines three stages of prototyping: understanding existing experiences, exploring design ideas, and communicating design concepts. Some key points made include that prototyping allows you to test assumptions and get feedback to improve ideas, and that it is important to keep prototypes simple, test one thing at a time, and avoid getting too focused on presentation. The document provides examples of different types of prototypes and resources for prototyping. The overall message is that prototyping is a critical part of the design process that allows designers to learn quickly and improve their concepts.

1. Prototyping

2. Prototyping

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Understanding Human Needs

4. Ask Prototype
Explicit? Latent?

5. 1. Understand
2. Explore
3. Communicate

6. 1. Understanding
Existing Experiences

7. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)

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“Personal experiences ranged from anxiety
around everyday activities like holding an infant
son or working with power tools to social issues
about how to communicate to onlookers what was
happening and how to get proper medical help.”

10. 2. Exploring Design Ideas

11. “Every idea works well in my imagination, but
when I try to build it, I find a million problems.”

12. SCAD SafeRide

14. “An early version of a thing that allows you
to test your assumptions and get input on
how to improve your idea.”

15. 3. Communicating
Design Concepts

16. JCB Factory Tour

18. "What I hear, I forget.
What I see, I remember.
What I do, I understand!"

19. Five Prototyping Guidelines

20. Five Prototyping Guidelines
1. K.I.S.S.
2. Steer the focus of the feedback
3. Aim for Quantity
4. Test one thing at a time
5. Avoid the Presentation Trap

21. Noah Kagan - Quick Validation

22. • Physical/Spatial: Cardboard, Lego, Stickies
• Interactive/Digital: Keynote, Popapp, Paper
• Relational/Experiential: People! (Bodystorming)
Prototype Resources

23. Jam Goals:
1. Functioning prototype (not just an idea)
2. Documentation* of the prototype in action
3. “Show and tell" your awesome prototype
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