Understanding Designers' Use of Paper in Early Design and its Implication for Informal Tools

Cook, Damon J.; Bailey, Brian P.

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Understanding Designers' Use of Paper in Early Design and its Implication for Informal Tools

Author(s)

• Cook, Damon J.
• Bailey, Brian P.

Issue Date

2004-10

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Human-computer interaction Design methods

Abstract

While informal tools can benefit early design, their use requires that a designer give up the richer affordances of physical tools such as paper. To better understand the importance of physical tools for early design, we conducted contextual interviews with twelve designers from diverse domains. We found that paper is an integral part of the early design process and argue that informal tools will not realize their full potential unless they provide benefits similar to those of paper. We recommend that informal tools provide a mechanism to connect the use of physical tools to complement their electronic interface. We discuss several such mechanisms for an existing informal tool.

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