Sketching for UX

You don’t haveto be an artistto sketch.

Why Sketch?

● Clear to explain your idea● Generate many ideas freely● Demonstrate ideas to others

Brainstorm for quick, iterative solutions on paper.

In 4 minutes, sketch out 2 different landing pages of Grub on the Go App, a social media app where users can order food on their phone and pick up orders from their favorite restaurants. They can also take photos and rate their order and/or restaurants with ratings and comments.

Include these: camera, search bar, user profile icons, and other features.

Activity: Sketch a landing page

Line Thickness

Size

Shading

Selective Detail

Isolation

Depth

In 2 minutes, draw another landing page, incorporating all the sketching techniques.

Activity 2: Redo landing page

ExploratorySketching

SketchingComponents

Sketchboards

Design StudioUX Design

Do you work in a multidisciplinary team?

What is design studio?

A method to generate many ideas to a problem quickly through sketching, iteration, and critique.

What is Design Studio?

Why use design studio?

● Rapid Ideation● Agile Mindset● Engagement● Team Building

Talkin’ it out

When done with a cross-functional team, this process also exposes additional constraints and requirements that will be pertinent to implementation.

Create > Pitch > Critique

Hungry Hannah the busy foodie

“I just want my food to appear on the table out of thin air like magic.”

Hannah is always on a busy schedule. She usually eats out because Hannah doesn’t have the time or energy to cook.

interests: Italian food, pain points: cooking, hates gluten-free

Sketch for concepts.

Rinse and repeat.

Just enough to convey concept

Goal

In groups of 5, sketch out ideas for Hannah to purchase multiple food items for her order on the app.

Activity 3: Purchasing food items

“I just want my food to appear on the table out of thin air like magic.”

interests: Italian food, pain points: cooking, hates gluten-free

Additional Resources

Design Studio Method by MadPow

The Design Studio Method by Todd Zaki Warfel

Design Studios: The Good, The Bad, and the Science by Jim Lindstrom, Case Commons

UX Meets Agile by Michael Dubakov