Iterative Sketching

Design software can be pretty sophisticated, but let’s face it — they aren't super speedy and present a handful of limitations when it comes to getting your initial ideas out. Luckily, there’s another, less complicated option: sketching.

A simple pen and paper are underutilized tools in the web design process. Because sketches can be created quickly, many different ideas can easily be entertained before landing on the best solution to a problem.

This session will offer a few ideas to make your sketching more productive, in the sense that more productive sketching informs better decisions and helps move a web project forward.

• How can sketching supplement the web design process?

• What techniques can make sketching more productive?

• What can be done to get past your first idea and explore alternative options?

• How could sketching be used to get stakeholders involved in the ideation process?