Sketching User Experiences: The Workbook

3.7 Sketching with Office Supplies

using commonly available office supplies to create editable sketches

While paper and pencil is the best way to create rapid sketches, you can also use other common office supplies to create designs that are easily altered on the fly. The basic idea, advocated in Rettig’s 1994 article Prototyping for Tiny Fingers, is this. You use sticky notes of various types and sizes as graphical user interface elements, where you assemble these elements onto a poster board to create your layout. You write atop these sticky notes to bring your interface to life. If you change your mind about something, you just peel off that sticky note and replace it with a new one, or move it to a new position to experiment with different ...