User Experience Mapping

Pen and paper are all you need – but adding color makes the maps great

A piece of paper and a pen is all you really need for mapping. For our purpose, the only "drawing" you need to do is drawing lines. Sounds simple enough, right?  We have all created millions of lines. When we connect those, shapes emerged. Writing is simply a set of lines, no matter the language. Alyona Nickelson goes beyond that and emphasizes that lines and shapes carry an emotional message to the viewer; straight lines convey a sense of accuracy, directness, solidity, and stiffness. On the other hand, curves create a feeling of compromise and agreement, and flexibility and indecisiveness. To balance our communication, we can incorporate both types of lines. Don't worry ...