Consider the feedback from the concept sketches critique.
Based upon this information, construct exploratory physical models (sketch models) that will help you refine ideas, test their potential, and shed light upon operational principles or other issues.
Sketch models are commonly used to explore and test ideas in conjunction with concept sketching. Here, the goal is to further develop our ideas while improving our modeling skills.
Your work should be coordinated with your team to move the project forward,
but your exploration model (sketch model) will be graded
individually.
To start As a team, divide the work amongst yourselves so that all critical elements of your team storyboard will be worked on. It is quite common to make a 'looks like' sketch model and a separate 'operational principle' sketch model for the same artifact. Each of you will make a sketch model individually. However, depending on your storyboard, each team member might be making models for different ideas/variations of the same artifact, or team members may be modeling different artifacts that together complete the team storyboard. See an example from 2006. Bottom model: |
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Based on what you have learned, improve your design and implement a model that will allow you to perform useful tests to further your understanding of the idea, potential issues, and opportunities. Try to use the sketch modeling techniques taught in class as appropriate.
As always, be sure to keep the user experience, human factors issues, how things may work, and client requirements in mind.
Once the models are completed, use them to further explore and test your ideas.
Prepare your submission
Document your sketch model in a web page or series of web pages. Be sure
to include a description of the sketch model, its purpose, how it was used
in testing, and what was learned from the model.
Also, please make sure it is clear what aspect of the team storyboard the model is addressing. The submission instructions provide information about where your updated team storyboard(s) will be located on the course website in case you would like to link to it.
In addition to the online review, your team will give a 10 minute presentation of your sketch models during the in-class design review.
Please see the submission instructions for additional details. See the results!
