Drawing Product Ideas: Fast and Easy UX Drawing for Anyone

Description

Explore straightforward drawing skills to help you communicate product ideas exponentially faster than you could with text In Drawing Product Ideas: Fast and Easy UX Drawing for Anyone, RSA Fellow and Google Data Visualization Lead, Kent Eisenhuth delivers a new and exciting guide to effectively communicating product ideas by drawing just two simple things: boxes and lines! In the book, you'll learn why drawing is important and how it supports the design thinking process. You'll also discover how to build your drawing toolkit by exploring your own personal drawing style. The author also includes: Strategies for how to use your drawing to support your solutions to real-world problemsTips and tricks for applying your new drawing skills in a workshop setting, in real-timeAn illuminating foreword by the celebrated Manuel Lima, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts An essential volume for engineers, researchers, and product managers, Drawing Product Ideas is also an indispensable blueprint for anyone seeking to improve their public, ad-hoc drawing skills. Cover Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword Preface Introduction Chapter 1 Why Draw? Explore an Idea Gain a Shared Understanding Improve Collaboration Anyone Can Draw Right Time and Place In the Beginning During Workshops To Facilitate Conversations Unbuttoning the Process Eliciting the Right Kind of Feedback Challenging the Status Quo Chapter 2 Reframing Our Thinking Breaking It Down Introducing the System Common Drawings Site Maps Journey Maps, Flow Charts, and Sequential Diagrams Mind Maps Digital Products, Screens, Interfaces, and Components Chapter 3 Lines and Points Telling Stories with Lines Straight Lines Circular Lines Gestural Lines Line Weight Making Meaning with Points Tools and Materials Chapter 4 Building from Rectangles Creating Diagrams Process Diagrams Tree Diagrams Network Visualizations Content Elements Headline and Subheader Text Content Blocks Image Placeholders Lists Content Layouts Navigation Elements Lists Tabs Breadcrumbs Grids Forms Text Fields Text Areas Checklists Buttons and Actions Form Layout Charts and Graphs Interface Elements Chapter 5 Building from Circles, Triangles, and More Circular Elements Forms: Radio Groups The Circle as a Symbol Charts Triangular Elements Navigation Controls Icons: Alerts, Warnings, and Anomalies Forms: Drop-Down Menus Advanced Icons and Symbols Octagons and Stop Signs Location Markers People Representing Interactions Pointer Hands and Cursors Click Interactions Gestural Interactions Alternatives for Drawing Gestures Chapter 6 Illustrating Light, Motion, and Other Concepts Shading Techniques Using Accent Marks Looking at Lighting Pointillism Hatching Crosshatching Contour Shading Scribbled Shading Using Elevation Modals and Dialogs Fixed Position Elements Cards Interaction Hands and Cursors Other UI Elements Using Texture Capturing Motion Conveying Luminance Communicating Sound Chapter 7 The System Putting It Together Creating Something New Chapter 8 Using Flows to Tell Stories Starting with the Syntax Showing Interactions Just Enough Information Depicting Transitions Labels and Annotations Being Conscious of Composition Chapter 9 Telling Engaging Stories Real-World Constraints Start with Content—Everything Else Follows Information Sources Interface Patterns and Widgets Reviewing Data Show Something New—Start the Conversation Invoking Emotion Adapting the Visual Language Wayfinding and Landmarks Choreography and Timing Packaging Your Drawings Chapter 10 Moving Forward Works CITED Index EULA