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IDEATION SKETCHING 2017
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The following are ideation style sketching. They are not pretty, just quick as possible while keeping the ideas clear. This book is to help show my rapid visualization skills.
When in ideation phase I sometimes follow structured constraints in order to get creative.
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It gets me thinking about designing an experience not just a product.
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Thinking about systems can help companies and the planet.
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I keep the sketches loose and quick.
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Quick enough to pump out even funny more wild concepts.
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Material study sketch
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End of life sketch
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Quick ugly doodles gets the brain going.
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More refined exploration
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Quick ideas on heater project
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Sometimes keep it colorful.
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Either way convey the idea.
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In real environments.
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Or real situations.
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Exploded details helps think things through.
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5 Point perspective makes rooms feel more dramatic.
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Sketching part lines and how things are put together keeps things in perspective
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Putting images of the research into the sketch.
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Random Ideas
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Bags
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User and Product
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Sometimes real images work with sketches to tell the story more rapidly.
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Other times a page full of ideas can look expensive.
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Detail exploration.
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Working through internal com ponents via sketch.
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Sketching the problem with people figu es is helpful to get idea across.
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Sketching the problem with people figures is helpful to get idea across. N L R O D E S I
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Ergonomic sketch.
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Sometimes I format the sketches to have informative borders. They might include information of the technology or research threshold images.
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There are times when I like to use real images to convince the Client or audience a hard to grasp idea.
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I will use existing images and sketch on top of them to rapidly sketch out ideas.
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I take multiple images and mash together to get message across. N L R O D E S I G N . C O M
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I sketch out scenarios. Bio shame plant Tech Jam Sheet Thresholds DIY Security
Jam Sheet Security
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I sketch out scenarios.
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Pop up sketch
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Future home ideas
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Security Scenarios
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Safety Scenarios
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Each idea took about 5 min to sketch
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This style of sketching which is not really sketching is the quickest ideation strategy.
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