Reading Journal: Sketching and critique

Due

12:00 noon, Monday, September 28

Preparation

Read the following articles:

Lennart Hennings (June 24, 2013). Sketching for better mobile experiences. Smashing Magazine
Mark Baskinger (March + April 2008). Pencils before pixels: A primer in hand-generated sketching. interactions 15(2): 28-36. [PDF in the ACM Digital Library; also on CLEo]
Scott Berkun (2009). #23 - How to run a design critique.
Scott Berkun (2009). #35 - How to give and receive criticism.

Submitting your work: Please post your response as a blog entry on CLEo.
Collaboration: Each student should turn in their own answers to the questions below. You may discuss the assigned readings with anyone you wish, but you should clearly acknowledge the source of any insights that come from outside your own reading of the text(s).
Evaluation: I will evaluate this assignment on the scale presented in the syllabus.
Advice: Consider printing the Web articles so you can take notes and read with more focus. Reader mode in Safari is nice for printing.

Journal questions

What do you see as the three most important reasons to include sketching in your design process? Consider reasons given by both Hennings and Baskinger. Please quote as appropriate. [prioritization]
What does Baskinger mean by "narrative sketching"? Explain in your own words. [translation]
While most kindergartners will draw anything given a pack of crayons, many grow self-conscious about their abilities as they get older. What advice would you give to someone who was feeling self-conscious about sketching in the context of ideation? [analogy]
Write about a time when you found it difficult to give or receive criticism. (Names may be changed to protect the innocent.) Relate your experience to Berkun's advice. [analogy]

Created September 25, 2015
Last revised September 25, 2015