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Type Description Degree of resolution Suitable for/
Whatever it is we want to develop—a product, a service, an orga- low medium high examples
nization, a system, a space or environment, a start-up, a create-up, Sketch Paper or digital, sketched or scribbled, on a Practically
or a Web site—we can use different types of prototypes during the flip chart or on smaller sizes of paper such as everything
development. Our overview presents common kinds of prototypes and DIN A3 or A4 (11x17 or 8.5x11 in.) or even on a
Post-it.
can encourage us as a project team to try out different things. The
low, medium, or high degree of resolution (i.e., the level of detail of a Mock-up Shows the overall impression of a system Products, digital
without its necessarily having to work.
or physical
prototype) helps us find out what is suitable at what point in time over Wire frame Early conceptual design of a system. Shows the Web sites
the course of the development. functional aspects and the arrangement of the
elements.
Chart For showing correlations. This allows you to Spaces, process-
check how ideas are linked to one another and es, structures
how the experience changes over time.
Paper Building or upgrading of objects and products Products, digital
with paper or cardboard. or physical
Furniture, acces-
sories
Storytelling and Communication or presentation of sequences Experiences
story writing and stories.
Storyboards Shows the end-to-end customer journey of a Experiences
series of images or sketches. Can also be used
as a basis for a video, for storytelling, or in a
Degree of resolution: funny way like a comic strip.
Video Recording and presentation even of complex Experiences
low = in an early phase scenarios.
medium = first approaches to a solution
high = more end solutions Open hardware Analog and digital interfaces for the combina- Electromechani-
platforms tion with motors and sensors. cal systems
Photo Photo montage for the simulated depiction of a Products, digital
situation, using photo editing software. or physical
Experiences
Physical model Shows a two-dimensional idea in three dimen- Products, spaces
sions. Can be done in the form of 3D printing, or and environ-
else with other materials, e.g., Lego bricks. ments

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