The anatomy of prototypes: Prototypes as filters, prototypes as manifestations of design ideas

ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Lim, Youn Kyung ^a,c   Stolterman, Erik ^a,d   Tenenberg, Josh ^b,d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^d Campus Box 358426 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Design; Design space; Human computer interaction; Prototype; Prototyping

Indexed keywords

CASE STUDIES; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; DESIGN ACTIVITIES; DESIGN EXPLORATION; DESIGN SPACES; FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS; HIGH FIDELITY; PAPER PROTOTYPING; PROTOTYPING; SYSTEMATIC (CO); TWO DIMENSIONS;

ELECTRIC CURRENTS;

WAVE FILTERS;

EID: 47249115326     PISSN: 10730516     EISSN: 15577325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/1375761.1375762     Document Type: Article

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