Sketching

Why

Explore and communicate new ideas and lose old blocking ideas.

How

You need many sketches to support the evolution of your idea world. When you visualize your ideas, you start to encounter design challenges that form a starting point for more research. The resulting sketches can be used to discuss and develop ideas together with colleagues and stakeholders.

Ingredients

• Hand drawing tools, either analogue or digital: pen, pencil, paper.

• Willingness to make many sketches and variants.

• A good eye for the new ideas that each sketch brings, and be critical about what can be improved.

Practice

For many designers, sketching is a continuous day-to-day activity; it makes them think beyond standard solutions.