designers guide to wireframing
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WIREFRAMINGDESIGNERS GUIDE TO
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
AGENDA▸ Wireframes.
▸ What are they?
▸ Why use them?
▸ Different Types
▸ Low-Fidelity
▸ High-Fidelity
▸ Wireframe Tips & Tricks
▸ Setting up Your Document
▸ Small Exercises
▸ Prompt
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
WIREFRAME
“a visual guide that represents the skeletal framework of a website.”
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
WIREFRAMES: WHAT ARE THEY?
▸ Foundation
▸ Schematics/Blueprints of a Product
▸ 2-Dimensional Representation
▸ Communicational Tool
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
WIREFRAMES: WHY USE THEM?
▸ Low Cost & Easy to Create
▸ Tells a Story
▸ Gets Everyone On The Same Page
▸ Prototyping for Usability Tests
▸ Easy to Change
▸ Helps Narrow Scope
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
WIREFRAMES▸ What They Help Represent
▸ Page Layout
▸ How will the elements be stitched together?
▸ Functionality
▸ Deciding how will the interface work?
▸ Content
▸ What will be displayed
▸ Behavior
▸ How someone will interact with the site.
▸ Informational Importance
▸ How is the information organized and displayed
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BOXES
▸ The BOX
▸ Building Block of Any Wireframe is The Box
▸ Used to represent a portion of content. Example. Blog Posts, Ads, Navigation
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BOX: EXAMPLE
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LOW-FIDELITY
▸ Abstract
▸ Quick to Develop
▸ Easy to Share
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HIGH FIDELITY
▸ Increased Clarity
▸ Detailed
▸ Helps Fill In Missing Pieces
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LOW-FIDELITY HIGH-FIDELITY
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WIREFRAME TIPS & TRICKS
▸ Why Try to Reinvent The Wheel? We want you to move quickly.
▸ Stencil Libraries
▸ Pattern Libraries
▸ Use a Grid
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STENCIL LIBRARY
▸ http://www.humbleux.com/
▸ http://axemplate.com/downloads/category/freebies/
▸ http://speckyboy.com/2014/03/31/20-free-web-mobile-wireframe-templates/
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PATTERNS▸ http://studio.uxpin.com/patterns/
▸ patterntap.com
▸ http://wireframes.tumblr.com/
▸ http://webwithoutwords.com/
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GRIDS
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
STARTING A WIREFRAME
▸ Biggest to Smallest
▸ Start with the largest part of the interface
▸ Outline
▸ header, footer, navigation
▸ content
▸ annotations
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
Footer
Header
Social Feed
Image of The Day
Logo
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AXURE
▸ Setting Up Your Document
▸ Widgets & Properties Panel
▸ Libraries
▸ Grids
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SKETCH GOOGLE
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
SKETCH INSTAGRAM
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DESIGNERS GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
FREE FORM PROMPT
▸ Wireframe a Site for Dog Adoptions
▸ Image of the Dog
▸ Name of the Dog
▸ Age of the Dog
▸ Description
▸ Ability to Adopt
DESIGNER GUIDE TO WIREFRAMING
▸ Email: [email protected]
▸ Twitter: @covalentwill
▸ Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamquezada
THANK YOU!!