Rapid UX Prototyping Kit
For experiences that live in physical or virtual spaces
I am happiest at work when I’m 100% detached from technology. I’m either collaborating with some of my amazing colleagues, diving into challenging problems and asking lots of thought-provoking questions. Or I’m exploring ideas with tools like paper, clay, and LEGO’s. Double-plus-good when these two activities overlap!
That said, I put together a kit that can jump-start your rapid UX prototyping for experiences that live in physical or virtual spaces.
This particular kit is inspired by the magical combination of paper craft and LEGO’s, from the collaboration between Muji and LEGO a few years ago.
The special hole punch by Muji is hard to find (I scored mine through eBay), but there’s a cheaper, good-enough solution available on Amazon: a 3/16" hole punch. Tip: use the hole punch upside down to help line up where you want to punch the hole.
The other tool from the Muji kit is the template that helps you mark where you need to punch out holes. Here’s a pdf to print your own template (make sure you do not scale the size when you print). Just use your punch to remove the circles with X’s and there you have your template!
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Rapid prototyping is not married to any one way of doing things. It’s about finding the tools that make it fast and easy to explore and communicate your ideas. In that spirit, there’s also modeling clay included in the kit to expand your toolset to create different forms quickly when paper doesn’t suffice. Modeling clay doesn’t harden, so you can use it over and over again.
So what are you waiting for? Grab some (or all!) the supplies from the Rapid UX Prototyping Kit and get into the creative state of mind!
