[Paper Prototyping] How To Move a TV with One Finger
First, I’ll tell you about Paper Prototyping:
Paper prototyping is a widely used method in the user-centered design process, a process that helps developers to create software that meets the user’s expectations and needs – in this case, especially for designing and testing user interfaces. It is throwaway prototyping and involves creating rough, even-hand sketched, drawings of an interface to use as prototypes, or models, of a design.
Although we apply this technique on website design, you can also apply it to your room.
First, make paper cut-outs of all the appliances in your room:
Make sure the dimensions are just proportional to the same real-live items. Then just move around the different elements to test how your room would look like. You can even use your finger:
It’s cheaper than Visio and saves you the hassles of moving furniture over and over again.