ACTIVITY OBJECTIVES

To create a full-scale, wearable prototype of your futuristic fashion

ACTIVITY MATERIALS

1st

Select your final idea from your sketches, don't worry about selecting your final design, while building you will keep on iterating and changing!

You will undertake a safety orientation, where you will learn to use the basic tools of prototyping such as gluing techniques and cutting tools

**Refer to the "Safety prototyping" tab

Go over the presentation found in the "resources" tab and start making! You will make a low-fidelity prototype of your chosen design. This prototype will allow you to test your idea on your site, and actually get user feedback, and see if it creates delight.

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3rd

30 mins

2nd

Create a blueprint of your design, a drawing that will help you construct your structure.

10mins

Sketch how you image your design to be

Use your first sketch to create a cut template, a blueprint for your mock-up

3rd

؜You will create a quick scale model prototype. Use low fidelity materials such as cardboard, paper, tape, and wire for your first prototypes. Remember these are not supposed to ~look good~ but rather be able to explain your concepts and ideas.

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These models are meant to show your ideas, provide proof-of-concept, and test variations of function. They are not meant to be perfect or final iterations.

120mins

USE YOUR BODY FOR ACCURATE SCALE

4th

Document your prototype! Learn how by following the nest slides.

example

10mins

CREATE A STATION

Ensure the entire background is white and that natural light is available. For photographing prototypes, we recommend using a consistent white or black backdrop—paper, sheets, walls, or desks all work well.

Different Angles

Try different angles, top, left, right, close ups... but also try different lighting setups, Camera Settings, and Composition

Clean Images

Make sure all background is white, no edges or other objects in the background

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Clean Images

Make sure all background is white, no edges or other objects in the background

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER

Now that you have built it out of cardboard, what would be the best materials and methods for the next prototype?

You have built and tested one possible shape of this enhancement. What other shapes could this concept take?

What do you need to learn to create the next, more developed prototype of this concept? 

Next step, you will create a second more accurate prototype with the materials and technologies you researched