Brian Sullivan is the Director of UX Testing and Research for Tonic3. In his practice, Brian is called upon to facilitate Design Studio Workshops, Brainstorming Sessions, Design Walkthroughs, UX Inspections, and Usability Testing. Brian is the founder of the Big Design Conference, where experts talk on design, usability, and strategy. Brian founded the Big Design Workshops series in 2009, where he teaches UX topics, such as Collaborative Sketching with Design Studios, UX Inspections, and a Usability Boot Camp. Brian is the President of the Dallas User Experience Professionals organization, which meets monthly in Dallas. Brian is a thought leader, who frequently speaks at industry events like SxSW Interactive, UXPA International, IA Summit, Boston UXPA, and Big Design Conference.

"This book has a strong how-to-do-it perspective; software application and Web designers can follow this page-by-page and be successful. The best part is the liberal illustrations with exactly the kind of sketches the book promotes." Rex Hartson, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, Virginia Tech

• Chapter 1: All about Design Studios What is a Design Studio? When Do You Do a Design Studio? A Word of Caution Other UX Sketching Methods Sketchboarding 6-UP RIPS Summary and Tips Chapter 2: Generating and Evaluating Ideas Use Whole-Brain Thinking Generate Ideas with Left-Brain Evaluate Ideas with Right-Brain Four Rules for Generating Ideas Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment (Positive and Negative) Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination Four Rules for Evaluating Ideas Use Positive Judgment First Consider Novelty Stay Focused Redirect, If Needed Summary Chapter 3: Steps in a Design Studio Is a Design Studio Needed for Your Project? Choose Participants Assign Roles Facilitator Sketcher Scribe Determine What to Sketch Sketch Initial Concepts Evaluate Sketches Vote on Best Sketches Re-sketch or Mash-up Debrief Meeting Summary Chapter 4: Making Sketches Presentable Draw One Concept Per Page Do Not Use a Computer Use Markers and Paper Do Not Color Your Sketches Do Not Provide Too Much Detail Use Annotations and Arrows Provide a Brief Description Summary and Tips Chapter 5: Controlling the Conversation Using Edward DeBono’s Thinking Hats White Hat for Fact Finding Blue Hat for Organizing Green Hat for Generating Ideas Yellow Hat for Positive Evaluations Black Hat for Critical Inspections Red Hat for Voting Summary and Tips Chapter 6: Storing Your Work Keeping a Digital Record Access for Others to Review (Confidential or Open) Sharing with the Rest of the Team Serves as Vision Board for Future Projects Summary and Tips Chapter 7: Sharing Your Results Build a Wireframe after the Design Studio Sharing with the Other Sketchers To gain consensus To get alignment Sharing with the Project Team To show off your project vision To get alignment Sharing with Executives To get executive buy-in To obtain funding and resources Summary and Tips Chapter 8: Working with Remote People Keeping a Digital Record Access for Others to Review (Confidential or Open) Sharing with the Rest of the Team Serves as Vision Board for Future Projects Summary and Tips Chapter 9: Next Steps Immediate Things to Do Sharing Your Final Sketches Preparing Your Wireframes Testing Your Results Low-Fidelity Testing RITE Testing Prototype Testing Summary and Tips

Brian Sullivan is the Director of UX Testing and Research for Tonic3. In his practice, Brian is called upon to facilitate Design Studio Workshops, Brainstorming Sessions, Design Walkthroughs, UX Inspections, and Usability Testing. Brian is the founder of the Big Design Conference, where experts talk on design, usability, and strategy. Brian founded the Big Design Workshops series in 2009, where he teaches UX topics, such as Collaborative Sketching with Design Studios, UX Inspections, and a Usability Boot Camp. Brian is the President of the Dallas User Experience Professionals organization, which meets monthly in Dallas. Brian is a thought leader, who frequently speaks at industry events like SxSW Interactive, UXPA International, IA Summit, Boston UXPA, and Big Design Conference.

"This book has a strong how-to-do-it perspective; software application and Web designers can follow this page-by-page and be successful. The best part is the liberal illustrations with exactly the kind of sketches the book promotes." Rex Hartson, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, Virginia Tech

• Chapter 1: All about Design Studios What is a Design Studio? When Do You Do a Design Studio? A Word of Caution Other UX Sketching Methods Sketchboarding 6-UP RIPS Summary and Tips Chapter 2: Generating and Evaluating Ideas Use Whole-Brain Thinking Generate Ideas with Left-Brain Evaluate Ideas with Right-Brain Four Rules for Generating Ideas Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment (Positive and Negative) Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination Four Rules for Evaluating Ideas Use Positive Judgment First Consider Novelty Stay Focused Redirect, If Needed Summary Chapter 3: Steps in a Design Studio Is a Design Studio Needed for Your Project? Choose Participants Assign Roles Facilitator Sketcher Scribe Determine What to Sketch Sketch Initial Concepts Evaluate Sketches Vote on Best Sketches Re-sketch or Mash-up Debrief Meeting Summary Chapter 4: Making Sketches Presentable Draw One Concept Per Page Do Not Use a Computer Use Markers and Paper Do Not Color Your Sketches Do Not Provide Too Much Detail Use Annotations and Arrows Provide a Brief Description Summary and Tips Chapter 5: Controlling the Conversation Using Edward DeBono’s Thinking Hats White Hat for Fact Finding Blue Hat for Organizing Green Hat for Generating Ideas Yellow Hat for Positive Evaluations Black Hat for Critical Inspections Red Hat for Voting Summary and Tips Chapter 6: Storing Your Work Keeping a Digital Record Access for Others to Review (Confidential or Open) Sharing with the Rest of the Team Serves as Vision Board for Future Projects Summary and Tips Chapter 7: Sharing Your Results Build a Wireframe after the Design Studio Sharing with the Other Sketchers To gain consensus To get alignment Sharing with the Project Team To show off your project vision To get alignment Sharing with Executives To get executive buy-in To obtain funding and resources Summary and Tips Chapter 8: Working with Remote People Keeping a Digital Record Access for Others to Review (Confidential or Open) Sharing with the Rest of the Team Serves as Vision Board for Future Projects Summary and Tips Chapter 9: Next Steps Immediate Things to Do Sharing Your Final Sketches Preparing Your Wireframes Testing Your Results Low-Fidelity Testing RITE Testing Prototype Testing Summary and Tips

Brian Sullivan is the Director of UX Testing and Research for Tonic3. In his practice, Brian is called upon to facilitate Design Studio Workshops, Brainstorming Sessions, Design Walkthroughs, UX Inspections, and Usability Testing. Brian is the founder of the Big Design Conference, where experts talk on design, usability, and strategy. Brian founded the Big Design Workshops series in 2009, where he teaches UX topics, such as Collaborative Sketching with Design Studios, UX Inspections, and a Usability Boot Camp. Brian is the President of the Dallas User Experience Professionals organization, which meets monthly in Dallas. Brian is a thought leader, who frequently speaks at industry events like SxSW Interactive, UXPA International, IA Summit, Boston UXPA, and Big Design Conference.

"This book has a strong how-to-do-it perspective; software application and Web designers can follow this page-by-page and be successful. The best part is the liberal illustrations with exactly the kind of sketches the book promotes." Rex Hartson, Professor Emeritus, Computer Science, Virginia Tech

• Chapter 1: All about Design Studios What is a Design Studio? When Do You Do a Design Studio? A Word of Caution Other UX Sketching Methods Sketchboarding 6-UP RIPS Summary and Tips Chapter 2: Generating and Evaluating Ideas Use Whole-Brain Thinking Generate Ideas with Left-Brain Evaluate Ideas with Right-Brain Four Rules for Generating Ideas Strive for Quantity Defer Judgment (Positive and Negative) Seek New Combinations Use Your Imagination Four Rules for Evaluating Ideas Use Positive Judgment First Consider Novelty Stay Focused Redirect, If Needed Summary Chapter 3: Steps in a Design Studio Is a Design Studio Needed for Your Project? Choose Participants Assign Roles Facilitator Sketcher Scribe Determine What to Sketch Sketch Initial Concepts Evaluate Sketches Vote on Best Sketches Re-sketch or Mash-up Debrief Meeting Summary Chapter 4: Making Sketches Presentable Draw One Concept Per Page Do Not Use a Computer Use Markers and Paper Do Not Color Your Sketches Do Not Provide Too Much Detail Use Annotations and Arrows Provide a Brief Description Summary and Tips Chapter 5: Controlling the Conversation Using Edward DeBono’s Thinking Hats White Hat for Fact Finding Blue Hat for Organizing Green Hat for Generating Ideas Yellow Hat for Positive Evaluations Black Hat for Critical Inspections Red Hat for Voting Summary and Tips Chapter 6: Storing Your Work Keeping a Digital Record Access for Others to Review (Confidential or Open) Sharing with the Rest of the Team Serves as Vision Board for Future Projects Summary and Tips Chapter 7: Sharing Your Results Build a Wireframe after the Design Studio Sharing with the Other Sketchers To gain consensus To get alignment Sharing with the Project Team To show off your project vision To get alignment Sharing with Executives To get executive buy-in To obtain funding and resources Summary and Tips Chapter 8: Working with Remote People Keeping a Digital Record Access for Others to Review (Confidential or Open) Sharing with the Rest of the Team Serves as Vision Board for Future Projects Summary and Tips Chapter 9: Next Steps Immediate Things to Do Sharing Your Final Sketches Preparing Your Wireframes Testing Your Results Low-Fidelity Testing RITE Testing Prototype Testing Summary and Tips