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I/O Paper Prototyping
for the Future
Joselyn McDonald & Nicole Messier

Io paper prototyping for the future

Overview
§  Design Challenge 1
§  Prototype as Practice
§  Paper as Art/Design
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§  Paper Folding Techniques
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§  Intro to Paper Circuits
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§  Wrap-Up

Design Challenge 1
Consider what you imagined ‘the future’
would look like when you were a child. (2
min)
Now, using paper, design an interactive
item that belongs to that future scenario.
(5 min)

Stanford D-School
Iterative Design Process
Stanford d.School

What is a prototype?
Prototypes are a core means of
exploring, testing, and evaluating aspects
of an interactive artifact.
Term can be ambiguous, as many
disciplines consider prototypes to be
diﬀerent things.

Prototypes and Realms
Paper renderings
Paper structures
Storyboards
Video Simulations
3D Renderings
Physical Simulations
“What Do Prototypes Prototype?”, Houde and
Hill,

Why do we prototype?
§  To provide clarity to our team and
stakeholders about our ideas
§  To better understand how users will
interact with our ﬁnal artifact
§  To deﬁne and test assumptions
§  To create avenues for feedback from
users
§  To incorporate user feedback earlier
on

Traditional Paper
Prototyping
In interaction design, paper
prototyping is an often-used
practice that allows designers
to test interactive elements of
software.
Cheap and Fast

Broader Adoption of
Paper Prototyping
Artists, designers (used broadly), and
technologists are adopting paper as a
reliable medium for quickly
(and cheaply) testing installation
elements, games, interactive artwork and
more.
Sometimes, they continue to use paper in
their ﬁnal design.

What Lies Beneath
Gabby O’Connor
Final Piece

What Lies Beneath
Gabby O’Connor
Paper Prototype

Edgv and Wendy Plomp
Papercave
Papercave
Edgv and Wendy Plomp

Old Farmer Brown
Hedler, Hägglund, Lundgren and
Wellence
Paper Game

Decimuted
Bea Szenfeld
“I was bored of working in fabric and
started experimenting with materials. I
fell in love with paper and what you can
create with such a simple material,”
says Szenfeld

Bea Szenfeld
Decimuted
Decimuted
Bea Szenfeld

Wad aus Wald
Takashi Kuribayashi

Crystalline Highlands
Messier, McDonald, Matchett
Paper Installation

Michelangelo Pistoletto
Mirror of Judgement
Mirror of Judgement
Michelangelo Pistoletto

Paper Objects
Peter Gentenaar
Paper Prototype

Paper Engineering Techniques*this section pulls from Paul Jacksons’ book Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form

Paper Engineering
Tools
§  Paper
§  Hands
§  Pencil
§  X-Acto Knife
§  Ruler or straight edge
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§  Tape
§  Bone Folder

Valley
Fold
Mountain
Fold

Unfolded
Valley
Fold
Unfolded
Mountain
Fold

Bring
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edge
to
the
right

Bring
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right
edge
to

the
center

Symbols

Equally Dividing Paper
Step 1: Fold paper in half

Step 2: Fold the left and right edges of your paper to the
center edge.

Step 3: Fold the left edge of your paper to the two new
edges.

Rule for Equal Divisions
For every new edge that is created, fold
the left and right edges of your paper to
the new edge.

Step 4: Fold the right edge of your paper to the two new
edges.

Step 5: Flip the paper over, and make the following folds
with the left edge.

Step 6: Fold the right edge to the marked mountain
edges.

How would you make
grid divisions?

Rotational Divisions
Step 1: Fold paper in half.

Step 2: Fold the top left and right edges to the center
edge.

Remember the Rule?
For every new edge that is created, fold
the left and right edges of your paper to
the new edge.

Step 3: Fold the left edge to the new edges.

Step 4: Fold the right edge to the same edges.

Step 5: Flip the paper over, and make the following folds
with the left-top edge.

Step 6: Fold the right-top edge to the marked edges.

Cut two half circles with similar arcs.

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Paper Engineering Tips
§  Use the edges of the paper to divide it
into equal parts.
§  Use the dull side of an X-Acto knife to
form creases.
§  Let the paper make the diﬃcult folds.
§  Make repetitive folds in the same
direction (valley fold or mountain fold)
to create simple closed and/or
deployable structures.
§  Do not worry about having exact
proportions for folding patterns.
§  Use the same techniques with
diﬀerent edge combinations and
origins.

Design Challenge
Architecture
You are living in an urban city on a
Totokaelo, a recently inhabited planet,
that has unpredictable weather patterns.
To help protect the city’s harvest,
architects are designing smart buildings
that organically change shape
depending on the weather conditions.
Design Challenge: Use the paper folding
techniques to prototype a building that
will protect the harvest during harsh
weather conditions and nurture the
harvest during optimal weather.
Tip: Think about diﬀerent shapes,
deployable forms, and letting the paper
make the folds!

Design Challenge
Clothing
As an inhabitant of Totokaelo, you need
dynamic clothing garments that help
make you visible during unpredictable
snow storms and protect you against the
wind and cold.
Design Challenge: Using paper
engineering techniques, prototype a
garment that will increase visibility and
provide protection from harsh weather.
Tip: Think about deployable forms

Coin Cell Batteries – 3v
Know the positive side of the coin cell from the negative.
NegativePositive

Light Emitting Diode (LED)
The longer leg is the positive (anode) side of the LED. The shorter leg is the negative
(cathode), or ground, side of the LED.

Copper Tape
Like regular tape, but made with metal, so it
conducts electricity.
Helpful to cut tape in half.
Challenge: Bends and circles

Design Challenge
Architecture
You are living in an urban city on a
Totokaelo, a recently inhabited planet,
that has unpredictable weather patterns.
To help protect the city’s harvest,
architects are designing smart buildings
that organically change shape
depending on the weather conditions.
Design Challenge: Use the paper folding
techniques to prototype a building that
will protect the harvest during harsh
weather conditions and nurture the
harvest during optimal weather.
Tip: Think about switches, on/oﬀ,
deployable forms, and letting the paper
make the folds!

Design Challenge
Clothing
As an inhabitant of Totokaelo, you need
dynamic clothing garments that help
make you visible during unpredictable
snow storms and protect you against the
wind and cold.
Design Challenge: Combine paper
engineering and soft-circuit techniques
to prototype a garment that will make
you visible and protect against harsh
weather if necessary.
Tip: Think about deployable forms, on/
oﬀ switches, and functional aesthetics.

Design Challenge 4
Find your ‘item from the future’ from the
Design Challenge 1.
Redesign your ‘item from the future’ to
incorporate paper prototyping
techniques from today
(5 min)

Wrap Up
Joselyn McDonald | josmcdos@gmail.com
Nicole Messier | nicoleyimessier@gmail.com

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