Iteration 1

Associated project: Folio Forge

First mid-fidelity iteration exploring layout, providing easy access to controls, and helping the user monitor the result of adjusting the controls.

June 04, 2021

Iteration Overview

One idea was to let the user define several sections within a single notebook, each having a different pattern. I had thought it might be interesting to offer this as a distinguishing capability since I didn’t see anyone else offering this level of customizability.

Spoiler alert: It wasn’t until I made a notebook with different types of filler that I realized it was a bad idea. See the second iteration for details.

Inputs informing this iteration

A myriad of very messy sketches. Ask me, and I can scan these in.

Choosing Notebook Size and Orientation

In this design iteration, I tried to focus on allowing for "direct manipulation" of the notebook. Controls for notebook size, orientation are shown very close to the notebook. You'll see a different approach I took in the next iteration.

Section Settings

Oops! Trying to design a mechanism for specifying one pattern per section of the notebook was an unnecessary complication. I later abandoned this approach for something simpler and closer to the core concept.

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Iteration 2

Introduce galleries as a way for users to choose what they want more intuitively.