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24 alternatives to Lighthouse London #15: Just Enough Design: Tips For Creating Effective Prototypes

Maximising prototypes for learning, not aesthetics

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lighthouse London #15: Just Enough Design: Tips For Creating Effective Prototypes launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Lighthouse London #13: How To Use Prototyping To Get Meaningful Feedback From Your Customers▲61

   Using prototypes as a powerful feedback tool

   2016 · wearelighthouse.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   This is Product Management - Prototyping▲84

   How prototypes serve as a valuable method for communication

   2015 · thisisproductmanagement.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Wake Annotations▲110

   A more powerful way to give design feedback

   2017 · its alternatives →

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   Mitya▲87

   Prototyping for Interaction Designers

   2014 · mitya-app.com · its alternatives →

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   Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design▲75

   Sketching and early prototyping design methods

   2016 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Precursor▲227

   A real-time collaborative prototyping tool

   2014 · prcrsr.com · its alternatives →

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   Descriptive - 22: with Ashley Williams▲54

   Building abstractions that aren't ahistorical

   2015 · descriptive.audio · its alternatives →

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   Atomic Free▲190

   Learn to prototype for free

   2017 · atomic.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Pixel Perfect Handbook▲176

   A comprehensive handbook on digital design

   2014 · ustwo.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Demonstrate▲187

    Idea to mobile prototypes in minutes. Zero coding required.

    2016 · nfnlabs.in · its alternatives →

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    Designing UX: Prototyping▲13

    Communicate and Test Design Ideas Through Prototyping

    2017 · sitepoint.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    UI Design System▲180

    Starter kit for Sketch to create awesome user interfaces.

    2017 · uidesignsystem.com · its alternatives →

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    Six Circles▲74

    An experience design framework

    2016 · userpathways.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Happy Startup Canvas▲85

    A simple framework for building stuff that matters

    2016 · thehappystartupschool.com · its alternatives →

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    Building Prototypes With Framer▲94

    Learn to create prototypes that feel like real apps

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Proto.io 6▲175

    Design, prototype, collaborate, test. Prototyping for all.

    2016 · proto.io · its alternatives →

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    Abstract 3d illustrations▲102

    Quality 3d graphics for design projects

    2022 · abstract.wannathis.one · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Science of Habit-Forming Products▲166

    (and how to build them)

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    UX for Lean Startups▲89

    Faster, smarter user experience research and design

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Sketchbook Project▲87

    A crowd-sourced library of Sketchbooks

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Layout FM — 28: One Hour Long Trailer▲64

    Thoughts on Design Disruptors and designing with a vision

    2016 · layout.fm · its alternatives →

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    Discussing Design▲68

    Improving communication and collaboration through critique

    2016 · oreilly.com · its alternatives →

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    Design Life - 001: Why We Have a Side Project▲92

    Filling the female design podcast gap

    2015 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →

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    for / with / in▲54

    Experiments and conversations about design in the browser

    2015 · htmloutput.risd.gd · its alternatives →

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