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Sketch an iPhone app UI with a special stencil
This is really neat. The folks at Design Commission have produced a stencil to assist with the iPhone/iPod touch UI prototyping, brainstorming sessions, flows, interaction techniques, etc. that you'll do before you begin coding.Of course, it includes all the standard iconography and buttons. Doesn't it make you want to just break out a fresh sheet of paper and set to work? If you want one, act fast, as they've only produced 100. Each kit ($16.95US) comes with the stencil and a Zebra mechanical pencil. A matching letter-sized template can be downloaded from the website as a PDF.
Now go and make the next killer app!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
markrw said 3:43PM on 6-10-2009
Great product, but it's already sold out....
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suneohair said 3:11PM on 6-10-2009
Ugh, sold out.
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Justin said 3:30PM on 6-10-2009
Dude, I want that. Sold out right away. Let us know when there are more?
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Justin said 3:32PM on 6-10-2009
Actually, I was able to purchase it just now when I tried again. Hope that's for real.
WarnerO said 4:00PM on 6-10-2009
Or you could just buy Balsamiq Mockups http://www.balsamiq.com/products/mockups/desktop
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Michael Hodges said 4:04PM on 6-10-2009
I was still able to buy one, so unless they just haven't updated the page to not allow purchases and have oversold their stock, you can still get them...
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suneohair said 4:13PM on 6-10-2009
I was able to get one (two actually), it was showing as sold out before. Hmm. Oh well, order placed!
inignoct said 4:14PM on 6-10-2009
I had the same idea when i was in the design process for my company's app... since there appears to be more demand, I may still go forward with it...
This one doesn't seem to have markers for the tab bar and nav bar at the correct ratio (unless i'm missing them), which is necessary i think... all those icons can be approximated easily, whereas getting the sizes of the major UI elements is really critical to have a mockup that makes sense.
/me goes back to the sketchbook.
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amgupt01 said 5:36PM on 6-10-2009
I hope someone makes one for Android...
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CaptSaltyJack said 5:41PM on 6-10-2009
Very cool, but I'm nearly 100% paperless, and I'd rather stay that way. It'd be cooler to just build a Photoshop or Fireworks file with all the basic widgets, and build mockups with that.
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Roman Cezar said 5:47PM on 6-10-2009
teehan+lax has already created an iPhone and widgets PSD..
http://www.teehanlax.com/blog/?p=447
blachole said 5:55PM on 6-10-2009
It's back on sale..
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robogobo said 7:19PM on 6-10-2009
i just bought one and i'm not even developing. it's just so damn beautiful.
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kakapo said 8:32PM on 6-10-2009
Got one!
Shipping to Australia was more than the stencil, et. al.
But durn well wurth ut!
Snark...
Sorry, I am in a VERY giddy mood today!
Cheers, from the land downunder!
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Jash Sayani said 9:24AM on 6-11-2009
Or you could just get Photoshop and download the iPhone UI Elements PSD file.
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Pothik said 2:50PM on 6-11-2009
Technology! It does wonders. Yesterday, I visited this site - http://objectdevcorp.com/IPhoneAppDevelopment.aspx and got few wonderful apps for my iphone. One of them include this kind of apps also. Seems iPhone apps are very easy to make.
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Kai said 4:42PM on 6-11-2009
Nice kit.
check out www.customright.com for iPhone Post-it. Actual iPhone size. Quick and easy to put down ideas and do paper prototyping.
see it in action at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=If2iRj1GWzk
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