More about Mock-up

We live in a world where we need to move quickly and iterate on our ideas as flexibly as possible. Building mock-ups strikes the ideal balance between true-life representation of the end product and ease of modification.

Definition of mock-up

1: a full-sized structural model built to scale chiefly for study, testing, or display

2: a working sample (as of a magazine) for reviewing format, layout, or content.

Mock-ups are created in a digital form. There are various software tools for mock-up creation out there. You can either use dedicated mock-up tools, a standard image editing software or any other software that works for you.

In the design process, mockups come at the end of the lo-fi phase and the beginning of the hi-fi phase. This could mean different things for different methods — for example, a mockup could be made immediately after wireframing, or could be postponed until after some lo-fi prototype testing.