PICTIVE

PICTIVE is a participatory paper-prototyping technique introduced by Michael Muller at CHI 1991, in which end users and designers jointly build low-fidelity interface prototypes using pre-cut paper UI elements (buttons, menus, text fields, icons), sticky notes, pens, and tape, with a video camera recording the session. The approach deliberately uses 'plastic' materials that non-designers can manipulate without needing drawing skill or technical vocabulary, which makes it well-suited for co-design sessions with older adults, people with disabilities, children, or anyone for whom traditional design tools form a barrier to participation. PICTIVE remains widely cited in participatory-design and accessibility research as a low-cost way to place real decision-making authority in users' hands early in the design process.