Let’s face it, prototyping and mock-ups are a pain in the rear. I’m always looking for ways to streamline the early phases of the design process. Today I found one that is simply brilliant.

Meet GUIMags: Simple, whiteboard magnets of common UI components.

Now you can do mockups on the whiteboard with high fidelity symbols that photograph well. Instead of sketching out the entire design for each iteration, you can simply rearrange elements and erase / rewrite labels as you collaboratively work through a design. When you’re done. You can simply take a picture of the whiteboard and start coding your mockup.

You can find GuiMags here:

http://www.guimags.com/index.php

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