Pen and Paper

I recently read an article on Wired that discusses how, even though there are a ton of digital tools to start a design with, many designers prefer to start with pen and paper. Apple and Adobe are pushing for the use of tablets for brainstorming and for doodling, but it seems that pen and paper in many instances are the number one choice for designers for starting a new project. The article talks about how designers prefer to use pen and paper because it is a more tangible object that can be manipulated, marked on and passed around easily. I prefer to use pen and paper for brainstorming because it is easy and fast to get ideas out of my brain and onto something. After that I of course move on to using technology to create my design. I find it interesting how may designers don't use tablets for brainstorming and such. One would think that companies pushing for the use of tablets would talk to the designers who would use the tablets in order to find out why they don't like to use tablets for the initial phases of design.

http://www.wired.com/2015/09/sorry-apple-turns-designers-dont-use-ipads/