Design critiques — every note captured before the team leaves the whiteboard.
A great design critique produces feedback worth acting on. BoardSnap makes sure all of it — not just the loudest voices — makes it into your revision brief.
Why designers love this workflow
Design critiques done alongside a whiteboard are more generative than digital tool critiques — you can sketch alternative directions, annotate the specific element in question, and build on each other's ideas in real time. But that generativity is only valuable if the output survives the session.
BoardSnap captures the critique board: the feedback items, the alternative sketches, the questions about user intent, and the 'what if we tried this' explorations. The revision brief writes itself from the board summary. You spend your time designing, not reconstructing what your team said.
The exact flow
- Set up feedback sections on the board before critique
Create sections: What's Working, What's Not, Questions, Alternative Directions. This structure means feedback lands in an actionable form from the start.
- Run the critique and write feedback live
As feedback is given, write it on the board in the relevant section. Sketch alternative directions next to the written feedback — the sketch is often more useful than words.
- Mark priority feedback
Dot-vote or star the most important feedback items. Priority marking tells the designer what to address first.
- Write the revision direction explicitly
At the end of critique, write a one-line direction for the next iteration: 'Simplify the nav, test two header options, keep the color system.' This is the design brief for the next round.
- Snap and build the revision brief
The BoardSnap summary is the structured critique output. Paste it into your design handoff or project management tool as the revision requirements.
What you'll get out of it
- Full critique output captured — not just the feedback you happened to remember
- Alternative direction sketches captured in the board photo
- Priority feedback marked and surfaced in the summary
- Revision direction written explicitly — no ambiguity about what to do next
- Critique history per project — track design direction evolution over time
Frequently asked
Can BoardSnap read rough design direction sketches on the whiteboard?
The board photo captures the sketches visually. BoardSnap AI reads any labels, annotations, or written notes around the sketches and includes them in the summary. The sketch itself is in the photo reference.
How should I structure a design critique to get the most from a BoardSnap capture?
Label the feedback sections clearly on the board before the critique starts. The clearer the structure, the more precisely BoardSnap's summary reflects which feedback belongs where.
Can I use BoardSnap for remote/hybrid design critiques where some reviewers are on video?
Yes. Facilitate at the physical board, snap it, and share the summary in the video call chat. Remote reviewers get the full critique output in real time.
Designers: try this on your next design critique.
Three taps. Action items in your hand before the room clears.