You know, Expression Blend allows you to prototype data-driven user interfaces without having access to live data. You can easily generate and customize sample data for your SketchFlow applications from Data panel. Expression Blend 3 uses “chairs” as sample images and they are really nice for product lists, but sometimes you need to give your data a new look. If your application displays a list of companies - it’s better to use sample logos or sketch logos.

I’d like to show you how these samples look in my SketchFlow applications.

Figure 1. A list of industry groups with sketch logos

Figure 2. Sketch images and logos.

I’ve also created alphabetic logos in Expression Design by using different effects:

You can use these sample logos in your SketchFlow applications:

It will be much more interesting than chairs, right?

SampleLogos.zip (181.89 kb)

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