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Criterion
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Purposedifferent
When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.When a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
10-20 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage45-90 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
4-100+10-503-104-10
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Idea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tags1 shared
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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