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Criterion
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of an assumption matrix with prioritized test cards
Decision Making
Assumption Surfacing
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
Purposedifferent
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.Plans often contain assumptions that were never openly stated and remain dangerous precisely because of that. Assumption Surfacing makes these silent premises visible and prioritizes which of them carry the initiative or could sink it.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage45-90 min45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
10-502-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionAssumption List, Critical Assumptions, Learning PlanLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
AssumptionsRiskDecisionDiscovery
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
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A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Reverse Brainstorming
Innovation
Reverse Brainstorming
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation