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Criterion
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.When several designs need to be quickly put in relation to each other, it makes ideas visible and comparable. It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
Halber Tag bis mehrere Tage1-3 h1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
10-505-303-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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