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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
A/B Testing workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Growth
A/B Testing
Design sheets and interface cards connect to jointly written pseudocode with highlighted unresolved questions.
Architecture
ARID (Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs)
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Purposedifferent
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.When two variants compete, discussions quickly decide by taste rather than effect. A/B Testing checks behavior under controlled conditions and separates real improvement from chance or expectation effects.ARID examines how well developers can work with a technical design. It focuses on a part of the system that can still be revised, between the architecture overview and the detailed specification.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHighMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 Wochen2–4 h review as a planning range; preparation and evaluation additionalHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-81-6Designers, developers as users, and facilitation10-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsExperiment results, Decision log, Learning summaryPrioritized development tasks, Jointly produced code or pseudocode, Observed difficulties and open design questions, Proposed design revisionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ExperimentsGrowthAnalyticsValidation
ArchitectureEngineeringFeedbackValidationTasks
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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