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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of two considered options leading to a decision record with a marked status and visible consequences.
Architecture
Architecture Decision Record
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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.An ADR permanently records an architecture decision with context, trade-offs, and consequence. It creates continuity for later changes because the decision path stays traceable.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
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-45 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-33-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsADR File, Decision Log, RationaleStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ArchitectureRationaleDocumentationGovernance
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom