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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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 several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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.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
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-2 h20-45 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-84-124-1010-50
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Cluster, ShortlistSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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