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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper session grid with two time blocks, three rooms, colored session cards and an open topic pool.
Facilitation
Barcamp
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
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 many people can contribute knowledge and the flow should stay open, Barcamp provides a framework for self-organized sessions. The format channels energy without defining the content too narrowly in advance.When a topic is still unclear and too many thoughts surface at once, Mind Mapping creates an open surface for ordering them. It makes connections, subtopics, and starting points visible without fixing them too early.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 hHalber Tag bis 2 Tage15-45 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-815-2001-1010-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsSession Board, Session Notes, Community LearningsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
FacilitationLarge groupLearning
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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