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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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 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 a central question feels too large, the method breaks it into neighboring topic fields with their own depth of ideation. It holds structure and openness at the same time, so adjacent perspectives don't get lost. This grows an idea space out of a core problem.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 h1-3 h45-90 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-85-303-1010-50
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasLotus Diagram, Idea Themes, ShortlistSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityDivergenceWorkshop
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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