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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
A paper-based illustration representing Context Canvas with its core stages and visible working result.
Product Discovery
Context Canvas
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
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 an environment of users, systems, and constraints is hard to grasp, it puts the context compactly on the table. It creates a clear reading of influence, boundary, and dependency.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-90 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-83-104-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsContext canvas, Open questions, Shared context notesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
ContextFramingRequirementsCanvas
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We