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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
How Might We
Innovation
How Might We
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.With a stuck problem carrying many implicit assumptions, the method translates observations into open, workable questions. It sharpens the problem frame without pre-thinking the solution, turning frustration or fuzziness into a search space with clear direction.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 h30–45 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-104-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsHMW Questions, Challenge Framing, Idea PromptsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
FramingOpportunityIdeationQuestions
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
Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
Nominal Group Technique