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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h10-20 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
3-83-124-100+1-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
KnowledgeMappingRisk
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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