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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper mind map with a central course onboarding question, colored main branches, keywords and cross-links.
Facilitation
Mind Mapping
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
Round Robin Brainstorming
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 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.When a team faces an open question with many obvious directions, the method first creates breadth instead of premature commitment. It separates idea flow from evaluation and makes lines of thought visible, creating a pool for selection and further development.With unevenly distributed speaking time, the method brings every person into the contribution one after another. It prevents early voices from setting the direction while still producing a shared idea space. This makes participation plannable and the team's diversity visible.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-45 min30-60 min20-45 min
Participantsdifferent
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Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsMind Map, Topic Clusters, Open QuestionsIdea pool, Theme clusters, ShortlistIdea List, Cluster, Shortlist
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeasMappingStructureFacilitation
BrainstormingIdeationCreativityWorkshopDivergence
BrainstormingIdeationFacilitationInclusionCreativity
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