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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
OODA Loop
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
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 It encourages early variants instead of long upfront debates.In dynamic situations, decisions become outdated faster than they can be prepared. The OODA Loop holds observing, orienting, deciding, and acting together as a recurring rhythm so reaction does not slide into inertia.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h15-60 min je Zyklus30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-83-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsSituation Assessment, Decision Loop, Action UpdatesStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
DecisionChangeLearningStrategy
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration of the Lotus Blossom working structure.
Innovation
Lotus Blossom