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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
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 decision needs to be prepared quickly, the method generates many solution-close variants in a short time. It deliberately relies on pace to undercut self-censorship and perfectionism. This quickly produces a usable field for prioritization and further work.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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h5-20 min30-60 min8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-203-101-10
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, ClusterStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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