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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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 h30-90 min10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-82-104-100+
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Round Robin Brainstorming
Innovation
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Brainwriting
Paper illustration for CATWOE Analysis.
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CATWOE Analysis
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Innovation
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