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Criterion
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Spotify Model Mapping with its method-specific working model.
Team Design
Spotify Model Mapping
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of Rapid Ideation with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Rapid Ideation
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 team landscape has grown without clear grouping, it maps roles and relationships onto the Spotify model. It clarifies responsibility, interaction, and load between teams. The result is captured as a Spotify model map and action 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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h90-180 min8-15 min5-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-85-151-101-20
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsSpotify Model Map, Action ListSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsIdeenpool, Roh-Shortlist, Cluster
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
TeamOrganizationAlignmentDiagnosis
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingIdeationDivergenceSpeed
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