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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
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Facilitation
Storytelling
Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
Alignment Mapping
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.When an insight needs to have an effect, storytelling translates dry facts into a comprehensible development. It combines context, tension, and consequence into a form that people remember and pass on more easily.When several people work toward one goal but hold different mental maps, Alignment Mapping makes the discrepancies visible. It arranges goals, assumptions, and priorities so shared direction becomes verifiable.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h45-120 min1-2 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-81-64-124-100+
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsNarrative Outline, Key Message, Story ArcAlignment Map, Open Issues, Decision QuestionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
CommunicationNarrativeStakeholdersFacilitation
AlignmentStakeholdersStrategyFacilitation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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