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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
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Innovation
TRIZ
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.For technical contradictions or trade-offs, the method looks for solutions that resolve opposing requirements at the same time. It translates limits into an explicit picture of conflict that becomes workable. This produces not just compromises but more elegant principles.
Complexitydifferent
MediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-4 h
Participantsdifferent
3-82-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsContradiction Statement, Inventive Principles, Solution Concepts
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SketchingCollaborationIdeation
InnovationProblem solvingContradictionsCreativity
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