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Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of two people facing each other, speech bubbles and an open interview notebook.
UX Research
User Interviews
Paper illustration for Opportunity Interview
Product Discovery
Opportunity Interview
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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 teams derive needs only from assumptions and real motives are missing, user interviews give direct access to behavior and meaning. Conversations from the target group's everyday life make patterns, tensions, and open questions solidly visible.When opportunities are still hidden behind signals of need, it structures conversations around needs and obstacles. It looks for patterns that lead to new product opportunities.In a tightly timed design process with many participants, the method pools several lines of thinking in a short time. It brings parallel design energy without letting the discussion tip into endless coordination. This quickly produces solid directions for architecture or space.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h30–60 min per interview30-60 min je InterviewHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage
Participantsdifferent
3-81 participant per interview5-12 Interviews10-50
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshop + asyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Sketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsInterview Notes, Themes, Insight SummaryInterview Notes, Opportunity Themes, Customer QuotesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized Direction
Tagsno overlap
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
QualitativeResearchCustomerDiscovery
DiscoveryInterviewsOpportunityCustomer
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
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