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Paper illustration for Diary Study.
UX Research
Diary Study
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UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory.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.Helps clarify ideas, open questions, and testable next steps in concrete terms. It opens the thinking space, collects ideas, and leads to testable options. The result is captured as a star-shaped question map, question list, and assumption list.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-4 Wochen1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
5-203-83-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience TimelineSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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UX researchTrackingBehavior
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
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Innovation
Brainstorming
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Innovation
Lotus Blossom
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Innovation
Brainwriting