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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Purposedifferent
The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.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.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
MediumMediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufendHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage1-3 h30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
110-503-83-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsStar-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption List
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
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