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Criterion
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration of several people silently writing ideas and passing sheets around with arrows.
Innovation
Brainwriting
Purposedifferent
A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.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.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 loud voices or hierarchy distort the idea search, the method creates a quiet entry into joint development. It gives everyone thinking space and gathers contributions without social brakes, making diversity more visible and easier to build on.
Complexitydifferent
LowLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
30-90 min10-20 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage15-30 min
Participantsdifferent
2-104-100+10-503-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Rich Picture, Problem Framing NotesIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionIdea sheets, Expanded concepts, Prioritized list
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
BrainstormingCollaborationInclusionIdeas
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