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Criterion
Paper illustration of Starbursting with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Starbursting
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Contradiction Analysis.
Innovation
Contradiction Analysis
Purposedifferent
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.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 a system should improve while another measure suffers as a result, the method makes the underlying conflict precisely formulable. It separates the desired effect from its side effect. This makes solutions possible that address the contradiction deliberately instead of half-heartedly.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
30-60 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
3-1010-502-8
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Star-Shaped Question Map, Question List, Assumption ListSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionContradiction Statement, Abstraction Notes, Solution Principles, Concept Ideas
Tagsno overlap
BrainstormingIdeationWorkshopDiscovery
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
ContradictionsInnovationProblem solving
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