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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
Systems Mapping
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Purposedifferent
Systems Mapping arranges elements, relationships, and boundaries so a complex field becomes legible at a glance. The overview stabilizes the overall picture before detail work or steering begins.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 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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h1-3 h10-20 min
Participantsdifferent
3-123-84-100+
Formatdifferent
Workshop + asyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
System Map, Dependencies, Leverage PointsSketches, Concept Directions, Design DecisionsIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent Themes
Tagsno overlap
Systems thinkingMappingBoundariesChange
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
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Paper illustration for Future Reality Tree.
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