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Paper illustration for World Café.
Facilitation
World Café
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
Paper illustration of Design Charrette with its method-specific working model.
Innovation
Design Charrette
Paper illustration for Design Studio
UX Design
Design Studio
Purposedifferent
When a group needs to connect many viewpoints in a short time, World Café creates a calm alternation between closeness and rotation. It sets thinking in motion without forcing the conversation into full-plenary rigidity.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-180 min8-15 minHalber Tag bis mehrere Tage1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
12-100+1-1010-503-8
Formatsame
WorkshopWorkshopWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Table Notes, Emergent Themes, Shared QuestionsSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction OptionsSketches and Concepts, Consolidated Solution Sketch, Prioritized DirectionSketches, Concept Directions, Design Decisions
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationDialogueLarge groupSensemaking
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
BrainstormingWorkshopCollaborationIdeation
SketchingCollaborationIdeation
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