Design: Design Studio Workshop
Definition:
The goal of a design workshop, sometimes called a design-studio workshop, is to rapidly generate and discuss a wide set of ideas. Design workshops are used to:
- Utilize idea-generation activities like sketching to encourage discussion
- Incorporate cross disciplinary perspectives
- Create shared ownership in project success by inviting others to participate in co creation activities
When & Why:
Some common opportunities for design workshops across a high-level design process are:
- At project kick off, in order to build ownership and buy-in for the design process and ideas
- After a phase of user research, where the insights can be used as inputs for generating useful features or solutions
- After an initial design phase, in order to refine design directions and explore deep-level user flows or journeys (as opposed to feature ideas)
Design workshops can happen at any “diverge” phase of the design cycle, when there is a need to:
- Rapidly generate a wide set of ideas for a well-defined design challenge
- Involve people from different teams to broaden the perspective
- Dig deep to refine a set of potential concepts or solutions late in the design process
- Foster shared ownership around a product or UX vision
Source: NNG
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