Gallery method

Activities

• Activity 3: Searching for solution principles and their solutions

Description

Creative approach to generate a large number of solution ideas. These are first sketched out by the method participants for themselves. All sketches are then collected, displayed in a kind of gallery and discussed. The associations and ideas generated are then recorded or further developed by the individual participants. All the results are then viewed and assessed.

Possibilities for support

Encouraging the creativity of the participants with the help of stimulating information

Procedure

1. Clarify and specify the problem or task
2. Individual sketching of the ideas of the individual method participants
3. Exhibiting and discussing all sketches, collecting impressions
4. Recording and further developing the ideas gained
5. Viewing and evaluating the results

Sources

• Ehrlenspiel 2013, p. 529, 530
• Pahl et al. 2007, p. 131, 132