Universal Methods of Design

RESEARCH METHOD • SYNTHESIS / ANALYSIS TECHNIQUE

26 Design Charette

When superior design features and characteristics inspire subsequent rounds of ideas, the end result is more likely to be an optimized design solution.¹

Design teams flourish when they have a creative environment to explore and share ideas freely, and are expected to leverage and build off each other’s best ideas. A design charette is a workshop-style technique that provides a collaborative space that allows for this creation and cross-pollination of design ideas to occur. Designers and non-designers—including project stakeholders, engineers, and users—can participate in a design ...