The frameboard sessions

Designers and researchers often act as facilitators in co-design processes. Framing is a pivotal step, offering guidance for subsequent activities even when much is unknown. Designers are trained in (re-) framing, but for non-designers it proved to be difficult. In this workshop a method is presented that was developed since 2017 to facilitate groups of non-designers to co-develop inspiring frames, regardless it is in a business, a social or educational context. A dedicated tool, a frameboard, allows groups of non-designers to rapidly explore and evaluate possible frames. In the workshop, a shorter version of a frameboard session, you will experience such a session, working on a challenge. First, possible frames are generated and subsequently several (chosen) frames are explored and evaluated for their practical value. Materials can be used freely.