Chinese Portrait

Review and add additional information about this session in the Session Goals / Instructions. Add any additional constraints or ideas that come to mind, or include additional links for the team / stakeholders. For example, you may be designing a logo, a piece of furniture, or a piece of software etc. If you have details about product requirements or constraints, make note of them in the Session Goals so that the team can keep them in mind during the session.

Find the Portrait Card deck and pick a card. Tips: You can add one or more cards creating different brainstorming columns. You can prepare the board and add the cards beforehand or use the "random" button to add cards while your brainstorming session is active.

Finish the following phrase based on the topic you chose in the previous step: If [SUBJECT] was [CARD TOPIC] the [SUBJECT] would be [X] because of [Y]. For example, if you were trying to design a new type of chair, and the card topic was ‘color’, the phrase might be: “If this chair we are designing was a color, it would be white because you should feel like you’re sitting on a cloud.” Or if you receive the card topic ‘emotion’: “If this chair we are designing was an emotion, it would be pride because when you sit in it you should feel like a king.” You may already see how the evolution of ideas could take place using this tool. Respond with at least one answer, but should come up with as many ideas as possible within the time limit. Remember that giving [X] reasons is important because it helps generate valuable ideas to build from, and the team can play off one another's ideas.

In this step, discuss each other's answers from the previous step.