Quick Sketch
Quick Sketch runs timed sketching rounds so students put many ideas on paper quickly instead of polishing one.
Also called rapid sketching or thumbnail sketching.
Beginner◷ 10–30 minFree · no login
Rough is fine. Get it on paper.
How to use it + an example
How to use it
- 1Set the timer and the challenge.
- 2Sketch as many different ideas as possible before the timer ends — speed over neatness.
- 3Annotate the best two with how they meet the specification.
Example
Three two-minute rounds on "a desk organiser" give a class twenty-plus ideas before anyone opens a CAD program.
When to use it: When generating and communicating design ideas (MYP Design Criterion B).
Prototype: Make it real, roughly, then properly.
Your turn ↓
What are you sketching ideas for?
Timed rounds, quantity over polish. Name the challenge, pick a round length, then draw until the timer rings — every round is kept.
Round length
Look back. What did your last sketch show you that the first didn't?
Try next
- Design SpecificationDocument detailed technical requirements for your design.Try it free →
- PMI ChartEvaluate ideas by listing Plus, Minus, and Interesting points.Try it free →
- Decision MatrixScore options against weighted criteria to make informed choices.Try it free →
For teachers: Prototype stage · 10-30m. Free, no login. One of the 45 design thinking tools on StudioLoom, which also puts them inside lessons so students’ thinking is saved with their project.