The notion of workshop

While the ideation workshop is typically studio-based, this does not mean that workshop activity, or "ideation process" is exclusively taking place in a single physical space. Ideation, like design itself, is an iterative process, and so ideators typically thrive in flexible environments, or nomadic contexts, both physically and mentally. Indeed idea generation knows no borders and can happen anywhere. Yet the physical studio provides a convenient and effective creative space for the workshop facilitating the use and practice of a range of ideation tools. The studio also functions a social space for sharing the ideation experience. A such it can take place both indoors and outdoors. Indeed, the ideation workshop is not a narrow but an expansive notion and in moving from, say semi-private to public sphere may inspire and engage cooperative or communal approaches to ideation, such as placemaking.