Designing with Diagrams

The Diagram is the crown jewel of visual thinking. In a few short hours, you'll be using diagrams to design experiences in a totally new way

The Diagram is the crown jewel of visual thinking. As a communication tool, it allows audiences to quickly and directly understand complicated relationships. As a design tool, it allows practitioners to understand the bigger picture as they dive into the details.

Diagrams are a transformative tool for:

• designers

• organizational leaders,

• theater directors,

• filmmakers,

• product developers,

• city planners,

• writers,

• innovators in all fields.

In this fun, hands-on workshop, participants will

• learn about basic diagramming techniques and then
• develop diagrams that express relationships between things
• develop diagrams that express changes in experience over time
• communicate the bigger picture inherent in everyday situations.

The workshop is based on the diagrams of Odyssey Works, a performance company that creates weekend-long experiences for one person audiences. Each performance is encoded in a diagram that is used both to elaborate and to communicate the basic ideas in the production.

“The legacy of their work has been an undercurrent in the age of experiential theatre.... In the past twenty years, odds are, you have been touched by their methods. It is no understatement to say that things would not be the same if Odyssey Works did not exist.”— Noah Nelson, No Proscenium

This will be held on Zoom. No special software is needed. You may design your diagrams with markers and paper or with your own digital design software. There are optional printouts.

Workshop will be led by Odyssey Works Artistic Director Abraham Burickson

Find out more about Odyssey Works in Newsweek.