Workshop: Prototyping a Doughnut Portrait

Overview

During the Donut & Friends Day of the Amsterdam Donut Coalitie, Regenalyze was invited to host a workshop session on “Prototyping a New Doughnut Portrait for Amsterdam.” We share with you the presentation used for this session, originally developed by DEAL and adapted to our needs. 

The tool includes these 3 interactive activities:

First interactive activity - 15 minutes

Around the table, participants reflect on the question " what might a Doughnut Portrait enable for [your City] and its citizens?" for around 10 minutes. Then, participants share their insights in a plenary for 5 minutes.

Second interactive activity - 20 minutes

Participants take 5 minutes to browse the portfolio of Doughnut Portraits they receive and reflect on what they like, dislike, and would like to improve. They then share their reflections around the table for 10 minutes, followed by a 5-minute plenary discussion.

Third interactive activity - 50 minutes up to 1h20

Participants work in table groups to create a proposal for their own Doughnut Portrait. The proposal can take any form: a sketch, visualisation, 3D model, or another creative expression, using the materials available at their tables (See material list below). This can last from a minimum of 30 minutes up to one hour.

Groups then present their work one by one, followed by a gallery walk. Each participant receives a sticker in their group’s colour and votes for their favourite prototype by placing the sticker next to it. Participants cannot vote for their own group’s proposal. This phase takes approximately 20 minutes. The session concludes with applause for the winning team.

Why use it?

This tool helps participants:

1. Understand the concept of the Doughnut Portrait,
2. Clarify the objectives of a new Doughnut Portrait and ask the right questions.
3. It also supports the generation of new ideas on what a Doughnut Portrait could look like, through a comparative and co-creation approach.

Who is it for?

Our workshop was open to anyone interested and gathered 20 persons from civil society, companies, and students. We also invited people who had been involved in the development of the first Doughnut Portrait in 2020.

Cities can easily use this tool internally to collectively brainstorm and reflect on their own Doughnut Data Portrait development.

How long does it take?

Our workshop lasted 1 hour and 45 minutes. For future sessions, we recommend a duration of 2 hours and 30 minutes, allowing more time for the final interactive activity, “Prototyping a Doughnut Portrait.”

What materials do you need?

For a group of 20 participants seated around 5 tables of 4, we required the following materials:

• 5 X A4 colour prints of a portfolio of City Doughnut Portraits
• 5 X A1 flipchart paper
• Patterned craft paper and colorful paper
• 5 pairs of scissors
• 5 glue sticks
• Thick thread (jute)
• Cardboard
• Magazines and journals of [your City] (example: photography, urbanism, history, news)
• 5 sheets of coloured dot stickers (one colour for each team to vote for their favorite prototype at the end of the workshop)
• Sets of colouring and black pens
• Paper maps of [your City]

Acknowledgements

• Organisation by Willem van Winden and Garance Breuil from Regenalyze.
• With the help and participation of Conchita van Doorn and Mats Siefels from Amsterdam Donut Coalitie.
• Thanks to our 20 participants!
• Slides originally from the DEAL Team.

Links

Linkedin post about the workshop: 

• Voices from the workshop
• 3 questions from the workshop
• Ideas for new Doughnut Portraits from the workshop