deco3500-2018 / weepingwhales

Visualising people’s contribution to environmental protection which can help motivate them to reduce plastic bag usage

Side note: We used to be called Dying Polar Bears :)

Project Aims

We want to gain a better understanding of whether visualising people’s contribution to environmental protection helps motivate them to reduce plastic bag usage.Through developing a prototype and doing user testing, interviews and surveys, our team aims to explore questions such as what kind of visualisation works better for people, and what kind of impacts people care more about. As we conducted further research in the problem space, we decided to apply the concept of “collective awareness” to our design as well by not only visualizing personal contribution, but also emphasizing the importance of collective effort and action.

Our Team

• Cyrill Belardo [@cbien21]- Bachelor of Business Management and Information Technology
• Chia Shin Shen (Nicole) [@chiashen] - Master of Interaction Design
• Chi Iao Chan (Christy) [@inchristy] - Master of Interaction Design
• Jiahuan Li (Jasmin) [@jassmm] - Master of Interaction Design

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Project Documentation and Design Process

1.0 Project Proposal

2.0 Project Description

3.0 Preliminary Research

4.0 Prototype I (Visuals): Design

4.1 Prototype I (Visuals): User Testing)

5.0 Prototype II (Messages): Design

5.1 Prototype II (Messages): User Testing

6.0 Prototype III (Final): Building in Unity

6.1 Prototype III (Final: Physical Interaction)

6.2 Prototype III (Final): User Testing

7.0 Final Prototype Modifications

8.0 Conference Poster & Showcase Night

9.0 Showcase Night Reflection & Feedback