At the beginning of our brainstorming process, we took to the whiteboard to get out some initial, quick ideas revolving around the notions of value that we were exploring in our problem statement.
From these ideas, we chose the three directions we felt had the most potential. We then filled out individual weighted matrices, which we then compared, in order to assess different project directions that surfaced in our initial brainstorming.
Copy of Andrea's Individual Matrix
Copy of Dorcas' Individual Matrix
With the initial idea of a community exchange in mind, we began exploring the following questions. While this didn't end up being our final direction or concept, these questions remained important to consider throughout our design process.
Using the city to test ideas, culture probes should be accessible to everyone to participate. How can we create metrics of understanding; for example, food pantries and free libraries—documenting what changes each week to measure "health" of a community.
Projects to look at: