Pebble
Project Type:
Product Design, Interaction Design,
Experience Design
Keywords
Urban Farming, Local Community,
Primary Role:
User research, Visualization, Physical & Digital prototyping
Team Members:
Project is also collaborating with TEALEAVES on the research topic of biodiversity and featured on their page:
https://naturexdesign.tealeaves.com/pebble-the-ritual-of-urban-farming/
In collaboration with MONUM (Boston Mayor's Office of Food Justice), our team rethought urban farming in order to create a positive social impact through an innovative and uplifting experience.
We decided to approach the problem space in several directions including:
We also reached out to several experts to have a conversation to get valuable insights.
Key Insights:
beginners face notable obstacles
plants that thrive indoors
tailored care
strengthening community ties
Problem Framing:
focus group
Key Insights:
Further Ideation:
brainstorm
flower tea
Drawing from the findings of our prior research and focus group discussions, we were inspired to develop a smart device capable of monitoring plant growth.
Prototyping
We also also prototyped the device for key functions.
Site visit
We know that Pebble is a device that would help individual planters at home. But we want to discover what kind of experience a community farm offers and what we are missing.
In order to test our prototypes, we conducted a focus group to gather their feedback.
Key Insights:
local events
collective experience
waitlist
events, education, and guidance
online community
Final user journey
We also made a video to map our user journey
System inovation
We did some sketch and made two iterations of our concept
Next Step
