For this project we were assigned a word in each group and by the end of the week we needed to come up with a prototype and present our findings. The world that we were assigned to was calming.
We started by making a mind-map of how calming looks like, how it feels like as well as where it can be found. After that we decided it would be helpful to make a mind-map for what not calming feels like and where it could be found as in situations since we were stuck in our thoughts.
We decided on asking what people preferred as a way to tell time where we 3 options which are shown on the image above. Most people preferred the first one so we decided to have an experiment where we have 2 people, where one knows how long they will be waiting in the room while the other doesn’t. We found out that infact it would be helpful to know how long the wait would be. From that we came to our final idea which is having a booking system in a supermarket.
We have all experienced going to a buy a few things at the store and having to wait a long time at the supermarket. By having a booking system that could be a more calming situation for everyone and not needing to stand and do nothing. An alternative of being able to walk around the store while waiting if you are waiting for your time could still even be better to be able to do something else.
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