This was a project we worked on for IDEO's Make-A-Thon 2013 in Singapore. The ask was: "How can we improve interaction between residents through the use of public spaces?" Our team had five prototypes to help this work.
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IDEO Make-A-Thon 2013: Improving HDB Residents' Lives through Public Spaces
14. AWESOME
PEOPLE LOVE SHARING STORIES.
PEOPLE WERE HAPPY TO SHARE
THEIR STORIES. PEOPLE LOVE TO
READ OTHERS STORIES
KNOWING MORE ABOUT THE
LITTLE-KNOWN FACTS ABOUT THE
AREA
CRAP
NEED PEOPLE TO KEEP THIS
GOING - PROVIDE GUIDANCE AND
HAND-HOLDING
NEED TO SHARE THE STORIES
COLLECTED WITH RESIDENTS
22. AWESOME
CRAP
EASY TO HELP PEOPLE FIND OUT
MORE ABOUT THOSE WHO LIVE
AROUND THEM
PEOPLE NEED TIME TO GET USED
TO THE NEW CONCEPT - LEARNING
BY EXAMPLE
USES A PRE-EXISTING HDB SPACE:
MINOR TWEAKS REQUIRED ACRYLIC COVER AND HAVING
STANDARD ISSUED NOTES
PEOPLE DONT LIKE FOREIGN
OBJECTS DISPLAYED ON THEIR
LETTERBOXES
REMOVE THE TOUCH-AND-GO
ELEMENT
SAFETY/PRIVACY IS AN ISSUE
27. AWESOME
PEOPLE WERE INTRIGUED AND
CURIOUS
FUN WAY OF INTERACTION EVENTHOUGH IT MAY BE FACELESS
CRAP
BARRIER TO CONTRIBUTE SEEMS
TO BE A BIT HIGHER - JUST NOT IN
SINGAPOREANS MENTALITY
NO TIME TO DRAW IN THE LIFTS DISRUPTIVE
WRITING AND DRAWING
PRESENTS A HIGHER BARRIER TO
ACTION
29. KEY INSIGHT
WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE A VALID
REASON TO CONVERSE. WE NEED TO
GUIDE THE CONVERSATION. WE NEED TO
BE INSTRUCTIVE.
32. AWESOME
VERY SINGAPOREAN LAH SPEAKING LIKE THE MAN ON THE
STREET
GUIDED CONVERSATION AND
WHAT TO ASK - GOT
INSTRUCTIONS SO EASY TO
FOLLOW
BOTTOM-UP, NOT TOP-DOWN
APPROACH
CRAP
THERE WILL STILL BE PEOPLE
WHO WILL BE UNRECEPTIVE TO
THE IDEA OF CONVERSING
34. KEY INSIGHT
WE NEED TO GIVE PEOPLE A VALID
REASON TO CONVERSE; INJECT A MORE
FUN ELEMENT TO INTERACTION
36. AWESOME
SOMETHING DIFFERENT AND FUN
ON THE LIFTS; DEFINITELY
ATTENTION-GRABBING
COERCE THEM INTO TALKING TO
EACH OTHER BECAUSE IT IS
STRANGE
CRAP
STARTED A CONVERSATION, BUT
THERE WAS NOTHING FURTHER NOT SUSTAINABLE AS NO LONGER
A NOVELTY
CHINESE ARE SUPERSTITIOUS
ABOUT HAVING MIRRORS IN LIFTS
- ILL-PLACED